Alright I've been a gamer since the 2600. I have owned every platform Nintendo has built, half of Segas and all of Sony's consoles at one point or another. However of all my platforms I have never even had to send one in for repairs, ever. Untill I bought an X-Box 360. Here's some of the things I put my consoles through.
I played my SNES for three days straight the console was so hot that I couldn't touch it. I actually burnt my fingers when I touched it. I turned the console off and let it sit for a day or so. The next time I played it was perfectly fine the console played just as good as ever.
I dropped my GBA into the water outside , I freaked out. I turned it off and let it dry off. Turned it back on and the console played as if nothing ever happened.
I got my GameCube when I was in foster care. Being as such tons of kids played on it and roughed around with it. I remember once I had it up about 7 feet on a shelf so that the little kids couldn't get at it. One of the kids tried to get at it and ended up dropping it 7 feet onto solid concrete flooring. The console was later dropped down a flight of stairs, it had pop dumped in the disc drive and it still ran perfectly.
My Wii, I have left my Wii on for days at a time and it is always running (WiiConnect24) to some degree. Now yes after all the usage it does now make a loud buzzing noise. But the console itself still plays fine. My Wii was also dropped from about 4 feet onto a concrete floor and a kid snapped the top off of it. But it still runs smoothly and plays all my games.
I remember playing my NES and Atari 2600 for upwards of 8-9 hours back when I was like 3. The consoles both got over used but neither one actually stopped working. During my years I have also owned DreamCast/GameGear PSOne/PS2/PS3 though my PS2 wasn't technically mine it was my foster parents.
Now my foster brother owned an X-Box Origional and it over heated and fried, he had to send it in to get it fixed. I in 2007 decided to buy myself a 360 and as of yesterday my 360 red ringed and I have to send it in for repairs.
So of all the consoles I've owned (Every Nintendo Console built) , (some of Sega's consoles) (Every Sony console). Why is it only Microsoft's have ever broken down?
Is Microsoft really that bad at producing working hardware?
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer










