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Which of your consoles died first?

Atari 2600 3 1.33%
 
NES 14 6.19%
 
Genesis 3 1.33%
 
SNES 3 1.33%
 
PlayStation 30 13.27%
 
XBox 7 3.10%
 
PS2 29 12.83%
 
Wii 11 4.87%
 
XBox 360 92 40.71%
 
other 34 15.04%
 
Total:226

Almost all of mine still work, or at least did when I put them in the atic. My original Playstation was a bit dodgy and needed turning upside down, but it was *cough* modded. Still worked though. I got RROD twice on 360. The first one I binned and got a new one, but Microsoft replaced the second one, so it wasn't all bad.



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I've had a PS3 and 360 break on me. Other than those, nope.



Current gaming platforms - Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, New 3DS, PC

My original DS stopped turning on after about 10 years, still haven't had any othe consoles die on me (yet)



Oddly enough, the only consoles I've owned that broken on me have been PS2s. I think I had 2 break on me. I think I'm cursed with PS2 consoles...



 

              

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My first was my dreamcast. You had to move the laser back and fourth manually then reset it and after a few tries it would work. Second was my original xbox. Had to beat the hell out of it to get it to close. I bought a launch 360 but it sat in my closet for a year 4 months after I got it so I sold it to a friend and it lasted 6 months. I know own seven 360s, four are currently working. I broke my backwards compatible ps3. Left it in a cabinet with door closed and forgot. It shut down then worked again. I let let my brother in law borrow it while he was in the hospital and he closed it in a cabinet and it shut off again. he was in the hospital for months. Got it back and it died three days later. This was right when the slims came out so I sent my fat ps3 in to get fixed and bought a slim. I bought a modded ps1 and had laser issues but fixed that. I have fixed multiple 360's and modded many others. I am much smarter with my systems now and take them apart and clean them. my fat 360's work great. I've gotten most from a junkyard and built them from parts.



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MSX died first after 12 years of daily use. I had turned it into a programmable alarm clock and vcr catalog so it was on all the time. The video chip slowly burned out with more and more random characters appearing on screen
XBox died next. Had not used it in a while, didn't boot anymore.
PS2 disc read errors.
XBox 360 rrod twice.
PS3 phat ylod twice.
Wii disc read errors.

PS1, Dreamcast, N64, Gamecube, Intellivision all still work, well at least the last time I tried them.



Only my PS3. I was particularly shattered as it was a 60Gb launch model with low firmware and worth a fortune in dollars and gaming cred.

I have a ton of consoles too; my 2600, NES, MS, Vectrex etc. are all going strong.

That being said I suspect my fat 360 would have joined it, but I preemptively upgraded to a slim model when a cheap preowned opportunity presented.



Console reliability went way down when they left cartridge and went to optical media. This is probably why most of these companies want to just do away with physical media. One less thing to break.



Atari 2600 alive and well
NES - alive and well (although I haven't tested R.O.B. in a long time)
Sega Master system - alive and well
SNES - Alive and well (my controllers aren't in good shape as the cords kept getting pulled out of them)
N64 - Alive and well (none of my original controllers are in good shape the analog sticks have a ton of play in them)
PS1 - ran through several of these but Wal-Mart hadn't wised up on their return policy back then and I exchanged them all
PS2 - slim - barely plays but if you give it enough time it will
Game Cube - alive and well
PS3 - bought it late in the gen used but I have the middle body style and it works fine
360 - alive and well - bought it late in the gen the 4 GB model
Wii - alive and well
Wii U - getting played almost every day

 

EDIT: forgot the hand helds original gameboy still worked last I threw batteries in it. My son (aka The Boy) was trashed several Dual Screens from the DSI to the 3DS but he drops them constantly and always keeps them in his front pocket and the L/R buttons break.



I've never had one long enough for it to break.