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Built to last (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not sure where this idea comes from, the PlayStation had a bad reputation even when it was new.

The optical drive would often fail and need replacement. There was a whole meme about people using the console upside down to combat this.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    was that the ps2? i had to refocus and polish the lens on that so many times

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The ps2 was also quite bad in that regard, but the meme about using it upside down was the original ps1.

    Console reliability took a sudden nosedive with the switch to optical drives.

    I'm sure the sony consoles weren't the worst in that regard, but being by far the most popular meant you knew a bunch of people whose playstation would take half an hour to load a game if at all, but the one saturn you'd seen in your life worked fine.

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