Can PS2 take abuse?

It's not a lot of abuse, just wondering if my PS2 is gonna' break because I dropped it about an inch? And, yeah, I'm a bit paranoid about these things.

If it's the original it's built like a tank. I don't know about the Slim.

I had people trip over the controller cords back in '02,'03 about 15 times, bringing the console smashing down from about a foot. The only thing wrong with it now is the CD laser burned out.

My big boy is tough like a NED, not only stubbornly withstanding being humped to my folks' house and back a few times (each time i went to stay there) , and being dropped off a table, oh and being whacked about a bit when i keep tripping over that flipping controller wire ;) heh..... but doing all of this while being run into the ground (my game collection speaks volumes where my PS2 and hard labour are concerned :o ) , and being made to play loads of DVDs as well.

It's pretty old, indeed, it came with the first demo disk and i got it second hand years ago :) I think i got a good deal there.

For some obscure reason, it also plays copied video DVDs (shrug) aint complaining, and all, of course ..... but it isn't chipped or anything to my knowledge (baffled)

It's only now finally beginning to have read errors with video DVDs (rented ones, and now finally brand new ones sometimes as well) but it just needs switched off and on again to sort it out, and it's still flawless for gaming purposes.

So, in conclusion, my reckoning is noooooo sweat man, the PS2 can take it I reckon (^-^)

That said..... I don't know about the slimline ones.

I'd be surprised if they're a lot more feeble than the chunky sort, though.

Man, I had the thing smash HARD almost 20 times. The thing is built very well.

It's not built like a tank by any means, but an inch shouldn't hurt it too muchBuryMe

Ok. A system comes smashing down hard almsot 20 times, and has no problems. Yet is not built like a tank. Ok, whatever.

This thread reminded me of an old X-Play segment where Morgan took a sledgehammer to the PS2, XBox, and GC to see which was the toughest. They also dropped the consoles out a window. IIRC the PS2 was taken out by the fall from the window.

Anyway, I've had a fatty almost since launch. It has been abused by 2 young kids who throw controllers and systems around when they lose. It has been pulled off of its shelf due to cord issues innumerable times over the years. It also used to be my only DVD player so it got a lot of use playing movies. After all these years it still plays fine. It actually only gets the disk read error on blue back home-made dvds. (Ironically the only DVDs that I can't play that I own are Sony brand DVDs).

I've dropped the slim model a couple of times and it has also been pulled off the shelf a few times. I haven't had any problems with the slim model either.

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]It's not built like a tank by any means, but an inch shouldn't hurt it too muchRhen_Var

It's a metaphor

Mine got thrown half way across the room when one of my dogs snagged the controller wire.

The thing still works fine to this day.

I did have to take the thing apart with a screw driver though - the controller port was knocked backwards into the machine. It was easy to fix though.

Oh and the disk was knackered (gta) as lazer met disk and scrathed it in the impact

see if it works. i know my first one took a beating of a life time. got a 2nd one a few years later.

It's not a lot of abuse, just wondering if my PS2 is gonna' break because I dropped it about an inch? And, yeah, I'm a bit paranoid about these things.

Soilworkcob

see if it works. i know my first one took a beating of a life time. got a 2nd one a few years later.

[QUOTE="Soilworkcob"]

It's not a lot of abuse, just wondering if my PS2 is gonna' break because I dropped it about an inch? And, yeah, I'm a bit paranoid about these things.

ocdog45

Yeah, it still works. However, my old Fat PS2 took a dive from on top of my mom's dresser while I was playing DQ8. It killed my DQ8 Disc and I lost 3 hours on my game so I put my fist through my mom's wall. Sadly, My old fatty gave up the ghost a few weeks after the fall. So my Fat PS2 had a delayed death. So I guess what I'm trying to say (in my awkard style of writing) is that it still might die down the road from old injuries.

see if it works. i know my first one took a beating of a life time. got a 2nd one a few years later.

[QUOTE="Soilworkcob"]

It's not a lot of abuse, just wondering if my PS2 is gonna' break because I dropped it about an inch? And, yeah, I'm a bit paranoid about these things.

ocdog45

Yeah, it still works. However, my old Fat PS2 took a dive from on top of my mom's dresser while I was playing DQ8. It killed my DQ8 Disc and I lost 3 hours on my game so I put my fist through my mom's wall. Sadly, My old fatty gave up the ghost a few weeks after the fall. So my Fat PS2 had a delayed death. So I guess what I'm trying to say (in my awkard style of writing) is that it still might die down the road from old injuries. *Attemps to cast Curaja on my PS2 Slimline*