Kadve
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Which type is your favorite? Is it:
Slot:
Tray:
Or top?
Personally i prefer top loading designs as they are easy to use, satisfying to open/close and due to how you always can get a disc out of there even without power (still having nightmares from trying to get one out of a broken PS3).
Also, just for the heck of it i researched what was the most common: Out of 21 major releases (counting things like PS2 phat and slim as separate due having different mechanisms, also not counting 3DO and CDI due to varying so much between manufactures and YMMV whether they really were game consoles. I also didn't include obscure Japanese stuff like Bandai Playdia, FM Towns Marty or PC FX) since the release of PC engine CD, 10 (~48%) were top loaders, 7 (~33%) were Slot loaders and only 4 (~19%) were tray loaders.
Top = Sega/Mega CD model 2 (also CDX and Wondermega/X'Eye), Saturn, Dreamcast, Gamecube, NEC TG16/PC engine CD (all models), Atari Jaguar CD, Amiga CD32, PS1, PS2 slim and PS3 Super Slim
Tray = Sega/Mega CD model 1, PS2 Phat, Original Xbox and Xbox 360 (all models with disc drive)
Slot = Nintendo Wii (also mini), Wii U, PS3 Phat (and slim), PS4 (also Pro), PS5, Xbox One (also X) and Series X.
3DO and CDI = varied between Tray and Top (Not counted into the above)
Honorable mention = PSP, as I'm not sure what to call that loading mechanism (side loading?)
Slot:
Tray:
Or top?
Personally i prefer top loading designs as they are easy to use, satisfying to open/close and due to how you always can get a disc out of there even without power (still having nightmares from trying to get one out of a broken PS3).
Also, just for the heck of it i researched what was the most common: Out of 21 major releases (counting things like PS2 phat and slim as separate due having different mechanisms, also not counting 3DO and CDI due to varying so much between manufactures and YMMV whether they really were game consoles. I also didn't include obscure Japanese stuff like Bandai Playdia, FM Towns Marty or PC FX) since the release of PC engine CD, 10 (~48%) were top loaders, 7 (~33%) were Slot loaders and only 4 (~19%) were tray loaders.
Top = Sega/Mega CD model 2 (also CDX and Wondermega/X'Eye), Saturn, Dreamcast, Gamecube, NEC TG16/PC engine CD (all models), Atari Jaguar CD, Amiga CD32, PS1, PS2 slim and PS3 Super Slim
Tray = Sega/Mega CD model 1, PS2 Phat, Original Xbox and Xbox 360 (all models with disc drive)
Slot = Nintendo Wii (also mini), Wii U, PS3 Phat (and slim), PS4 (also Pro), PS5, Xbox One (also X) and Series X.
3DO and CDI = varied between Tray and Top (Not counted into the above)
Honorable mention = PSP, as I'm not sure what to call that loading mechanism (side loading?)
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