| zero129 said: Then you and Bandorr where the lucky ones, just like how i still have my release X360 but yet went though 3 PS2 systems. But its good for you that you at least knew how to replace the drive im sure many a PS1+2 owners didnt know or have this option. First phat PS2 models and the first slim models where the worse. I remember the PS2 dvd problems very very well since i got mine on release and had to bring it back the same day cos it wouldnt read CD based games. |
It's unfortunate to have all this issues. But if you are claiming that most of gamers had this issues, it's incorrect. I know a lot of people with PS2s and none of them had problems with the lens. Both this and the YLOD weren't nowhere near as common as the RROD.
I'm pretty sure that if half of the PS2s broke in a few months, it wouldn't have won the gen by such a large margin, people had other options. The RROD clearly affected the sales potential of the 360 and basically saved the PS3 of a larger fiasco. We can say that MS got lucky that Sony was dumb enough to release a 600 bucks console or they would have probably not reached numbers anywhere close to the ones they have.
The drive isn't particularly hard to replace, but even if you are not tech-savy, you can just take it to someone who can fix it. It isn't very expensive, even in Brazil.
