[-PSX-]

OK, whatever you may say - cleaning it is nercersarry. Its like you open a PC case and its filled with dust (ah thats why its not been working so well (pulling the dust out of the hard drive)) but seriously, I understand that Sony really should have got their act together (hopefully they WILL make PS3 better) but I just had to accept that. My console is spotless every week after I cleaned it and there are no torubles whatsoever - but if people just let dust pile in - its like a virus for your PC. Thats all I got to say. Oh and airbornecow, my friend got the first model of PS2 that was faulty and he found buying a new once was cheaper than sending it to SONY. So really, if you have time look after it in good condition (you dont need it in a bubble, vicious) and you should have no bother.