Onyxmeth on 05 March 2008
| Dodece said: Historically speaking hardware difficulties have been the norm rather then the rarity. Most consoles have had hardware issues. You really don't want to go down that road as a reason to like or dislike a console on the list. Many of those great consoles listed besides the 360 had serious technical flaws. My old NES was a wonderful example. I had a whole slew of rituals required to make it operate properly. Today its the butter knife tomorrow its fisting the cartridge in. By all means do not forget to blow it out. My Genesis was no better according to Sega it was a safety hazard, because the power cord stripped and exposed the wiring. I was calling to replace that by the way. They told me to take a hike and buy a new one. Playstations one word for you breakable. We haven't even touched the controllers yet. The old NES had a controller that was nothing less then a torture device, the 64 controller was gender confused, and the wii mote is an accident waiting to happen. I have never seen a controller injure so many people. Thats ignoring the real crime with that controller battery only. You can't even get a corded version. Most consoles have had hardware difficulties only rose colored glasses can cover that up. I actually have rather fond memories of my old faulty hardware it was almost like a badge of honor. Having to repair it or go through some ritual to make it actually work. I actually replaced my Genesis power cord with the power supply for a cordless drill. A show of hands who here had to pry a button back out of its socket. Give it a break guys consoles have been notoriously shoddy. You make that your dominant criteria and a whole lot of consoles have to get out of the pool. The only console I consider to have had no technical flaws was my old 64, and that console was fool proof, and damn near indestructible. The thing literally had armor. Anyone see the Mind of Mencia episode where he pulled one out for mini Gallagher to take a sledge to it. One hit did it for everything else not for the 64 it shrugged it off he had to take four good whacks at it with a sledge to bust the thing. I have actually seen someone drop a 64 from five feet up onto concrete pick it up dust it off and go play on it. Do that with a modern console, and you might as well go straight into mourning. Microsoft isn't exceptional with their hardware difficulties. For all we know other consoles had equal failure rates. I remember hearing of it when I was younger. Some poor guy at school had his NES, Playstation, or Genesis break. You know what they did they just went and got another one. Nobody was plussed by the experience we just expected things like that to happen. |
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