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Farsala on 05 July 2016

All my consoles work except for 7th gen consoles.

So oldest is NES or Atari 5200. 26+ years for sure.



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Platina on 05 July 2016

My oldest console is the GameCube, but I don't use it anymore since the Wii can play GameCube games

My oldest-and-still-in-use console is the Nintendo DS.. I've played on this system for a long time and still do, and it still works, though then again, all consoles I have still work :p



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hershel_layton on 05 July 2016

I wonder if VGC is paying you to make threads :P


I donate most of my consoles when I stop using them. Typically find families who wouldn't mind having something for their kids to use. Probably gonna save my Wii U+3DS though. Too good to give away.



 

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jason1637 on 05 July 2016

Sega Dreamcast that I've had since 2004.



CWegzz on 05 July 2016

I still have an NES that works, although I didn't own it the entire time since my dad's friend gave it to me, but the console that I've owned the entire time that is still working is my N64.



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Bman54 on 05 July 2016

My N64 I've had since (I think) 1998 is still working fine.



kodeindahjunk on 05 July 2016

Ok.. so i can conclude that:
1. Consoles that use game cartridge have extremely long life span.
2. Consoles that use optical laser have short life span ( 5 - 10 years )

It's time to bring back cartridges to next-gen consoles then :)



Metallox on 05 July 2016

My 2008 Xbox 360.



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Metallox on 05 July 2016
kodeindahjunk said:

Ok.. so i can conclude that:
1. Consoles that use game cartridge have extremely long life span.
2. Consoles that use optical laser have short life span ( 5 - 10 years )

It's time to bring back cartridges to next-gen consoles then :)

Thing is, many users had cartridge consoles as their first dedicated video game systems, at least the ones that had replied to this thread so far. 



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Dyllyo on 05 July 2016

My SNES is still going strong. Still play it a few times a year. Hell, it's probably my favorite console to this day. I even have a back up SNES Jr