Arcturus you're living under a rock then. The Ps2 is infamous for its failure in quality.
- the original Red light of doom
- The Mechanical eye that had to be recalibrated everytime a new disc format was inserted resulting in a hastened burn out of the drive system.
- The vertical stand option which Sony had to later retract saying that the PS2 shouldn't be played vertically because it could cause it to not read the disc or damage it. One of the signiture features of the PS2, admited to by Sony themselves to be a failure.
- Sony's attempt at the Blue Disc which ruined countless PS2s.
- Plastic drive parts that over time wore down resulting in the drive not working.
- The DVD and CD functions only have limited functionality on many consoles.
- Overheating issues which got worse in the slims.
- The slims not being compatible with the Hard Drive and other peripherals required for certain online games.
It was so riddled with problems that console repair shops and used games stores had to stop taking them because it wasn't worth the effort. Many people who had either voided the warranty or had the warranty expire were forced to buy new ones. It was not a well built system.
And the fact people kept buying it when it broke doesn't prove how good a system it was, it just proved how good the games were. The system was terrible. The PS2 was probably one of the worse built consoles in recent history challenged only by the xbox. It's game library was phenomenal though and with reverse compatibility it was a shoe in.
Listen if you want to play the "show me stats" game, that's fine but all you're doing is just covering your ears and telling yourself what you want to hear when everyone else knows for themselves the truth that the PS2 was a junk heap. Hell it was in the news on CNN about the massive waves of defective units in the initial launches. Anyone at a game store can tell you it was a poorly built system. The PS2 thrived on hype and the monoply established by the PS1, as a console alone it was a trainwreck.
