New console failure rate survey, same old results

[NeoXCS]

I have a 1000 still, bought on day one at midnight. Got wet somehow on my headphone port though and that doesn't work anymore. But otherwise it still runs just fine.

[VampDude]

You gotta wonder about the durability of that Psp Go slider though, and i think the 2k & 3k are a lot more fragile than the 1000 because Sony always over engineer the first console then start stripping stuff off for slim models, and Sony consoles are the kind of consoles that just get dumped in the trash when they getting old and acting up, but Nintendos just keep on trucking and might be thrown in the toy box and occasionally dug out.

I think the 2000/3000 models are securer and compact, which I would go for a 3000 model over my 1000 model. Anything with a slider faces the potential of breaking, which is why I avoid slider phones and everything else that slides because it only takes a slight jolt or whatnot (opening the slider hard and fast) with the slider and you could be looking at replacing parts.

I've never thrown out a SONY console (my first PlayStation was P/X'd as parts for a working one), though through my childhood I went through four original GameBoy's. The LCD screens used to explode within themselves after being dropped on the kitchen floor from the counter or down the stairs and even a short distance to the pavement, which other handheld consoles (including the GameBoy Pocket and Color) only got scuffed and scratched screen plastic (which was easily replaced).