Players clean completely dirty consoles in videos and it's great (ENT) exciting

Maybe it's like that: In the last few days, the YouTube algorithm floats more videos of a rather nishy category on the screens of many users (via Destructid). These are clips in which old, broken or simply rimmed game consoles are reblueled. The meanwhile countless videos often get clicks in millions.

What are they doing exactly?

Much more is actually not behind it. Mostly we only see two hands that free a device of dirt, discoloration and sometimes even insects. The hardware looks partly as if it had just been pulled out of the sea.

At the end, the console is then as new, and that gives us a damn good feeling.

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Anyone who collects retro consoles knows the problem of course, because with the fans with time, more and more dust get into the interior and lays down on the boards. On the outside, gray devices have the problem that they will eventually become yellow. Some collectors will probably even pick up tips to implement them themselves.

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Some Youtuber also go further and do not just clean devices, but actually repair them.

An example is the channel Tronicsfix, which specializes in so that it buys the defective devices as a dozeneware to make them functional again.

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Trend meets the sustainability nerve: Why the videos go straight through the blanket right now can not say exactly. In principle, however, many people turn away from the disposable company and learn to prepare and repair things themselves again (or have at least repaired). A trend that the restoration videos pick up.

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Also new constructions are popular

Some however, the craftleavel still has a level higher and make themselves completely new cases for their consoles. Some of this are used instead of the usual plastic completely different materials. Like something a Playstation 5 made of brass, which makes the original from the broadcast in the shade. Or this Xbox Series X / S controller made of gold, probably the most valuable controller in the world.

Have you ever handed your own hand to a console?