| pokoko said: I think it should be noted, when talking about consoles of the past, that the situation was different back then. Now, we put consoles under our televisions and in entertainment cabinets. Back then, you would usually pull the console out in front of your TV when you were using it, because the cords were short and because a lot of televisions were big floor models. It made sense that consoles were small, light, and kind of toy-ish. I see people comparing them and it just doesn't feel very practical to me. Sure, you might not want to wedge a SNES in with all your component systems but you also wouldn't have wanted to pull an Xbox 360 out into the middle of the living room every time you wanted to play. Apples and oranges, kind of. |
When my launch PS1 started overheating (freezing and locking up) one of the first questions the rep asked was if I played the system on carpet. I was like yeah but the carpet is very small and rugged compared to most carpets. It doesn't block the vents at all. They still stated that was the case for the system overheating which was complete bs (since most launch PS1 had this overheating issue). They were basically trying to put the blame on me for their faulty hardware. The price to get a new model after shipping my broken one was only $75. The whole situation though left me with a sour taste in my mouth about Sony hardware. PS2 only reconfirmed my beliefs. However, they made pretty good strides in reliability with the PS3 compared to their previous 2 consoles.
