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Did you survive YLOD/RROD?

My PS3 died 55 17.35%
 
My PS3 is still ok 107 33.75%
 
My Xbox360 died 74 23.34%
 
My Xbox360 is still ok 28 8.83%
 
My Wii will outlive every... 53 16.72%
 
Total:317

I only had a PS3 and I never got the YLOD. However my OG 60GB PS3 started to get major graphical glitches early this year so I had to retire it from PS3 gaming duties and purchase an Ultra-Slim model. The PS1 gaming, PS2 gaming, and Blu-Ray playback still work perfectly fine on it.

I did try to set the solder in hopes that it would fix it but the RSX GPU was too far gone for that fix to work.

Still no PS4 for me, I am now waiting on news of the NEO to buy. I don't feel right buying a PS4 without knowing the cost, release date, or real benefits of the NEO and/or the possible SLIM model. I may just have to sit on my money and upgrade to a GTX 1080 until more info comes out.



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My first PS3 (Summer 2007) died after 2 days... Monday model with GPU problems. Was replaced a few dys later. My second PS3 (Summer 2007) still works, but is getting very loud sometimes.

I don't know if my first 360 (November 2005) still works, I sold it in 2008 for a newer model (jasper/falcon?) because I wanted the HDMI port. The second 360 lived from May 2008 to October 2013.

My Wii (November 2006) probably still works. Sold it when I bought the BC-compatible Wii U.



I got 2 RROD and my ps3 broke but not because of the yellow light.



I got 2 x rrod then replaced,
2 x ylod, ps3 slim still works.
Wii drive failed, replaced with refurbished model that still had the GC connectors
And lastly the 360 power brick died, didn't bother replacing anymore.

Last gen was great, where is the option nothing survived...



PS3 is 8 years old works like onm the first day. Still gets used not as much as before but gets regular use as D>VD and Bluray Player also for occasional gaming its still being used.



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I've had 2 PS3s (one fat, one slim) and 2 360s (one elite, one slim) and all have survived. Only reason I got the slims for both was for the larger hard drive. Had the fat and elite for about 2-3 years and the slims have both survived fine for about 4-5 years each.

My Wii is the only one that has broke because of too much dust making it impossible to read discs thanks to Brawl. It was a common issue, so I sent it in and got it fixed for free.



My first PS3 had an attack of something, no yelllow light but it crashed and just beeped at me. Got it replaced by Sony, their new one was okay but one day it started sounding like a jet engine. I traded it in for a 'slim' and that's working since.

No other issues from any consoles.



Hmm, pie.

My 360's never got RROD, They had multipe disc drive failures and one just stopped turning on. 

Edit: My PS3 never got the YLOD either, I didn't own one long enough to experience problems with them. 



Soo many dead fat 360s. I have three fat 360s hooked up around the house that have been almost flawless for a year. One I had to replace the DVD drive 8 months ago. Not a big deal because I have lots of doner 360s. My fat ps3 died because I let my brother inlaw borrow it at the hospital. He had it in a dresser drawer and a nurse closed it while he was sleeping. Got hot and shut down then ylod two days later. Had it repaired by Sony and it's been kicking for 8 more years. Just replaced thermal paste with arctic silver a month ago because the factory junk was dried out. My slim ps3 I bought at launch died a year ago and I can't figure out how to keep her alive. She's had a new psu, new fan and has been reballed. She will live sometimes for a minute or a week after a hard reset. I have a fat late model ps3 my dad bought and doesn't use so I took it home and its in place of my slim ps3 till I can get her up and running. My wii has always worked. I'm worried about my xbone now. I almost always have to put a disc in multiple times to get it to read. Ps4 and my new to me wiiu have been flawless.



All my consoles since Gameboy still work perfectly.

I only had problem for gen 7.Both my ps3 (after a freeze on resistance) and Wii (same for Smash bros) got a broken lens, but now it's ok.

Gen 7 really was the worst gen ever for consoles.