Games are Toys. I'm sorry, but they are officially, childrens play things. This is the biggest problem of video games today.
Is it because of video game bannings in certain countries? Oh no, nothing that simple. It's something far worse. It's because video game consoles suffer because of being classified a toy, and by extension, the users.
A few months ago, when my PS3 became hot and refused to turn on, I was worried and did some research into YLOD and RROD, as I also have a 360. I eventually got it working again, it was more temperature and dust than anything, but it got me worried.
You see, because of the toy classification, both the PS3 and 360's soldering is lead free, which is inferior to the lead based soldering. The root cause of all the heating problems is that the lead free soldering becomes loose when heated repeatedly, where lead based does not. Lead can not be in toys.
There is a simple solution, and an easy one, just stop the classification of them as toys and make them a media player. Sony and Microsoft, with their, ahem, 'hardcore game line up', already want you to know, this is a player of a medium of media, not a toy. No one is going to open an lick the insides. It's not going to leak out the sides. Computers are perfectly safe and have always used lead soldering.
Today my PS3 finally subsided to YLOD, on a dreary day no less, which got me to this. While the slim versions of both the HD consoles do not have the problems nearly as bad as their original versions, the next generation will surely have these problems again. I don't want this to happen again. It's not a natural death, it's a death because of circumstances.
Video Games and Consoles were originally 'Toys' to get them back on to the market, a crafty move by Nintendo if I ever did see one, but that was 1983, despite what Nintendo may think, in 2012, consoles are not toys. They haven't been since the PS1 exploded into the mainstream in 1994. This hurt Microsoft, make no doubt about it. It hurts the consumer. Change needs to happen, and happen now.
-Some Gamer Dude
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