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• Persi@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not sure where this idea comes from, the PlayStation had a bad reputation even when it was new.

  The optical drive would often fail and need replacement. There was a whole meme about people using the console upside down to combat this.

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  • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I got this idea by actually owning one. I abused the fuck out of that thing, and it lasted half of my childhood.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    was that the ps2? i had to refocus and polish the lens on that so many times

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    • Persi@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The ps2 was also quite bad in that regard, but the meme about using it upside down was the original ps1.

      Console reliability took a sudden nosedive with the switch to optical drives.

      I’m sure the sony consoles weren’t the worst in that regard, but being by far the most popular meant you knew a bunch of people whose playstation would take half an hour to load a game if at all, but the one saturn you’d seen in your life worked fine.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        damn, my ps2’s lens is kinda wonky and i was hoping i could flip it upside down to fix it.

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