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pokoko on 31 August 2013
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.



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PigPen on 31 August 2013

I going to wait for the white Xbox One. Sony fanboys will rejoice when a PS4 slim comes and will be dancing in the street in the rain. If anything I have learned is to just wait. Wii U with a Zelda bundle and price cut just stings. Peace and love to all you gamers out there.



radiantshadow92 on 31 August 2013

warranty



iamdeath on 31 August 2013

Don't have any worries with Sony, but if you want to be sure just get the extra warranty.



iamdeath on 31 August 2013
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.

?? NEs and SNES had many issues. NEs in particular with that horrid front loading door was always problematic. I don't know anyone growing up who never had issues with them, they were famous for it. The pins would get back, cartridges would not load.....



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ice on 31 August 2013

Anything could happen knowing Sony and MS, make sure to get a warranty or wait for the reports.



MichaelH on 31 August 2013

I still have my original PS3, bought on the day it launched. It works fine, if quite noisy most of the time. I had rrod 3 times on my XBoxes.

I've pre-ordered the PS4 and am not concerned. The XBox1 doesn't appeal to me at the moment...maybe at some point in the future.



Teriol on 31 August 2013

the quality of nintendo consoles is astonishing and people arguing contrary are out of touch, i have my nes, super nes, n64, GCN, and Wii all still functional.



34 years playing games.

 

iamdeath on 31 August 2013
Teriol said:
the quality of nintendo consoles is astonishing and people arguing contrary are out of touch, i have my nes, super nes, n64, GCN, and Wii all still functional.


LOL, how does 1 person still having them mean anything in the grand scheme of things. The NES pins and front loading cartidges were horrid that's a fact. 

I still have my ps1 and ps2, that's irrelevant. Small sample sizes are useless.



Seece on 31 August 2013

Not really, worst comes to worse MS will up the warranty and I'll not have an Xbox One for 3 weeks. It's still unacceptable and shouldn't happen (and I don't think it will, they've been vocal about this) but that's worst case scenario so it's totally worth the risk for me personally.