The joy of being an early adoptor

[Jeremy]

Testify. I've yet to have a SINGLE problem with my Saturn, and I've had it since it launched in the U.S.

[Hybrid]

I agree about cleaning the lens. My roommate's PS2 that he bought at launch started exhibiting the same problem after he had owned it for a year. I asked him if he wanted me to fix it, and when he agreed I opened it up and cleaned the lens with a cotton swab. It's been working great since then. The whole process took about 10 minutes, and part of that was spent looking for one of the screws that fell on the floor.

[PKBMax]

Originally posted by gamevet
The NES sold around 75 million units. Not until recently, have I heard of anyone that has had to replace their NES, but you always hear stories about the PSX and PS2 dying a pre-mature death.

Huh?

The NES is probably the most faulty piece of gaming harwdware ever produced.

In fact I don't know a single person that didn't have a problem with their NES after a year or two of playing it.

Why do you think the top loaders are treated like they are made out of gold? They are the only ones that consistently work right, without having to perform surgery once a month to bend the pins back into place.

Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to own a top loader, or else I'd probably end up like so many people I know and just stop playing the NES altogether out of frustration.

[gamevet]

Originally posted by PBMaX
Huh?

The NES is probably the most faulty piece of gaming harwdware ever produced.

In fact I don't know a single person that didn't have a problem with their NES after a year or two of playing it.

Why do you think the top loaders are treated like they are made out of gold? They are the only ones that consistently work right, without having to perform surgery once a month to bend the pins back into place.

Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to own a top loader, or else I'd probably end up like so many people I know and just stop playing the NES altogether out of frustration.

Mine works fine. I just used cleaning kits for it, on a regular basis and did'nt use unauthorised products like the Game Genie. The Game Genie was natorious for bending the pins, because it was thicker than your average cart. Much like when people used the Pro Action Replay in their Saturns. It would bend the pins in the cartridge slot and make it hard for the machine to recognise your memory cartridge. I find it really hard to believe that your NES quite working within a year, because of bent pins, unless you were using a Game Genie.


Look at this message board. There are 800 members and I've heard of at least dozen complaints of people's PS2's not working and the console is less than 2 years old. That' a pretty high percentage of bad consoles. That is like 1 or 2 PS2's not working, out of every 100. If the car industry had that many problems. My car would be in recall so much, that I'd never get to drive it.



My point is. That I feel that just as many households had NES systems, as their were households with Playstations. It's just that the extra 20 million or so units sold, were probably to second time buyers.

[GameCynic]

As a veteran of used videogame retail (3 years), I'd say that PS2 is second only to the NES deck in poorness of construction. In fact, they both fall into the "Keep it hospital clean if you want it to work" category.

The main problem that I can see w/ the NES is the horizontal loading scheme (suprise). Call me crazy, but there is this thing called Gravity, and over time all the dirt that enters the cartrige slots gets pulled down. On top loading systems like SNES and Genesis, the dirt slides down to the nether regions between the connecters and stays there harmlessly. On the NES however, the dirt is pulled down to the bottom row of connecters. Because no one cleans their systems, the dirt just builds up over time and presto, your getting blinking grey and blue screens. After so many years, cleaning a NES deck is a futile waste of time. You can put 2 hours of cleaning into one and there is no guarantee that it will work, the only real option is to change the entire connectors.

[Yoshi]

I would just like to go on record as saying that I have never had a single problem with a PS1 or PS2 system. I experienced the blinking NES and the controller ports dying on my Saturn, but my purchases have been solid elsewhere.

[Melf]

The NES is a great system whose only faulty part is the PIN connector. You can get a new one for about $8 and your system will run like new again. End of story.

If and when my PS2 dies, I intend to take it to Wal-Mart. However, I'll buy a new one first and just replace the deck, keeping the controller and cables unopened in the box.

Also, doesn't the store get credit for faulty merchandise? I find it very hard to believe that Wal-Mart accepts defective merchandise without a receipt and just takes it in the ass. They have to receive some kind of compensation from the manufacturer.

[rummy]

Hey, we need to start a dead PS2 club. Looks like we'd have a very healthy membership. Earlier tonight it totally crapped out while playing Shinobi, and that's about the bazillionth time that sort of thing has happened this month. I'm so very happy. Especially since the system's seen little use and is very clean. Like Paul McCartney's grampa. Whatta quality product.

[Jeremy]

Let's all hail Sony with a one-finger "hello."

[Mfkzt]

Originally posted by stormy
hey, incase anyone didn't know, what you are doing amounts to stealing. And knowing the harsh punishments everyone around here wants to dole out to people that pirate games, i don't feel you should be talking about this. By lying about when/where you bought your PS2, and giving them your worthless hunk of crap you are cheating Walmart out of lots of money.

It's justified stealing. This wouldn't happen if Sony knew how to build a proper video game system. I still have an original, working Saturn, but I've been through 2 PlayStations. My PlayStation 2 is still working, but that's only because I rarely play it. My friend's PlayStation 2, which gets more play, is dead after a year. People tolerate Sony's pathetic quality control because they're a Japanese company. If Microsoft was having the same problems, people would be yelling from the rooftops.