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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => General PlayStation Discussion => Topic started by: Titan on January 10, 2013, 08:33:37 AM

Title: That\'s all folks
Post by: Titan on January 10, 2013, 08:33:37 AM

A couple days late but production on PS2 has officially ended. So ends a truly great era of gaming.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/121372-Sony-Ceases-PlayStation-2-Production-Worldwide

Title: That\'s all folks
Post by: clips on January 10, 2013, 07:29:36 PM

Heh...it\'s been a nice run...i still have my big block ps2...that thing is 12 years old....it doesn\'t play alot of my ps2 games anymore, but it still plays the games i play the most...SilentHill 2-4, RE4, NFL2K5, Smackdown vs Raw 2006, Beyond Good and Evil...and a few others, but that thing has never broke down on me.

My ps3 on the other hand has wiped on me once already since 07...:mad:...:p

Title: That\'s all folks
Post by: Titan on January 11, 2013, 07:24:38 AM

Quote from: clips

Heh...it\'s been a nice run...i still have my big block ps2...that thing is 12 years old....it doesn\'t play alot of my ps2 games anymore, but it still plays the games i play the most...SilentHill 2-4, RE4, NFL2K5, Smackdown vs Raw 2006, Beyond Good and Evil...and a few others, but that thing has never broke down on me.

My ps3 on the other hand has wiped on me once already since 07...:mad:...:p

I have 2 PS2s. My first one was the model that got plagued with the DREs. Can\'t even read regular CDs anymore. I still do think sometimes of buying a new laser and seeing what happens. I have a silver slimline PS2 that has been doing very well. My PS3 crapped out on me a little under a year ago. Bought a new blu-ray laser and replaced that. No problems since :)

Clips, what problem were you having with your PS3?

Title: That\'s all folks
Post by: clips on January 15, 2013, 08:45:48 PM

Quote from: Titan

I have 2 PS2s. My first one was the model that got plagued with the DREs. Can\'t even read regular CDs anymore. I still do think sometimes of buying a new laser and seeing what happens. I have a silver slimline PS2 that has been doing very well. My PS3 crapped out on me a little under a year ago. Bought a new blu-ray laser and replaced that. No problems since :)

Clips, what problem were you having with your PS3?

I got the yellow ring of death...(yellow light)....i just sent it in to Sony and they fixed it...i\'m not really sure what type of problem that is.

Title: That\'s all folks
Post by: Titan on January 17, 2013, 07:40:02 AM

Quote from: clips

I got the yellow ring of death...(yellow light)....i just sent it in to Sony and they fixed it...i\'m not really sure what type of problem that is.

I think it has something to do with the power supply or something. It was a rare occurance though that happened to a very select model run.

EDIT: A quick google search reveals it is actually a bad solder to the motherboard.