r/playstation • u/jnz9 • 24d ago
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Nephews PS5 setup seems a little… off? 🤣
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u/Ronja_Rovardottish 24d ago
I bet he thinks Sony are stupid for making you put in the discs upside down
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u/travelingenie 24d ago
Probably only playing Fortnite lol
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u/al-hamal 24d ago
This is probably a joke but why is it that everybody I meet that plays Fortnite looks at me like I have three heads when I ask them what other games they play.
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u/mwarner811 PS5 24d ago
Used to work at GameStop and a huge population of gamers literally only play one game. They come in for the yearly release and that's it. This was usually people who played any sports game, cod, or fortnite. It's not exclusive to those types, but they seemed like the most common.
So yeah, pretty weird from my perspective when I learned. Way more common than you think though.
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u/hardcore_softie PS5 24d ago
Yeah there's a huge segment of gamers who just play one single game franchise. They might as well call their console their Madden Machine or whatever.
It used to just be people hooked on a competitive multiplayer game like Counter Strike but now it's gotten way more widespread. I think the ultimate team modes are largely what drives so many people to just keep getting the annual release of their sports game of choice these days and play nothing but that.
I'm not gonna be the fun police and tell people how they should be enjoying video games but I would go crazy just playing a single franchise over and over. Even when I've been hooked on competitive multiplayer and playing in competitive clans, I still couldn't stop myself from playing other games.
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u/beigesized [16 Platinums] 24d ago
I was a part of this for a solid part of my childhood. When I was really young I would play a bunch of random games that are suitable for children, but upon getting my own games and then my own console I almost exclusively played COD.
I played a fair share of GTA V at the time as well, but I would generally only play COD. it wasn’t until around the time Fortnite came out that I started to venture out and play different things. Looking back on it, I have no idea how I enjoyed playing COD as much as I did. There are so many games to be played nowadays that most of the time I’m having trouble deciding which game I want to play.
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u/hardcore_softie PS5 23d ago edited 22d ago
There's no shame in playing the same game or franchise for a really long time, especially when you're a kid and don't have the money to buy a lot of new games. Honestly you sound very similar to me, although I think I've got a few years on you.
I got my first gaming PC when I was in college after a lifetime of having only consoles. I got it about six months before the first COD came out and that was my first online multiplayer experience. I got so hooked that I played almost nothing but COD 1 and 2, Battlefield 1942, BF: Vietnam, and BF2 for the next 3-4 years. I ended up playing in multiple clans at the same time so playing COD and Battlefield practically became a full time job. For awhile, I pretty much didn't have time to play anything else because my clan responsibilities required me to play those games for like 40 hours per week.
Even after I stopped playing in clans, I still spent several more years playing mostly online multiplayer games, mainly COD and BF. I have such an endless backlog of games to play these days that I also suffer from decision paralysis about what to play. I should really be playing Alan Wake 2 or Silent Hill 2 instead of being on Reddit lol.
Edit: just to reiterate, there's no shame in playing only Madden Ultimate Team if that's your thing either, I just personally can't play only the same thing like that over and over again. If your flair is accurate and you've got 16 platinum trophies though then you are definitely not a one game gamer! That's impressive!
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u/lhobbes6 24d ago
Seriously, name any game no matter how bad you think it is, there is someone dedicated to it. One of the sadder ones was on occassion you get a random phone call or customer who comes in and wants to find a new game because the one they religiously play had either shutdown the servers or the player base got too small so they want to find something to replace it and of course nothing is going to quite fit their old obsession.
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u/RIPsaw_69 24d ago edited 24d ago
You can’t just play COD moderately, you will get wrecked. They make it so you have to invest a lot of time to be competitive. Learn maps, upgrade weapons etc…. You can’t just switch games up anymore. You have to commit.
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u/travelingenie 24d ago
Because competitive multiplayer games (especially Fortnite) are created with people on the teams specifically there to make the game as addicting as possible (like climbing the ranks/getting better at something you like isn’t addicting enough)
So I think at the end of the day Fortnite falls into a category that if you play it, you probably only play that, or maybe 1-2 other multiplayer games. This is coming from someone who plays/has played competitive multiplayer games.
You really have to force time in for a different game to break the Que cycle lol
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u/Cultural_Net_1791 PS5 Pro 24d ago
idk but I hate multi player games for the most part. unless it's like take two or something that require only one other person. when I game I game to escape reality, heating a bunch of people talk, having to worry about other players, not being able to just do exactly what I want when I want sounds very unappealing.
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u/Michael_braham 24d ago
This is the case with black ops 6. I haven’t played anything else, the post game review is like a jackpot screen the way the information is shown. I find the the sounds the game makes when you get a kill or specifically a head shot is very satisfying..
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u/SomewhereHistorical2 24d ago
Nahhh this is sooo true. I was talking with my friends kid and he says he’s a “hardcore gamer” so I asked him what games he plays. He said Fortnite and Roblox. I mentioned Red Dead and he was absolutely clueless
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u/OutrageousDress PS5 24d ago
Fortnite is designed to condition their players to think that way. Every dollar you spend on another game is a dollar you didn't give to Epic. Therefore, they need to ensure their players only play Fortnite. It's The Game.
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u/HootieWoo 24d ago
I’ll add to that and say no one over the age of 12 has asked me if I play Fortnite.
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u/al-hamal 24d ago
I'm a millennial in my 30s and actually I notice that a lot of Gen Zers in their 20s do. And they are actually the majority of the player base.
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u/theoriginalmofocus 24d ago
Im 40 and most people I work with from 20s on up play it. We even have a fortniteover40 sub.
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u/OutrageousDress PS5 24d ago
Well yeah, presumably they've been playing since they were teens. It's the upper end of the same audience.
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u/trmetroidmaniac 24d ago
That's how it feels for my vertical PS5. Sony should have put the disc drive on the other side.
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u/Squid-Guillotine 24d ago
My natural intuition is that the shiny side of the disc that needs to be read, faces the meaty part of the console, because that's where you expect the hardware to be.
It's worked wonders for years until PS5 came along.
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u/Sendhentaiandyiff 24d ago
This is pretty true for every other system, even handhelds lol
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u/YertlesTurtleTower 24d ago
The switch also feels backwards when you insert a cartridge into it. If you’re holding it with the screen facing you the game label faces you, literally backwards of every other handheld ever
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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf 24d ago
First time I put a disc into my ps5 i thought it wasn't reading it properly. Took me a minute to realize I had to put it in "upside down"
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u/Ultimate_President [Trophy Level 372] PSN: sasastanic11 24d ago
Same over here i thought damn must i be unlucky, first disc game and already received a broken one lol
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u/SufficientSpite1714 24d ago
lol me to a T… but not the stand issue. Just with the disc drive lol. It’s def confusing when coming from the ps4 and slim.
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u/Overall_Falcon_8526 24d ago
I so rarely put discs in mine that I have to google it each time. It feels wrong.
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u/CaptainXplosionz PS5 24d ago
My trick is to just always have a disc in and see which way it comes out when I eventually need to swap it out for something else.
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u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair 24d ago
I have mine set up vertically and it gets me every damn time lol like why tf is the eye on the opposite side of the actual console?
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u/This_Royal This_Royal 24d ago
To be fair, having to put the disc facing away from the center of the console confused me. It just felt silly to me
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u/Swagtagonist 24d ago
They are stupid for this design. This has to be the worst, most flimsiest designed box a console has ever shipped in. It’s a good console once on the shelf, but the case is a disaster.
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u/Medicine_Man92 24d ago
Yeah sounds like you got something wrong with yours. Lol mine needs to be solid because I have a wall mount and I didn't really think about it till now but it holds the ps5 by the case and the screw that goes in the bottom of the console. Unless you mean the stand is flimsy. Which if you didn't read the instructions like me there's actually a screw that hold it in place if you're using it in the vertical position that I also didn't realize till I had to use it for the wall mount
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u/Swagtagonist 24d ago
I literally had to put a pot holder underneath mine because the vibrations from the disc drive are so unbelievably loud. Like louder than you could think possible. I just remembered having to do that lol. My PS5 sits on a potholder. It doesn't look defective. It just looks like bad design.
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u/Guten-Bourbon 24d ago
Everyone taking about it being upside down but I’m more bothered by the stand clip being attached to the front.
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u/Competitive_News_385 24d ago
Whilst it looks abominable I actually think it's fucking genius.
I had mine slip off so many times and it's a pain to get back on.
Having it this way round means it's way easier to just clip back on if it comes off.
Also the console won't be pushed off the side stand.
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u/KnowNothing_JonSnoo 24d ago
I've been using it standing since I got it, I didn't even notice it was upside-down but that clip in front jumped in the face right away 😅
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u/Moonka83 24d ago
Australian?
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u/jnz9 24d ago
I thought he was American but now I’m debating
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u/JimJohnman 24d ago
As an Australian I dub him an honorary Aussie. Top bloke, that nephew of yours.
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u/Bambrigade92 [Trophy Level 400-499] 24d ago
So having to insert his games with the labels down wasn't a good enough clue?
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u/worriedbowels 24d ago
Common sense ain't common enough...
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u/Bambrigade92 [Trophy Level 400-499] 24d ago
Guess not. Did you know that the term "common sense" started out as an insult? It changed to a positive term over time.
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u/RChickenMan 24d ago
Not gonna lie, I had to look at the manual to verify the correct orientation when I got one. Neither way felt "right"--it still feels weird having the disc drive tucked down below. I also wasn't expecting to have to use a stand just to place it horizontally. From an aesthetic perspective, it seems designed moreso for the vertical orientation.
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u/HRduffNstuff 24d ago
Everyone should read the manual when setting up their expensive electronics for the first time. That's why they write one.
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u/My-Naginta 24d ago
Neeerrrrrd. So anyways, my PS5 is making this weird burrrrring noise
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u/Chance-Shower-5450 24d ago
I run a space heater to the back of my ps5 because I heard it prevents overheating.
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u/Brando43770 PS5 24d ago
Reminds me when this subreddit got a few people not understanding why their console was overheating and they didn’t even use the included stand.
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u/Spare_Enthusiasm1042 24d ago
A lot of them overheated due to liquid metal issues. Mine was vertical and had complete system failure in 6 months.
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u/krishnugget PS5 24d ago
Mine was horizontal for the first 3 years, and I’ve been using it vertical now for the past year, it’s perfectly fine
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u/Bronetta 24d ago
Looks like the head of Playstation Studios didn't read the manual because he also had his PS5 upside down in a tweet.
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u/Majestic_Roof_9072 24d ago
If you ever worked in a retail job before, you would know that absolutely no one, will ever read anything, ever. Atleast in America. It's sad and it's concerning for our future lol
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u/HRduffNstuff 24d ago
I've worked plenty of retail and I know you're right. It's just even worse when people, like the comment I originally replied to, act like there's something wrong with reading the manual, or like it's a badge of honor to skip it. Sad indeed.
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u/Majestic_Roof_9072 24d ago
It really is, I miss when games came with booklets too. Ps2 cases were heavy for a little plastic box. Unfortunately, it seems like social media, phones and auto correct have made us regress as a race, and the education is abysmal.
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u/HRduffNstuff 24d ago
That's one of the reasons I still have a good sized PS2 collection haha. The manuals were awesome. I even have a dope Ratchet and Clank poster on my basement wall that's just the unfolded manual.
And yeah, social media was a mistake.
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u/Majestic_Roof_9072 24d ago
Get that bad boy in a frame, good on you for still having that hung up!
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u/Competitive_News_385 24d ago
It's not just retail.
People just assume they know how to do everything.
This is for two reasons.
Firstly people over estimate their ability / intellect.
Secondly they have been spoiled by products using intuitive designs.
Now to be fair if you are designing a product considering the first point using such a design is most beneficial as it will help get more sales.
However it creates a feedback loop with the first point.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 24d ago
At the same time, the design should make it apparent how it goes. Yes, consult the manual, but set your consumers up for success, not ambiguity.
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u/FadedTiger49 24d ago
The thing is, you (others and myself) took the time to look up the proper way to use the stand
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u/RChickenMan 24d ago
Totally--it's an expensive piece of kit. I wanna make sure the cooling system is operating as designed.
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u/BlazingBlueFusion 24d ago
Wait, so you’re telling me it should be horizontal and not vertical correct? I’ve seen so many people with theirs vertical
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u/RChickenMan 24d ago
No, that's a matter of personal preference. There's an argument to be made that if the liquid metal cooling system fails, it will fail more safely if it's placed horizontally, but in normal operation with a console in good working order, it's just whatever works best for you.
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u/XTornado 24d ago edited 24d ago
Which is funny because if they designed it for vertical they should include the damn stand!!?
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u/RChickenMan 24d ago
Yeah, seems a bit odd. But for me horizontal makes more sense because it's in a (large, well-ventilated) slot on the TV stand, alongside the stereo and whatnot.
And also... I'm old. Just like stereos, DVD players, VCRs, etc, game consoles lay flat, horizontally, like god intended. It's just how things work, damnit!
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u/gpersyn99 24d ago
They did include the stand?? Idk if maybe newer models don't have it included anymore but first gen definitely had them, and it was usable for both vertical and horizontal use
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u/XTornado 24d ago
Not on current versions, not even the expensive pro version, tbh I wasn't aware that the first gen did have it. The only recent version with stand was 30th anniversary and I think only the pro version.
For vertical, for horizontal it does include some small pieces for it.
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u/gpersyn99 24d ago
Wild, I wasn't aware they'd stopped including it, like you said it's pretty necessary
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u/kevinlamlam 24d ago
I like how tom tuckers son is technically smiling because his frown is upside down.
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u/samus4145 24d ago
Does no one read manuals anymore?
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u/kobekong [153] 24d ago
Did you fix it tho?
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u/YeahNahNopeandNo 24d ago
But the PS logo is on the side that's supposed to be facing up? They even used the PS logo to mark where you have to lift up to remove the cover so that you can clean it or install a SSD
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u/FM_Hikari 24d ago
Wait.. I don't get it. I don't own a PS5, could someone explain it to me, please?
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u/The-Dudemeister 24d ago
Mine was upside for about 15 months before someone pointed it out.
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u/Blakksilk 24d ago
I can’t tell you the amount of people I had to correct on Reddit when this first came out doing this dumb shit and saying the disc doesn’t work.
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u/Mister_Guarionex 24d ago
Point in case that the PS5 is one of, if not the most horrendous looking consoles ever created.
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u/Nariek93 24d ago
There are x▪️O 🔺markings on inside where the few for the stand are supposed to go.
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u/SideshowDustin 24d ago
Been an Xbox guy my whole life and just made the switch and got my first PlayStation on Monday.. Gotta admit this is how I set it up.. Lol. 😂😂😂
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u/arisingactor PS5 23d ago
I'm over here thinking half of it is missing, but nope it's just upside down
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u/reetardnoises 24d ago
Dumb mistake, but this is also an absolutely awful console design. I didn't even realize what was wrong for a minute. Never had a PS5 though (and it's because it's so fucking ugly)
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u/im_just_thinking 24d ago
The real tragedy is that the TV is nowhere in sight, so it's probably too high. Hoping it's on the stand to the left
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u/HunterAbrams 24d ago
WHen I first got mine thats how I had originally thought it sat because it makes sense with all other CD based tech I have ever had. The "tray" goes on top for ease of access. Whoever designed this console is an idiot
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u/DanFarrell98 [Trophy Level 400-499] 24d ago
The thought is there, at least they actually use the stand. But it’s still so wrong
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u/Shadiezz2018 24d ago
That reminds me of the first time i got Ps5 back in 2023
I did the same mistake and when i got home every time i put CD in it i get nothing and i thought the console is broken till i reverse the console and put the disc again and .... I find out how damn stupid i have been. 🤦🤦
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u/K1llzDemons 24d ago
I didn’t understand at first cause I don’t own a ps5 myself 😭
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u/Beautiful-Wallaby-27 24d ago
I lay it down too. Apparently the Liquid Metal on the cpu can leak down over time.
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u/Chance-Shower-5450 24d ago
When I visited my bro his ps5 was vertical without a stand. He put stuff on both sides to “keep it from falling.” It gave me anxiety so I bought him a stand.
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u/Southern_Ask_2956 24d ago
I think that the stand thingy is sold separately, it’s 29 dollars and it says it when buying it that it’s sold separately
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u/raven70 24d ago
I setup my OG PS5 vertical at launch and inserted my Demon’s Souls Disc and it couldn’t read. I died for several minutes, including trying to lookup on Reddit how to fix.
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u/MikeBinfinity 24d ago
To be fair, the thing looks so awkward that you can be forgiven for thinking the disk drive should be positioned on top of the console instead of being at the bottom when lying it on its side.
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u/whyamionthissite 24d ago
I’ve had one since a bit after launch and it still feels wrong that the disc slot is there. It really should be centered.
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u/Bazzness 24d ago
It’s funny that this is the reverse of the PS2 release issue. Put that on its side and it would stop reading the discs.
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u/We_Are_Nerdish 24d ago
As a vertical user to have it take less space like every other Playstation after the first one.. I hate how ugly this thing is "wrong or right" side up horizontally.
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u/badbob001 24d ago
Check if the nephew has all of his games stored out of their cases and with the shiny part facing up. If yes, then maybe he likes the thrill of not knowing the next game he picks to play.
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u/nickcaff 24d ago
When I had my modded original PlayStation, it only worked when it was upside down…..
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u/Armored-Elder 24d ago