I'd say that's not normal. I'll turn my lite off when fully charged and it'll be pretty much at 100% when I turn it on a week later. I think the lowest it got was 97% but that was about 2 weeks in-between useage.

>is there still a chance it could still work is I replace the psu unit?

Yes, there's a chance, but it requires a certain degree of electrical knowledge.

On eBay sure - but as you stated you got your current one from a thrift store, you could likely find another in the US for a similar price. Even if it was $20, that money on a sure thing is still a better bet than wasting $20 on something which might not work.

A working ps1 on eBay's around 35$ so not sure about that, but to each there own I guess.

Ok, might work might not, but you’d probably get a US PS1 for less than that 🤷‍♀️

I found a video of a guy with a exact same model as me and he had a kind of 3rd party psu, I manage to find it for a decent price (20$) and think I'll take the risk, I won't be that disappointed if it doesn't work because I got the ps1 at a retro thrift store for 2$.

I’m not sure about the inter-compatibility of PSUs on a PS1, but for the price of a new PSU you could probably just get an American PS1?

You have no way of knowing what else got fried after the capacitors blew, the system board could be fine or it could be completely fried.

I’m not even sure how easy it would be to source JUST the PSU or if you could even swap them. Again, you’d be better off sourcing a new console.

But when I opened up the console only on of the capacitors seem burnt, and the only sign of leakage was from an old capacitor due to time, is there still a chance it could still work is I replace the psu unit?

This is Apple vs android at this point

Dang ok, thanks for the help anyways.

If fumes came out because you plugged a 220v PS1 into a 110v outlet, you fried the entire console buddy - sorry

Xbox is pretty good for gamepass, and backwards compatibility with 360 and (some) og xbox games. PS5 is better for exclusive games

To be honest it all comes down to preference. Personally I couldn't justify paying the extra for a ps5 I had a ps4 previously. I personally feel Xbox has better games and access to games especially story mode games.

My Xbox ticks all the boxes for me however if it was affordable pc is easily the way to go.

Reasonable idea, but I wouldn’t enjoy low performance and the hard disk loading times..

I kinda don’t want 2 consoles..

Also thought about it. Hard to make a decision tho.

I don't have the PS5 yet but if there's any PS4 originals you're curious about, I can deffo tell you if it's worth it or not likely. 400 ish game library over the years so shout me mayo sir 🫡

Freecycle is also a good shout to check out man

I see, that’s what also worries me.

Haha, thanks! I don’t have FC account but I’ve heard that you can get good deals there for anything.

I just saw ops username 11/10

Would've been a sweet fix, maybe Facebook marketplace or if you're UK CEX might have some good deals for you

Otherwise.... HAPPY CAKE DAY OP

Definitely xbox, 100%. Gamepass is a very good deal in gaming and perfect for beginners

Sadly no.. trade with a friend from time to time would be cool.

Yeah, really nice suggestions here. Thank you. I will stick with my Xbox till I don’t find a really steal deal. I think I wouldn’t mind the games I have on Xbox account. I would just buy the Witcher and the PS exclusives. Till then I’m keeping the X.