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Hynad on 06 May 2020
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SanAndreasX said:
Hynad said:

Maybe I've always been lucky. The only console that died on me was my Xbox 360. RRODed twice on me. The first time, I was "ok, they said it was a manufacturing defect, so I'll send it for repair and endure". The second time it RRODed, I said screw that, bought a PS3 and never looked back. Sucked, considering I went into that gen with a 360 first, because of games like Lost Odyssey and Fable 2, two of my all time favorite games. When the XBox One announced that they were going to push backward compatibility, I considered getting one, but so few of its exclusive games interested me, so I kept pushing that purchase away. The Series X will finally be the console that make me jump back into the XBox side of gaming. Hopefully, it'll be a good gen for their first party output.

I went through two PS1s (laser failed in the first one), two PS2s (again, laser failed), a PS3 (YLOD), and my PS4 is having a hard time booting up. My original PS1 and PS2 lasted two years, were in well-ventilated areas. I did use them a lot. PS3 was also in a well-ventilated area but it did last a few years as it was a launch 60GB PS3. PS4 is a launch year model.

My 360 failed after 1 year from the E74 error, which was the 360's second major design defect, and mine failed about six months before Microsoft finally acknowledged the E74 was a problem and started fixing them for free. They wanted to charge me $150 for repairs. 

The only console maker whose consoles I have never had fail on me were Nintendo's consoles. Other than the NES's issues with its cartridge slot, which would still work if you adjusted the cartridge, I've never had a Nintendo console fail on me, not even the optical disc-based ones. And of course the drift on the Joycons, LOL, but those have outlasted some other controllers I've had.

True, Nintendo (and Sega consoles) have always been very reliable. Some mild annoyances here and there, but mostly very reliable, lasting much longer than most of their competitor's.