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They should've picked Playstation. Those things are near indestructable.
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.
I got this idea by actually owning one. I abused the fuck out of that thing, and it lasted half of my childhood.
was that the ps2? i had to refocus and polish the lens on that so many times
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.
damn, my ps2's lens is kinda wonky and i was hoping i could flip it upside down to fix it.