I think my PS2 is over 5 years old already.

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I waited 3 years before getting my ps2. Although still enjoyed playing them at my mates places. Ended up with a V7 model.  Haven\'t had a single problem with it.. I got DC pretty much as soon as it came out.

I got my Playstation 2 in November 2000. I had no troubles what-so-ever ( except that I had to drive about 40 kilometres to get my console, if that can be counted as a problem ). The local shops got around 2-3 units each, so they were all sold out before I got out of school.

I traded the console once GameCube launched, though, only to buy it back last summer ( a newer model-no., a more silent version ). I\'m currently enjoying GTA: San Andreas, Gradius V and Devil May Cry ( to name a few ) due to it.

Attempted to buy a PStwo last friday and in the weekend : failed !

Damn things were sold out, out of stock. Demand seems to be too high for Sony Europe to keep up. Had to pre-order a unit. Fortunately they expect new batches before December.

[Titan]

Got my PS2 Christmas 2000. I love it. Still runs strong despite some minor problems which I fixed :cool:

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by nO-One
Heh the story about how I got my ps2 always makes me smile.

I worked at one of the places that sold ps2\'s (a lot like best buy) and there were very few units and I was banned from buying one because I worked there, however since everybody there knew I was the game freak I was given the chance of buying the last ps2 given that it wasn\'t picked up (pre orders).

Well the last one wasn\'t picked up, so I picked up my wallet and was gonna go buy me a console. Then the manager walked up to me and told me that he had sold my console. I was angry since I was promised that I would get the last one. Turns out the president had bought my ps2......I didn\'t vote for him in the next election.

Anyhoo, I got the first one out of the next batch a week later.

The President of Iceland bought your PS2 that was meant for you? Dude, I\'d start a rebellion or at least throw a snowball at your Ice King.

[nO-One]

as I said I didn\'t vote for the bastard

[Titan]

Originally posted by nO-One
Heh the story about how I got my ps2 always makes me smile.

I worked at one of the places that sold ps2\'s (a lot like best buy) and there were very few units and I was banned from buying one because I worked there, however since everybody there knew I was the game freak I was given the chance of buying the last ps2 given that it wasn\'t picked up (pre orders).

Well the last one wasn\'t picked up, so I picked up my wallet and was gonna go buy me a console. Then the manager walked up to me and told me that he had sold my console. I was angry since I was promised that I would get the last one. Turns out the president had bought my ps2......I didn\'t vote for him in the next election.

Anyhoo, I got the first one out of the next batch a week later.

You got owned

The story of my PS2:

I wanted the PS2 when it came out but didn\'t have the money. Even by Christmas it was hard to get. My mom paid 350 I think she said for it. I saw this kind of box shaped package and joked to my mom that it was the PS2 but said it wasn\'t because it would have been impossible to get it, especially because of the parts shortage. I opened it and low and behold, it was the PS2. I actually hugged the box. I was happy as hell. I got Smuggler\'s Run and SSX with it and spent the next couple weeks playing it. My mom said she grabbed the last one in the store but the guy charged 50 bucks more for it.

I exchanged the first PS2 I got after a few months. The first model had problems loading a DVD movie (U571) so I freaked out and thought I had got a defect model..

Anyway, later I found out the movie is incompatible with the PS2.. So I replaced a perfectly normal PS2.

So my  older PS2 is over 4 years old now.. It still reads games perfectly (no DRE *knocks on wood*), white, gold, blue, black all run fine.

But today I got the newer PSTwo, damn what a nice little thing. It loads/boots the games in a few seconds compared to my old PS2, which could take up to 20 seconds sometime.

I\'ll keep the old one though as I have a hard drive connected to it.