I guess I was lucky. I had my PS2 for over 5 years and never had a single problem. Most of my friends had a PS2 as well and they never had any mishaps either, and some of them had their PS2 longer than I had.
You cant blame me for thinking its a reliable console, back then I wasn't that interested in the internet and so I didn't know of how its apparent unreliability was ticking you and many other people off. Also did you notice how I put my PS2 was the most reliable console? Wasn't referring to anyone elses...
Only having 1 problem with your PS2 after 5 years isn't really that bad anyway...
Yes I did notice that you said that
your PS2 console was reliable. It's just that lots of people have reported problems with their PS2s over the years.
I do realise what you're saying about 1 problem in 5 years is not bad but if I'm being brutally honest, a failing Lens even after 5 years is a huge problem. It's clearly a manufacturing defect.
I paid £200 for my fat PS2 in 2001 and I expected it to last for as long as I wanted to use it.
Every other Games Console that I've bought over the past 10-15 years had never died on me. This is why I was so ticked off when my PS2 finally keeled over. It was giving me Disc Read Errors at first and only for certain types of discs and then it just stopped reading anything at all - including a DVD Lens Cleaner Disc.
However, I have been hearing that these sort of problems are not just happening with PS2s. I have heard horror stories about the Xbox 360 and PS3s breaking down so I suppose that softens the blow a little.
But it definitely looks like both Sony and Microsoft are incapable of building a reliable Games Console. Maybe it's because the technology is so advanced that its just getting harder to build reliable consoles.
One thing I do know is that when I eventually buy a PS3, I think I'm gonna be looking at buying Breakdown Cover for it.
