If youve followed my posts at all, you probably alreay know that I'm a Sony supporter. That being said, PS2's technology has been known to break down relatively more so than its competition. There are even websites made for people that are dedicated to providing instuction in taking apart your PS2 and fixing a common defection found in the hardware. There were entire nationwide flawed shipments that went out.One thing about nintendo, theyve always built durable hardware. You could take an nes, snes, n64, gameboy or gamecube, chuck em out a 3rd story window and play em 2 minutes later. X-Boxes have been known to keel over as well but not nearly as much as the PS2s.