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Forums - General - Are Blu Ray Lense More Fragile (My Main Worry With Next Gen)

So my first PS3 was the slim PS3 and I think I take good care of my consoles, they stay in a TV stand so the least amount of dust gets on/in them.  Now somehow my PS3 lense crapped out, this is the first time I've ever had a lense problem on any of my consoles so I started thinking are blu ray lense just more fragile?  The problem with the PS3 lense is a well known problem and I think is probably more prevalent than the YLOD.  I can say I have never heard of the 360 having any lense problems.  So what do you guys think are blu ray lense just more fragile, or was there just something about the PS3 lense in particular.  



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BasilZero said:
How long do you play?


Well I buy a lot of JRPGs on the PS3 so a long time, but I also play online with my friends on 360 so a long time on that too.



You played through Uncharted 2 recently didn't you?



darkknightkryta said:
You played through Uncharted 2 recently didn't you?


Well my lense crapped out like a year or so ago, don't remember if I played Uncharted 2 anywhere near that time, why?



BasilZero said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
BasilZero said:
How long do you play?


Well I buy a lot of JRPGs on the PS3 so a long time, but I also play online with my friends on 360 so a long time on that too.


Which model do you have? Phat? Slim? Super Slim?


Slim



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Every game will be installed on disk so... don't worry ;) And you can still go fully digital of course.



walsufnir said:
Every game will be installed on disk so... don't worry ;) And you can still go fully digital of course.


I hate buying games digitally, also what do you mean every game will be installed on disk?



BasilZero said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
walsufnir said:
Every game will be installed on disk so... don't worry ;) And you can still go fully digital of course.


I hate buying games digitally, also what do you mean every game will be installed on disk?


You wont have to install the game on the HDD like this gen (I think).


Well my problem for PS3 the game wouldn't even show up on the XMB, so not sure how that would help the problem.



BasilZero said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:


Well my problem for PS3 the game wouldn't even show up on the XMB, so not sure how that would help the problem.


Have you tried opening it up? Maybe it needs to be cleaned?


I've cleaned the lense multiple times, still doesn't work.



KingdomHeartsFan said:
walsufnir said:
Every game will be installed on disk so... don't worry ;) And you can still go fully digital of course.


I hate buying games digitally, also what do you mean every game will be installed on disk?


Both Xbone and PS4 will install games on disk by default.