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[–] 112 points 8 months ago (14 children)

Placing PS1 that way is atrocious

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    PS2 also developed laser issues if used that way, I can't recall PS3

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    ps2 developed laser issues regardless. i've tuned and cleaned so many of those. should have charged but i liked my friends.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    do you know if there was a way to fix the Dreamcast laser? I was like 19 when mine started failing and I think I just kept turning up the voltage pot a teeny bit to fix it for a while until it eventually burned out.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I do not know, but I learned the ps2 method by searching on the internets. I hate to recommend YouTube and reddit, but those are probably your best bets.

    If the laser itself is not salvagable, there's always replacing the laser. I don't know if it's plugged or soldered in, but if it already doesn't work, what more can you do to it?

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Hell, the PS5 is shown vertical but with the stand in the horizontal configuration. The PS2 and PS4 also had stands available because they weren't stable on their side out of the box, and the systems aren't shown with them. Unsure about the PS3.

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  • [–] 51 points 8 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    This was my first console! We had the massive text to speech thing that went on top and mispronounced all the curse words we typed in.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Also my first console, though I don't remember a TTS module. The only thing we used the keyboard for was word scramble I think. I was very young at the time lol.

    Still have no clue how my parents got one, or why. My guess is off the back of a truck.

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  • [–] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Dubai architect: They’re on to us!

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    Or Seattle, this one is a little on the nose:

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The only one I ever owned was 2. I could never afford the others when they launched and didn't care enough once the price dropped because I had too much going on in life.

    I wanted the PS5 but I think it's seen price hikes like many other electronics, right?

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    This angle really highlights that PS4 was the best design by far

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    From a strictly superficial, aesthetic context and judging solely by modern standards, I agree.

    However, if we're talking aesthetics and viewing it from a contemporary standard for the time of the system's release, the PS1 is the clear winner, in my opinion.

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago

    i’m still impressed by the ps5 design, i never would’ve thought a console could look pretentious

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The PS2 era really felt special. So many iconic games and memories from that generation.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Started all the way left and have had every one but the 5 pro.

    Damn the first two were some halcyon days. The PS2 was my introduction to staying up and hitting the refresh button on some site called amazon to buy one at launch. I still remember the feeling of the buy going through.

    Sigh.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 8 months ago

    I only bought the 4 and 5 new, but I collect retro games and have all 5 base models. I used to pick them up on eBay or at garage sales back in the day. I remember that feeling of winning a bid (I didn't have a lot of money for it, so it took a while).

    Playstations weren't my consoles growing up - I went from Nintendo systems to Xbox, but I still played them a lot at friends' houses.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    I hate when they stand the psone on its side.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Ive owned and played 1, 2, 3.

    By the time 4 was out I had a bangin gaming pc, always had a computer but never a top of the line like I did at around 2010.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Alright, they fucked up the scale on the 4, no way it's smaller than the 1

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago
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    not for long

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    None of the above, I started on the PSone.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Personally owned as an adult? PS2. They were so hard to come by at launch, but I justified the purchase as it also doubled as a not so good DVD player, which was also starting to catch on in popularity.

    This would be my nephews first console experience as kids. Then the PS3 delayed launch, so I got the XBOX 360. Many 360’s later (red ring of death) and availability of the PS3 slim, I switched back. Also had a Wii. Multiple PS3 slim, PS3 super slims and lots of teen gaming sessions leading up to PS4’s and the kids now young adults migrated to PC gaming instead.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The original fat PS2 had a compartment you could store your drugs in. My friend knew someone who kept their tabs of acid in there.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    The one that's missing in the picture

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I had 1, 2 and 5. I even still have a PS2.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    123 for mememe. When the PS4 was released, I found its performance and load times atrocious, and the PS4/ XBone turned off of consoles forever. I’ll forever have my 2600 to PS3/Xbox 360/Wii collection tho!

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    I was hella into ICO and SOTC, so when TLG was announced I was like "I'll wait on getting a PS3 until I can play that."

    So I never had a PS3.

    I never had a PS4 because... I don't really know 🤷‍♂️ I only feel like out of those two systems, I only have missed out on MGS4 because it's the only thing I still can not play even with a PS5 (emulating it does not work well on my system or I'd do that). Though that will change in the future since it's getting a remaster with a PC release.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Could also be various shavers

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  • Sega master system II

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Between my PS2, 3, and 5, I've got them all covered.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Rich kids had ps2, but I only owned ps4.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    well the skyscrapers look like gravestones yeah from out here

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    ps1, but i was so young i barely remember it. i have more memories with ps2. my dad skipped ps3 because he found out the 2nd gens werent backwards compatable with ps2 games so he got an xbox 360 for us instead. never had 4, but bought a 5 for me and my siblings a year or so ago

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I've had them all (no pros) and probably won't be getting another, judging by the way the industry is going.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I went to my rich friends house for the PS2. EyeToy and Spy Kids 3d was the coolest thing ever.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Put a few drone shaped holes in those and you got yourself 2026 Dubai cityscape

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    PS1 but had Master System and Mega Drive before that.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)
  • Hardly. I grew up in a terrible household, just material possessions were provided but you had to tolerate decades of trauma so 🤷.

    Also, contrary to the comments in here it doesnt mean we were rich. We lived on a council estate and my dad worked in a warehouse as a picker.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Beautiful memories on old systems.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I was a PC gamer, but the PS3 was my first PS experience. I didn't like the controller.

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  • Had a two first, skipped three, then had four and five

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)
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    The PS5 was my first console since the N64.

    While I appreciate that Sony was trying to do interesting design, the choice of shitty plastic for its case defeats that attempt completely. Crappy plastic just isn't the medium to pull that off. I immediately bought a bracket so I could hang it under the rear of my desk so I wouldn't have to see it.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)