Am torn over whether to cancel my preorder or not...I wanted it for the collection, and I’m not gonna touch the thing anyway so it doesn’t really bother me if it’s crap...

On the other hand, if it’s crap and no one buys the thing, it’s not exactly gonna be something I’ll be proud to have as part of my collection so there’s no point in buying it...

Keep your preorder, but return it if it turns out to be crap.

To be honest, I’m not sure what these reviewers were expecting. I own both a NES and SNES classic, as well as one of those Atari Flashbacks, and none of them are all them are all that impressive. They’re more just something that is cool to own rather than a device to be taken seriously. The games, while classics, are severely old and outdated, and that’s pretty much all you get with these classic consoles.

Well, we had been interested at first but not anymore, there are not enough good games on it.

Its clear the PS1 classic is built more for the easy cash grab of the mini console market than an actual quality product. Sony also don't make or own majority of the PS1 games which is why they probably struggled to get them on board the system. Also I don't feel the PS and Xbox are retro enough to be in this market. PS1 games have aged horribly and basically you can find majority of PS1 games on better systems with a better experience.

My biggest let downs from what I hear are the lack of Dual Shock Controller support, the poor UI and the lack of quality Games. Honestly Sony should have waited and invested a little more because right now id stick with my original PS1 Dual Shock system.. if it still works.

How on earth do you mess something this simple up? It's essentially a glorified emulator with a plastic casing just like the Nintendo classic consoles is it not?

I can only half agree.  Sony and the PS1 certainly helped fuel a continued growth of the market - and as already noted, cashed in heavily on the collapse of PC gaming in Europe.  The PS1 (and then PS2) were definitely critical releases that helped the market move forward. Where I disagree is the claim that the PS1 made gaming mainstream.  In North America, the credit for that goes to Atari, and then to Nintendo for rescuing the industry from the ashes of Atari's flame-out.  The PS1 was just a continuation of growth.  Likewise in Japan, gaming had been mainstream for years and had taken no notice of the crash that decimated the North American market.

Also, lol at "it was the first to sell 100 million if you ignore the device that beat it to 100 million."  

Yeah, apparently all of PlayStation's success is the result of luck and competitors screwing up.

In the end, we're only capable of recognizing certain doings as wrong/fails/screw ups because someone (in this case PlayStation) came along and did things differently. People act like PlayStation had an unfair advantage and that they were told how to avoid screwing up. No, they simply made better choices.

I'd prefer it if Sony, Nintendo, Sega etc didn't bother making these "Classic" consoles and focused on getting their libraries of past games playable on to the already well established main consoles. PS1 and PS2 should really be on PS4 and NES-Wii should be heading to the Switch. Sega and other publishers have the freedom to release games on all platforms. I'm sure some people like the novelty of the small replica console but all of these retro machines seem very lacking to me, especially in comparison to what a newer console/PC could do for with these classic games.

The only reason to buy that "thing", is because you can hack it.