DonFerrari on 12 January 2016
AsGryffynn said:
DonFerrari said:
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Mind giving me the phrase to google for? I was willing to go that far for people at least, even though I just Googled "PS2 Failure Rate" and no news site will report on it...
But perhaps someone can only play copycat regarding my search methods. It'd seem like the internet took what was left of their brain...
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I used things like "console failure rate comparison" and the like, not singling out a system. There were some sites, foruns and the like where PS2 was usually bellow 10% assumption of failure, but even 40% would unlikely lead to 7 consoles failing on someone.
WoodenPints said:
It's kinda weird seeing that so many people have had so many hardware failures myself and a few friends along with my entire family have never had a single console fail since owning Master Systems / NES. Mine/family's console's were played 8+ hours daily across many years back when the entire family was using them at different times of the day as well so they got some serious usage and a lot more than most would of.
The only breakage I that happened was a friend dropping his PS2 down the stairs but thats a different story lol.
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My neighbour had a buring ground for broken controllers, he had like 15 PS1 destroyed controllers... and I played more than they and never had to scrap a single official controller in my life (the only I had to were PS1 knock offs that failed after 2 uses on PS2 with 2 multitaps playing fifa with 8 people). My PS3 controllers had random inputs (due to rubber wearing down, that needed me dissassemlbing, cleaning and putting a small paper there) and my genesis controllers needed a cleaning every 6 months to keep working. And those aren't breaking down on my book, just wearing the mechanical parts of something. My ps4 controler on the left analog have a dent on the rubber that I'm unsure if from use or my 1y old have bite it.
I have seem how some people threat their consoles and controllers and them claim the system is cheapealy made.
But maybe my family isn't much of a comparison since we have had furniture that were really cheap and supposed to be falling apart after 2 years living for 10 years and be almost perfect.
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Really? The only thing I can find is a seventh generation comparison that claims a 35 percent failure rate for Jasper (I sort of believe it) and a bunch of forum claims pulled out of people's noses... nothing conclusive...
Also, bad luck. Some Xenon units failed even more than the others. They were very unreliable even among their own kind. Not unbelievable that the PS2 failed 7 times. The models had a very feeble build and sturdied as the sales rose...
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news101105ps2lawsuit
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Not impossible, but quite unprobable, and even more when owned by a friend of a user that isn't quite sony friendly. And too me even with a 35% failure rate on Jasper it would need very ill care and perhaps silly abuse and locking in the small cupboard or living in 110F country
