Well, I knew this would happen eventually since I was pissed off at Sony for a very long time for denying that their initial run of PS2 consoles were defective, and guess what? They got sued!
See here. It basically applies to anyone who bought new consoles from the 30001 series all the way to 50010 (see your model # on the back of your console), and essentially states that if you've had to pay for repairs or have not gotten repairs you need yet, there's a settlement in place so that you can get your defective console repaired or replaced.
What they don't say is why the consoles were defective and I have my theories on the matter, and after a two-three year test, I believe I have some credible conclusions- poor ventilation(too much ventilation CAN be a BAD thing!) led to excessive dust intake and thus rapid drops in performance, all of which could have been avoided if the console was properly engineered from the get-go. And no, I'm not a Sony or PS2 basher; the PS2 console is the only current generation console I own. It's just that no matter how good I think the games are and whatnot, there's still the issue of poor reliablility that had not been addressed until now, some 5 years after the PS2 first came out. This does not bode well with me, if it were up to me such issues would have been resolved much earlier in the cycle, and the PS2's 6-year run is almost over (most major consoles have a 6 year cycle before being replaced by new flagship hardware, i.e. Nintendo, Sony, and Sega; the only major exception as of yet seems to be the Xbox). I can only hope that such problems are not present on next-gen superconsoles like the PS3, Revolution, and Xbox 360.
The funny thing is here is that I remember threatening to sue Sony about three years ago over this, so they replaced my console- twice! I also had several friends with defective consoles that were turned away by Sony because back then they just said "f the customer, we don't care if people say our product is defective, enough people are buying it that we don't have to give a crap if there's a problem". Well, now there is a problem, and it seems that Sony's troubles are just mounting and mounting, especially since the lawsuit onslaught is about to start for their shady Rootkit business that they tried to slide under the radar. Makes me wonder what else is in store for them- I sure hope their headphones division doesn't get in hot water, that's for sure
Anyway, any PS2 owners with a take on the matter?
,
Abe
See here. It basically applies to anyone who bought new consoles from the 30001 series all the way to 50010 (see your model # on the back of your console), and essentially states that if you've had to pay for repairs or have not gotten repairs you need yet, there's a settlement in place so that you can get your defective console repaired or replaced.What they don't say is why the consoles were defective and I have my theories on the matter, and after a two-three year test, I believe I have some credible conclusions- poor ventilation(too much ventilation CAN be a BAD thing!) led to excessive dust intake and thus rapid drops in performance, all of which could have been avoided if the console was properly engineered from the get-go. And no, I'm not a Sony or PS2 basher; the PS2 console is the only current generation console I own. It's just that no matter how good I think the games are and whatnot, there's still the issue of poor reliablility that had not been addressed until now, some 5 years after the PS2 first came out. This does not bode well with me, if it were up to me such issues would have been resolved much earlier in the cycle, and the PS2's 6-year run is almost over (most major consoles have a 6 year cycle before being replaced by new flagship hardware, i.e. Nintendo, Sony, and Sega; the only major exception as of yet seems to be the Xbox). I can only hope that such problems are not present on next-gen superconsoles like the PS3, Revolution, and Xbox 360.
The funny thing is here is that I remember threatening to sue Sony about three years ago over this, so they replaced my console- twice! I also had several friends with defective consoles that were turned away by Sony because back then they just said "f the customer, we don't care if people say our product is defective, enough people are buying it that we don't have to give a crap if there's a problem". Well, now there is a problem, and it seems that Sony's troubles are just mounting and mounting, especially since the lawsuit onslaught is about to start for their shady Rootkit business that they tried to slide under the radar. Makes me wonder what else is in store for them- I sure hope their headphones division doesn't get in hot water, that's for sure
Anyway, any PS2 owners with a take on the matter?
,Abe
After getting that console out from repair, it failed within 15 minutes- the drive locked up and would not work unless the system stood vertically. I couldn't even get the disc I had inside to eject!
