Top 10 Worst Video Game Console Defects
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- Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Infamous Game Console Defects. For this list, we’ll be looking at notorious console design flaws that led to serious issues down the road. Our list includes Joy-Con Drift, the Red Ring of Death, the PS2's Disc Read Errors, the NES's Cartridge Slot, and more! Did you suffer through any of these? Let us know in the comments.
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yes
PS2 disk read error
NES cartridges. Just wiggle them.
PS3 yellow light of death, the only difference is that it happened years after I bought it
My XBOX 360 Slim survived the red ring of death twice sadly he's no longer with me 😭 lots of good memories on that thing.
The only Switch drift I want is when playing Mario Kart, trying to make those curvy turns!
Yeah is annoying as hell 🙄😒cause my brother had a Switch when he playing he getting upset 😠
God I experienced the switch drift so freaking hard when I was playing Mario Odyssey to the point where Mario just could not go in a straight line at all. Made playing the game so freaking hard(but also kinda funny sometimes when I would act like Mario wanted to do his own thing while I tried to play)
Mario Kart? I got it from playing Jump Force. And I got this problem from another controller that’s not even a joy con
*WE NEED TO MAKE A CAR WHERE INSTEAD OF A STEERING WHEEL WE DRIVE USING A CONTROLLER*
You know what doesn't have the drift the Nintendo Switch Lite and even though the TV connectivity is gone it is still worth the $200.
This is a great reason not to rush out and buy new consoles. Besides being hard to get, not having enough games, and having outrageously marked up prices, you're breaking your back to buy a system that likely will have some issues. It's better to wait and get them cheaper (I ended up getting a PS4 with 3 Uncharted games for about $250 a year after it's original release, I didn't miss out on anything buying it a year later), with more games, and when they get a chance to fix the problems from the initial release.
Actually, if you were able to get your hands on a 1st generation ps5 it's probably going to be better than the 2nd generation, as Sony has already made it known they are going with cheaper parts for future generations of the ps5.
i’ve never really understood buying consoles (or any electronics) as soon as they’re released
Your wrong because I bought my nintendo switch in 2019 and after a few months it had joy con drift.
@@jaredanacleto9239 okayyy
@@jtmax24 This isnt true. Its just a smaller heat sink which still runs far cooler then it has to
Xbox RROD is by far the most widespread and expensive thing on the list. It should easily be number 1.
I was also expecting the R-ROD to pull yet another win in this category.
This or the joycon drift
Thank you
@matt alan And the worst thing about it is the fact that this is still happening even with the release of the switch OLED
At least Microsoft was aware with the phenomenon and did plan improvements as early as 2007 or 8
Aw geez, that Joy Con Drift problem was bugging me to no end. I think that explains why I got replacements for Christmas last year.
Nintendo : calculated
I've had to get 4 new joycon sets because of that stupid drift. And now my joycons are experiencing a new issue that's super annoying when trying to play handheld mode
@@tkiesailastname4656 do not buy more! If you live in certain countrys that won the joycon drift lawsuit Nintendo has to repair them for free.
@@SnuSnuDungeon oh wow really? I live in the US
@@tkiesailastname4656 depending on the serial number of your purchase, you can get a free repair--I'm in the US and I had it done
0:16 Those who lived through this era of PS2 feel the freezing just seeing this image 🙃
On god the worst feeling ever you go to load up you favorite ps2 and get that image
Yup brings back memories
@@kendariusbentley231 I hated it even if I had to use alcohol or use a shirt to rub it still I hate that error
it gave me that bad nostalgia. there’s no describing the fear you feel when you get that error message while trying to watch a movie or play a game in the middle of the night
@@tevingmusiclover hell I wanna cry cause I got a ps2 that does it now
*I remember when I was a kid and my mom took me into Sears, I tried out the Virtual Boy display there. After a few minutes of playing, I had to stop - damn thing gave me a headache and f-ed up my vision for a bit.*
But it was so cool! My friend had one and we'd take turns torturing ourselves.
When I played the virtual boy for about 3 days, I ended up suffering a migraine like headache that lasted for nearly 2 weeks. Glad that damn thing is long history now.....
I used to get this! PlayStation 2 disc read errors oh my God. The amount of restarting we had to do to finally get it to work frustration to the max
Only one I experienced was the YLOD. But by then I’d had my PS3 for about 4.5 years. I found a local repair shop that put me back in the game fairly quickly.
Dude forreal. I was one of the few kids back then who wanted a PS3 back then because you could play all PS games that came before, had bluray, built in rechargeable battery, FREE ONLINE, slightly better graphics, store games in the HDD, was black and sleek, and way more reliable. People's argument back then was lol the triggers and thumbsticks were better. The Dpad was ass though and almost everyone I knew had one were using black Friday to buy Xbox gold and the battery packs. And definitely had the red ring once or twice a year
I honestly never heard of that before.
@matt alan The YLOD and RROD are error messages.
But the PS3 had a failure rate of
Sorry, but red ring of light will always be the worst one. Joy con drift is awful but loosing an entire console will always be the biggest failure.
Yup.
It happened to me and my little brother when we came back from the midnight launch of MW3.
We had to get a 360 S and transfer the hdd into the new console.
RROD was brutal but Microsoft realized there was a problem and redesigned the console to eliminate it. Nintendo knows Joycon drift is a problem but refuses to fix the problem. I love Nintendo but I want them to get sued for selling defective merchandise.
Microsoft’s reaction of extending the warranty probably lessened the impact somewhat, whereas Nintendo seem to be ignoring it, and it is also a recurring problem even after being fixed making it more infuriating personally. It also seems to be very widespread. It’s not if your joy can will drift, but when…
I fixed game consoles for a gaming store between 2012-2014 and this video brought up some interesting memories.
I think I saw the Red Ring far more often than the Yellow Light, but an Xbox 360 came back far more often than a PS3. Most of the consoles I repaired were able to work after a reflow and some board modifications.
Number 1 is purely design choice. There's no console defect just because the console sucked lol.
My thoughts exactly. Its like they forgot what the list was about at the very end.
When I left my WiiU gamepad facing up, it collected so much dust that after cleaning it the touch screen became useless until I wedge some pin needles to make it work again. I also hated when the new 3DS skin colour started peeling off due to hand sweat.
That's why it's wiser to never have a touchscreen gamepad of any sort face up specifically for dust griming it up.
My red 3ds XL has the entire back of it pretty much peeled off because at work i kept it in my back pocket......so i just put clear tape on it
I was playing my New 3DS XL on my bed, when I left it on the blanket for a few minutes when I was tired of playing, the back of the skin peeled off.
@@SONICBOOM1889 How does it have skin if it's mostly hard plastic?
@@dewolf123 he means the paint
I hated the PS2 error! i never knew that i could get it replaced or fixed though! lol
My Joy-Con started drifting really badly and I put up with it for a long time before I sent it back to Nintendo and they graciously replaced it for free - I only had to pay for shipping. I haven't had a problem since.
Switch players: Our joycon sticks are drifting!
Nintendo: No they're not.
Switch players: Can you at least fix the design of the controllers so they don't drift?
Nintendo: There's a cheaper option for that.
Switch players: yeah?
Nintendo: Don't use the controllers.
I find rrdr to be the most offensive of these. I remember playing Kameo and the next day I got rrdr. NO new consoles should go down that fast. rrdr happen to me at least 3 times.
4 times to me
It's a prime example of rushing a console to market without properly stress-testing it. The only reason Microsoft was saved from obsoletion was because Sonny botched the PS3's release.
ouf, did Microsoft send you the return "coffin"?
The Nintendo switch joycon drift is quite annoying
I still have yet to get mine fixed. I’ve been using my pro controllers.
Tell me about it
@@kassimasinia3314 an easy fix for Joycon drift is to get rubbing alcohol and some q tips put the q tip in the alcohol then you're going to rub it under the joystick under the rubber because dust collects under it messing with the sensor then move the stick in circles for 30 seconds then let it sit for 5 minutes and you should be good and if there are still a little bit of a problem recalibrate the Joycon and you'll be good worked for me
The red ring probably should have been number 1.
Amazing video watch mojo and I had experience the ring of dead,drift con and ps2 many others too. Fantastic job
Red ring of death on the Xbox 360… enough said
I like how they show us this bugs. Really interesting and you get to know something knew 🙌🍪
*these bugs
*something new
Both of my joy cons had drifting issues. I ended up just ordering the parts and fixing it myself, but it’s starting to look like the drift is coming back again on the right one.
Do you have to take it apart or just lift the flap and squirt it in?
DAMN the PS2 defect was the BANE of my LIFE, still it was the GOLDEN age of my games.
I never expected to see Watchdog again after it finished a few years ago. Who would keep recordings of consumer protection TV programs around?
Switch drift while inexcusably bad, is actually really cheap and easy to fix yourself. You can buy stick replacement kits for like $7 that gives you everything you need and it takes like 5 mins.
Yeah but when I buy a Nintendo Switch or an extra pair of Joycons I'm not buying them because I want a Repair Console Simulator.
@@Quifuh Oh I totally understand and agree. The fact that they brake so quickly is crazy. But there is an option that means you don't have to buy another joycon everytime they brake that isn't as bad as people might think.
You could also put a piece of cardboard inside of it to fix it permanently, but some people may cause even more damage while doing so.
I’ve sent them to Nintendo to fix and have it back in a week or so.
@@srmorris24 so did I. Nintendo lost the lawsuit in my country (America) and they have to repair them for free for life
My neon yellow joycons drifted right out of the box, had them repaired by Nintendo & started drifting again a month later. I dont use them anymore, which sucks cause they are my favorite
I had a little bit of problems with my Xbox One, but other than that, it’s working better now. Disc read errors on PS2 scared the heck out of it…😰
Plus, my switch will sometimes; say I need to connect to my Nintendo Switch to my console and/or use a controller… It REALLY grinded on my gears!
You dont matter
@@splakacheus I’m sorry?
I have endured 3 of these the Atari 5200 issue, the yellow light of death in the first one playstation 3 and the red ring of death, thank you so much for your content
When you can tell he's from Canada just from how he says against
ah, blowing into cartridges....good times....
That's why I keep my Joy-cons in a string pouch.
I've heard of The Joy con Drift actually just recently I was watching Dawko play Mario Party with some of the other guys and 8bitRyan mentioned about having a bit of drift
The PS2 was my first DVD player and one of my favorite consoles of all time.
A few defects of my time.
Snes: Ac power adapter was a 2/3 ping that was covered by a metal jacket, yet it would come out causing the system to not allow a power adapter to insert. I went through a few snes because of this and was the 1st time i had ever used nintendo customer support.
Original 3ds: The original design of the 3ds had lifted screen edges that 1. Would scratch the view screen when closed and 2. Would scratch the control hardware.
Day 1 launch Xbox 1 Controller: The analog sticks for this controller had sharp edges around the analogs. When ever you pressed forward or in any direction it would grind into the analog pretty much cutting and warping the analogs and controller frame.
Nintendo switch power A controllers (officially licended by nintendos approval): These 3rd party controllers that nintendo backs have a very terrible A button that will get stuck after extensive use and play (roughly a week of smash). Compared to original Game Cube controllers that still have functionality on a button.
I haven't suffered the joycon drift for a while now. I did when I first got my switch and it annoyed the hell out of me while playing ACNH or Minecraft. But it hasn't been an issue for a while, now. I, also, alternate between the joycons and an actual controller. which can contribute to the lack of joycon drift. So if I did have any recently, I don't notice because of my ACNH character's constant running around after the 2.0 update.
The loud fan and overheat was one of the most annoying thing on ps4 for me, i couldn't play other games i enjoy playing but thankfully i had a fresh ps4 and i was hoping for getting ps5 when it in my hands.
The Joycon problem was fixed by a youtuber awhile ago. The problem most of the time is the analog housing loosing contact with the receiver thingies. It's a quick fix too, all you need is to open up the controller and stick a square or two of cardboard under the housing and that holds it where its supposed to be. I did it with mine a couple weeks ago and have had no trouble since
3:28 back then, my PS2 were modified to be able to play pirated games, (or maybe they were just really cheap in China, which is where my cousins were living at the time, who then shipped them back to us in Sweden) and assumed that the constant Disc Read Errors were part due to said modifications. Or the console rejecting the games.
I have vivid memories of my older brother starting up his PS2, and as soon as that red screen came on, he'd start getting mad at it lol
My boyfriend and I bought our Switch when Smash Ultimate dropped and started getting JCD months into owning it. It got so bad that some of our games were damn near unplayable. We bought a repair kit to try to fix it ourselves but the damn tiny ass screws were so difficult to maneuver. I just ended up buying new Joy Cons and thankfully that fixed the problem.
PS2 is LITERALLY the only system that can tell me I have a disc error. That screen is so satisfying to me.
This brings back memories. I had to send the ps2 to Sony for repair. I had the red ring of death. And I bought a Virtual Boy at a yard sale with 3 games for 15 bucks. It was missing the headstrap and the tripod. I played it for 10 minutes and I got a headache. I went to turn it on a week later for a friend to try it, thing never powered on again.
As much as I love my Xbox one there’s been a couple of instances where it made a really nasty grinding sound whenever a disk was put in. Needless to say I’ve had to do the fix where you flip it on his head and smack it a couple of times. Kind of dumb how that’s the fix that works
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Wow that's so fascinating!!!!
I’ve experienced drift on my Switch pro controller and I had to get a new one. Luckily so far my joy cons are ok. It’s not terrible if you have the original switch model but with the lite model it’s a different story.
On the NES, other than blowing on the cartridge, we used to tap on the left side while pressing the reset button. I had a PS1 that I had to turn upside down to work. I never got around to fixing the PS2 when it stopped reading discs so buying the 60gb PS3 (my favorite) from launch was a no-brainer considering the backwards compatibility…and yes, I got the YLOD, but only after 5 years.
I've personally experienced the yellow light twice! First for my PS3 Phat 40gb model then it also happened with my slim model. Talk about bad luck.
I love the switch. OLED especially but I wish it had better quality joysticks not just more reliable.
I remember wrapping my
Buddy’s 360 in two heavy blankets for 30 minutes hopping on club penguin playing some games checked it and fixed ! Hopped back on black ops zombies ascension and had a blast the wrest of the night
I do that too on my 360 it actually works but not too long though.
Just because the switch drift is "newer" doesn't mean it's worse than the RROD, I have a switch and my joycon started failing and I even used it that much, but it's easier and cheaper to repair than getting a RROD
Although not a huge problem, my NES cartridge slot refuses to click down anymore. That and I had to replace the pin connectors too.. still a great console though
My grandma got me into gaming with the n64 and nes and the latter would eventually get janky. In order to get some of the games to work right we would bend card board and place it above the game making it more snug.
I worked at Gamestop during the ps2 defects and 360 red ring of death. Those were FAR more irksome than the joy con drift ever was
WatchMojo : Top 10 worst video game console defects
me who had all these consoles : 🥲
I had the psp dead pixels, the yellow light in my original ps3, the loud fan noises in my ps4 pro (and overheat/reset but only in nba2k21 for some reason), the no disc read/eject in my original ps3 (not listed) and various ps4 and 1 ps5 controllers with drift joystics (not listed). No problem with my psone or ps2
Can't believe there's a top ten list on this.
Seeing that Virtual Boy brings back the nausea it caused! As for the Joy Cons, they got so bad I could no longer even control the characters or camera even after two repairs. I finally had to just replace them.
Joycon drift. Jesus. It started for me about four months after getting the console. Every set of Joycons since has had the same issue, with it just starting to happen with my newest set. I’ve heard that this problem can happen with any controller with an analog stick, however I’ve never experienced it before getting a Switch. Huge pain in the ass.
C’mon. Without watching we all know #1 is the red ring of death 🤣
Wrong. Its only number 3
Keep in mind no matter how much time passes. 12 year olds will always be the internet majority so they're too young for that. Red ring WAS the biggest defect ever.
@@DarkSoul-il1sg easily. Most expensive and widespread. It’s not even close.
For real. I'm glad I never had that problem on my Xbox 360 . Also what whould cause that
@@MeanNGreen17 Okay a close second I'd say was how buggy the launch PS5 was. Literally crashed multiple times a day. My brother had to send it in as well as the broken triggers on the Dualsense. Launch PS5 was unplayable for the most part whole playing 3rd party games like COD.
The Joy Con drift, the disk read error, and cartridge blowing were the ones I encountered. The first two are the most annoying especially since this will lead to additional expenses.
My PS2 has recently developed the disc reading problem. Any advice on how to fix it would be greatly appreciated.
Emulate games on a master race pc
Q-tip on the cd drive
Open it up and take a q tip with some washing stuff to the eye. Make sure you fully clean the washing stuff off the eye all the way.
I used a cd lenses cleaner
Replace the disk drive
I'm surprised the Dreamcast wasn't listed for the laser disc reader burning out
considering how expensive some controllers can be for the switch, pro controller being one of them, I imagine it would be frustrating if you need to get new joy cons.
I don't know if this counts as a defect but whenever I'm using the Wii if I'm far away enough like I'm not pointing at the screen, sometimes I've seen where the cursor does flip out a bit or glitch a bit. Is that like drift for the Wii? Like say I'm sitting on a couch that's reasonably far from the TV, if I just lazily point at the TV it's like it doesn't register that I'm pointing at it and the cursor glitches but when I outstretch my hand to point at the TV then it follows my movements. That sometimes annoys me
The only perk to being too poor to afford new consoles right at launch is being able to avoid these bugs and glitches when I can finally get my new system.
“it could have been monumental, instead, it landed on this list”
*BIG OOF* 😂
Down voted for putting controller problems higher than console problem.
At least on the rare occasion when my joy con controller drifts beyond I can always get a new one for roughly $30-$40 each. But if it with a console like the Xbox 360 I have to pay hundreds of dollars to get it replaced
The nunchuck on my wii had a problem with drifting too.
I had the xbox disc drive problem where it would not read discs. The launch One’s had that issue and the only way I got it fixed was to contact Microsoft and they sent me a refurbished one. By the time it was fixed, I moved on to ps4.
Launch PS2 Disc Error was far worse than the 360 RROD. At least for me.
Then again, I hadn't need to send the 360 for repairs at all.
Yes I suffered the dumb joy-con drift, and was really sad. Got myself another controller which served me well for a long time but that too started to break, now I'm on my third controller which is smaller and more compact. Nintendo really is kookie with their controllers
I don't know of anyone who didn't have an issue with the original NES cartridge slot if they owned one for any length of time.
PS3 yellow light happened to me on two different models, fortunately enough it happened two years into ownership of each model and worked well enough that Gamestop still provided significant trade in value on each unit at the time. Bought my first PS4 for less than $80.00, out of pocket, bundled with a Batman Arkham game.
PS4 doesn't matter the model they all have fan/ overheating issues, two different models, and our current 1TB slim has to be taken apart every few months to clean the fan, heat sink, and vent to prevent overheating.
Oh and another thing I experienced was with the ds lites after awhile of opening and closing it they would crack and not stay open and one of my DS lites that I barely used got dead pixels going across the whole center of the top screen and then I have a special edition pokemon x and y 3ds xl that the only way to play it is if it is plugged in as the battery barely lasts 5 minutes
I was really lucky I worked at target when I had bought by Xbox 360. Since I not only worked at guest service myself or having a friendly co worker up there I had to exchange 3 of them instead. I also was about to a few more controllers on the house lol
I have a faulty disc drive now with my PS4. Since last year, I haven’t been able to play my PS4 disc games for a whole year. So, I’ve been playing digital games that I downloaded and bought.
I bought maybe 4 PS4 controllers in 2020. The drift was insane. Seeing that the Switch has this as a major issue turned me away from it, and I had no Nintendo myself since the NES.
The Switch drift with the right Joy-Con pisses me off! it gets in the way when I'm playing Animal Crossing or Minecraft!
gotta admit: the PS2 error message, Cartridge blowing, red ring of death are nostalgic
I wish Sony allowed the ps1 PS3 PS4 and ps5 consoles to play the ps2 disc 💽 its a bummer that i can't 😞.
Anyone notice that WatchMojo doesn’t do honourable/dishonourable mentions in their recent WatchMojo lists anymore? I’d put the faulty GD-rom drive (Dreamcast 1998) on there.
I had the ones with PSP, switch, 360 and PS2 defects. Never had an issue with my Xbox one or ps3.
Nearly 40 years after the Atari 5200 controller fail and it's STILL hard to make analog sticks that don't suck.
That PS2 red intro was really a trigger back then😭😭
I suffered joy-con drift at the worst possible moment. That being in the lockdown.
controller drifting problem not only happen on switch but also on PS4. I have at least 3 PS4 controller have similar issue and I have to find a way to open the case and fix it myself
I only seen the Virtual Gameboy in store and demos. As soon as I tried it once I knew I never wanted it.
As for my ps4 pro that fan definitely was freaking loud. Never really had it overheat though.
My model of the ps3 has that dreaded yellow light. My dad had to open the console up and literally soder the connectors back together each time. Eventually it just didn’t work out anymore and I was stuck without a console for a while lol till the redesigned ps3 came out.
My old PS2 (chunky version) would need a new fan every 18 months or so (it got LOUD before it died), thankfully I found replacements on eBay… and I’m good with repairing computers. Eventually the laser carrier broke, and the PS2 slim had been out for a while and was cheap at J&R near my office (RIP J&R), so I just got a new PS2 slim.
Who here is old enough to remember putting folded card board above the game instead of locking it down on their NES to get it to work?
I'd say the PS4/PS5 CBOMB issue should at least get an honorable mention.
Supposedly, a newer model of the JoyCons add something to potentially fix drift.
Ghost movement is the worst thing that can happen to every controller like when the character moves on it's own despite you're not moving the analog stick or moving the analog stick to any direction and the character still moves to a different direction.
My NES had the dust problem, but also overheating... to where the game will mess up
Missed the opportunity of including AVGN clips on the Atari 5200 and Virtual Boy to know how they suck
I have a ps4 pro shipped from japan last year and I'm still dealing with the ridiculously loud fan and constantly overheating
Nintendo GameCube had a Design flaw when it came to its Disc Drive Optical Lens Becomes Overly Sensitive causing Disc Read Errors and even sometimes the Console stops Reading Disc completely
Funny story. I had one of the bigger models of the PS3, while my brother had an XBOX 360. Sharing one tv, we placed both consoles next to each other. Having no prior problems with it, one day, my PS3 would not turn on. To this day, I still believe that my console was aware of me playing with the XBOX 360.
that ps2 disk read error gave me nostalgia but the bad type of nostalgia. that scared the fuck out of me as a kid
That PS4 Pro sounds like a jet engine taking off!! Its insane