I dunno about always. Not sure what the failure rate on the PS1 was (I'm guessing it wasn't 360 level) but most people I knew had loads of trouble with theirs. Anecdotal, I know, but to date the PS1 is easily the system that's given me the most heartache.

do we have to i always viewed them as an object to give me satisfaction.. not really as any sort of partner.... they are good for cheap thrills, but as soon as you let them in nag nag nag... cant live with them cant live without them

@badgenome

PS1 having a failure rate ??

wth are you talking about ?

you are the only unlucky one in this world that had a PS1 with a failure rate

got 2 PS1 systems and they work fckn fine

(first time i heard someone mention a failure rate for PS1..wtf)

Both the PS1 and PS2 were plagued by the "Disc Read Error" ... With the original Playstation it was a much more progressive failure in that you typically would start getting the error, you could then flip the Playstation onto its back and eliminate the error but it would eventually return.

The high failure rate of the Playstation and PS2 can (probably) be seen at local garage sales ... You see tons of people selling Atari, Collecovisions, NES, Master System, SNES, Genesis, N64, Gamecube and XBox systems but (even though they sold far more systems) a working Playstation or PS2 is a very rare item.

Since you can't be bothered to look anything up and want to just talk out your ass, here's the wiki page on PSOne:

Quality of construction

The first batch of PlayStations used a KSM-440AAM laser unit whose case and all movable parts were completely made out of plastic. Over time, friction caused the plastic tray to wear out—usually unevenly. The placement of the laser unit close to the power supply accelerated wear because of the additional heat, which made the plastic even more vulnerable to friction. Eventually, the tray would become so worn that the laser no longer pointed directly at the CD and games would no longer load. Sony eventually fixed the problem by making the tray out of die-cast metal and placing the laser unit farther away from the power supply on later models of the PlayStation.

Some units, particularly the early 100x models, would be unable to play FMV or music correctly, resulting in skipping or freezing. In more extreme cases the PlayStation would only work correctly when used upside down.

Happy now sir?

I try not to lock myself into glorifying or demonizing any particular company. All large companies do things we don't like at one time or another, and often one part of a company can be doing consumer-friendly things while other parts can be doing consumer-unfriendly things. MS has a lot of warts, but so does Sony... Root-Kit DRM, poor quality control at certain times and in certain product lines, etc.

I love the 360, but I really don't care for MS. Still, I like MS better than Sony.

@HappySqurriel @Onyxmeth

"disk read error" is when the system dont read a fckn disk dude

"failure rate" is when your system can't start up(boot up)(software malfunction)....you already know this

big difference between the two

systems not reading a disk is called a "FAILURE RATE" ? NO IT IS CALLED A "DISK ERROR"

NOW I'M HAPPY

If your gaming system can't play any games because it can't read the disc the game is on I would call that a pretty serious failure