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pokoko on 31 August 2013
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novasonic said:
pokoko said:
You're taking a chance, regardless. I think I remember hearing about a few Wii U turning into bricks at launch. You really never know. I have ALL my original consoles, going back to my Atari 2600, and the only ones I've had trouble with are the NES and SNES. My original PS2 is still hooked to the television in the den.

However, I have never bought a console at launch. The Vita was the nearest at less than a year old. I normally wait until the first price cut and/or redesign.

Actually, the whole deal with the Wii U needing a huge patch has just about convinced me to wait on getting a PS4. That, and the fact that there are tons of PS3 games on my wish list.

Damn, what did you do to break a NES and SNES? I've never in my life seen a NES or SNES that suffered from a hardware failure, and I've seen me a lot of them.

What do you mean?  The design of the NES was kind of bad and allowed for damage to the 72-pin connectors over time, or they'd get dirty and not work.  The big problem there is that the lockout chip would turn the system off and on, over and over.  So annoying.  I remember that it would sometimes take several careful attempts to get a cart working.  I would get so mad.

Honestly, I didn't know anyone who didn't ultimately have a problem getting thier NES to play games.  I hear people now say that they never had a problem with theirs but, as far as I can remember, blowing into your cart was a running joke back then.  Kids had all KINDS of made up ways to get your NES working right.  I also remember carts getting stuck in the down position a few times and I had to pry them up.