As kids, we never had to worry, because pre-PS1, we were already bombarded with lessons on proper disc handling from our boomer parents when we learned how to play their vinyl/CDs. Kids who just threw their discs everywhere, stepped on jewel cases, and used the top of their console to rest drinks on are the ones that had to pray their games worked. I’m looking at a wall of 30 year old playstation games that are pristine.
I remember opening my PS2 to clean like a quarter inch of dust off the laser. And then losing money when trading it in to GameStop because the seal was broke
Simple rule for discs: always touch the edges, never the surfaces! It’s…it’s not that hard. I never had PSX disc read problems.
Not throwing shade at the kids who did because of shoddy lasers or something, of course. :)
(I did have OG Xbox disc read problems… because those crappy Thompson drives shredded discs over time)
Seeing people hold the surfaces of discs with their snack-greased fingers would infuriate me. Same with seeing them put label-up on the dusty VCR / cable box / dvd player rather than back in the case to switch games.
Nowadays it seems even more common because people don’t seem to know how discs work.
On that note, It’s the same thing with RAM. Watching tech review channels where they’re just pinch-holding RAM sticks or fanning them out like playing cards makes me twitch.
As kids, we never had to worry, because pre-PS1, we were already bombarded with lessons on proper disc handling from our boomer parents when we learned how to play their vinyl/CDs. Kids who just threw their discs everywhere, stepped on jewel cases, and used the top of their console to rest drinks on are the ones that had to pray their games worked. I’m looking at a wall of 30 year old playstation games that are pristine.
Some PS1 and 2 just had shitty laser assemblies that had trouble reading even non scratched discs.
You know, I remember that. My PS1 never had an issue, but I know a few people who did.
My PS2 would randomly decide not to read the disc sometimes. IIRC, we were pretty careful with both the disks and console.
From what i remember, the issue was the laser was either dirty or otherwise shotty and sometimes wouldn’t read the disc
I remember opening my PS2 to clean like a quarter inch of dust off the laser. And then losing money when trading it in to GameStop because the seal was broke
Rentals and used games had no such guarantee.
THIS. 100% THIS.
Simple rule for discs: always touch the edges, never the surfaces! It’s…it’s not that hard. I never had PSX disc read problems.
Not throwing shade at the kids who did because of shoddy lasers or something, of course. :)
(I did have OG Xbox disc read problems… because those crappy Thompson drives shredded discs over time)
Seeing people hold the surfaces of discs with their snack-greased fingers would infuriate me. Same with seeing them put label-up on the dusty VCR / cable box / dvd player rather than back in the case to switch games.
Nowadays it seems even more common because people don’t seem to know how discs work.
On that note, It’s the same thing with RAM. Watching tech review channels where they’re just pinch-holding RAM sticks or fanning them out like playing cards makes me twitch.