Original sentence: The device was weak received, with some major features absent from the first revisions of the hardware, with a very high and inaccessible price, and has thus far experienced very weak sales in Japan, in spite of major price drops
Edited sentence: A second lawsuit is being filed against Sony for all of the above, plus claims that defective hardware is damaging media discs.As time went on, more and more drives began breaking down and a class action lawsuit was filed against Sony.Owners of early PS2 models purchased from launch until spring 2002 commonly reported faulty optical drives in their consoles.Sony chose the latter and, until February 2005, they honored their agreement.The device was poorly received, with some major features absent from the first revisions of the hardware, and has thus far experienced very poor sales in Japan, in spite of major price drops.The earliest drives suffered from a constantly misaligning laser lens but later defects were the result of a shift in voltage to the laser itself.The first hearings are set to commence in April and May, 2006.The first problem was relatively easy to remedy, but it required opening the machine's casing and tweaking a cog that controlled the lens' distance from the discs it was supposed to read, thus voiding the warranty.The second fix involved the use of an oscillator.They had the option of either paying the requested fines in damages, or offering free repair and replacements at their dicretion.This usually didn't matter, as the warranty had already expired by the time such problems began to appear