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Are consoles getting more and more undependable?

Yes 8 18.18%
 
No 9 20.45%
 
Only for Microsoft 7 15.91%
 
Only for Sony 0 0%
 
Only for Nintendo 3 6.82%
 
Only Microsoft + Sony 12 27.27%
 
Only Nintendo + Sony 1 2.27%
 
Only Nintendo + Microsoft 0 0%
 
See results 4 9.09%
 
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SvennoJ on 12 August 2013

It's not just consoles it's everything.
Our hot water boiler had to be replaced a month ago, was leaking. I asked if they couldn't make these things more durable. Sure he said, but they are designed to last max 10 years, it's all about service these days. Meanwhile my grandmother's fridge still works. My 1982 Intellivision 2 still works, while we are on our 5th PVR since 2004. My grandfather's mirror reflex cameras still work, while my Canon 40D has the dreaded general error 99 after just 4 years, probably due to mirror assembly problem.



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Marks on 12 August 2013

Planned obsolescence. Make it last just long enough so that most customers are happy, but break so they have to upgrade. That's the American way. Not sure if they do that in Japan or not.



pokoko on 12 August 2013
Serious_frusting said:
I must be the most lucky person in the world when it comes to consoles because out of all the consoles i have had i never had a console break down on me. I remember my NES and SNES being a pain in the ass when it came to getting games to load up. Megadrive as well but nowhere near as bad as the Nintendo consoles.
I have had to replace the power pack for the SNES.

All other consoles i have had still work as of the last time i tried them. I have had the same console multiple times.

I still have all my consoles and they all worked the last time I booted them up.  Atari 2600, NES, SNES, PS1, DreamCast, PS2, PS3, and Vita.  The only hardware problems I've ever had were with the NES and SNES, both of which could be a serious pain to coax into reading a cartridge.  I'd get them to work eventually but I always dreaded switching games.



Serious_frusting on 12 August 2013
pokoko said:
Serious_frusting said:
I must be the most lucky person in the world when it comes to consoles because out of all the consoles i have had i never had a console break down on me. I remember my NES and SNES being a pain in the ass when it came to getting games to load up. Megadrive as well but nowhere near as bad as the Nintendo consoles.
I have had to replace the power pack for the SNES.

All other consoles i have had still work as of the last time i tried them. I have had the same console multiple times.

I still have all my consoles and they all worked the last time I booted them up.  Atari 2600, NES, SNES, PS1, DreamCast, PS2, PS3, and Vita.  The only hardware problems I've ever had were with the NES and SNES, both of which could be a serious pain to coax into reading a cartridge.  I'd get them to work eventually but I always dreaded switching games.

Yhyh, thats what i was trying to say.



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