Comrade Snarky wrote:Go ahead and search for Sony downsize. Tell me if there's anything there that's relevant to Sony Europe and was announced in October of 2012.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=148573???
I don't know the OP rep or really see anything about a 90% downsize in Sony but I hear people of forums saying Sony lost bilions (really, billions ?)
...Like I said I don't know if Sony PS is in trouble by billions or not, but if so...smirk.
To Ice, about so many ps2 units needed to be returned for years, it was infamous as I pointed out before with google link, but here is another :
"After release users reported a variety of problems including DVD playback and the
infamous laser problem, where the machine was unable to read blue discs.
This problem was so widespread that in America a class action lawsuit was filed against Sony."
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... t=2&c=1230I live in the NorthEast part of USA. When I went to local shops or national ones like EB, Babbages, etc I saw stacks of ps2 in "need repair" piles or people sending them back to Sony, sometimes 2 or 3 times before a working one was finally sent, this happened for years until the smaller unit came out. I know many are from UK here but it was a famous thing for a ps2 to malfunction quickly in USA.
Even the smaller units had issues, but I just want to share this :
"
In 2004 a slimline version of the PS2 was released, not without its own problems. Because of the smaller case an external power supply was used, a number of which were recalled due to the possibility of overheating. The slimline version also featured an Ethernet port and integrated modem.
Despite these problems the PS2 was extremely popular, selling more than 115 million units world-wide to date according to Sony. It has been suggested this is an artificially high figure though,
as some users report having owned as many as FOUR OR MORE replacement machines due to the problems with the laser."