Why PS3 and 360 drop dead for the same reasons

[czecherychestnut]

arsenicazure said:

czecherychestnut said:
Wow, this man is a genius. I mean, who ever thought that using something might actually lead to it wearing over time, until it, quite shockingly I know, breaks. How dare Sony and MS not invent materials that defy the laws of physics and chemistry and not deteriorate over time and use. Quick, someone inform all the product designers out there of this nearly discovered phenomenon called 'deterioration' and its evil twin 'component failure'.

Then run back and tell him about this concept called 'fault tolerant design' and its trusty sidekick 'redundancy'. Might also want to tell him that the civil war is finished too, because I'm not sure if he keeps up with current events.

My atari2600, commodore 64, genesis, neo geo and saturn still function without having broken down once.. and some of those machines are over 15-20 yrs old.. I dont see why the ps360 shd be any different...

Because the rate of complexity and price pressure in consumer electronics has outstripped improvements in fault tolerant design and component robustness maybe? The same reason why my grandparents wood case tv lasted 30 yrs and modern tv's are lucky to last 10? This is also why safety critical systems such as aircraft flight computers and most airborne military hardware uses some seriously outdated electronics based technology.