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Xoj on 08 August 2009
NightDragon83 said:
Back in the day, my cousins and I used to leave my NES on for days at a time when playing games like Mario 3, cuz we kept beating it over and over and eventually got to the point where all of our stored items were P-Wings, so we wanted that shit saved lol! Thing got hot as hell, but NEVER crapped out on us.

Getting games to properly play in the first place however... that's a whole 'nother issue in and of itself which I'm sure that any old school gamer is very familiar with lol! Thank you top-loading NES!!!

Other than that, I've had my 360 RROD almost a year after I got it... no problems since. And my GC kept getting disc read errors just 6 months after I got it at launch, so I sent it in to Nintendo and they repaired or replaced it free of charge... they're the best!

Basically, as game consoles get more and more complex with more moving parts and whatnot, they are more prone to some kind of failure, especially over the past 2 gens where all systems were CD/DVD based (except for N64). Cartridge-based systems are nearly fail-proof... still got my Atari 7800 and it works like its brand new!

only if you blow them lol.

 



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ph4nt on 08 August 2009

PS1, PS2, and the 360 have had the worst failure rates in history for early models.

Everything else is just luck of the draw. All Nintendo consoles are incredibly well built, but there is ALWAYS small percentage (less than 1% for nintendo systems if i remember correctly) that they will fail. Consequently when someone has one thing break on them they think the manufacturer is terrible and the system blows, in reality you are just very unlucky. The only times failure rates have been a serious problem are with the ps1, ps2, and 360.



docholliday on 08 August 2009

You know up until last week i woulda been with the OP on this one but.....I've had four 360's sent in for repairs and yes that is ridiculous but you know what, it cost me ZERO $$$ to get repairs. Now my blu-ray drive dies on my ps3 and sony wants $150 to repair with no guarantee of getting back my same console that has BC with ps2. I ended up gettin a replacement drive off ebay for $120 and will fix myself.

So while thier hardware might be unreliable they have taken actions to take care of the customers.



Magnific0 on 09 August 2009

^PS3 lens don't cost that much, not even on ebay... why would you buy the whole drive? I thought the lens is the part that stops working....

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=blu-ray+lens+ps3&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A1234&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=16&_sc=1



docholliday on 09 August 2009
Magnific0 said:

^PS3 lens don't cost that much, not even on ebay... why would you buy the whole drive? I thought the lens is the part that stops working....

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=blu-ray+lens+ps3&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A1234&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=16&_sc=1

Yea I know the lens is cheaper, but after taking apart the ps3 and looking at it ima pass on ripping the drive apart. Just decided to replace whole thing instead of risking breaking anything else. They definately made it much more of a pain in the ass to switch the lens on the ps3 compared to the ps1/ps2.



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Magnific0 on 09 August 2009

Well, I have a friend who repairs PS3s, and he charged a friend of mine $120 to repair his PS3 blu-ray lens. So if you're buying a whole drive and know how to fix it yourself you're indeed saving yourself some money. Good luck.



Bitmap Frogs on 09 August 2009
Magnific0 said:
^guys don't rub more salt on these poor bastards' wounds. You know, MS precious warranty is expiring for the whole crowd of them, so cut them some slack, they will open their eyes after that.

 

Meanwhile, every week's sales numbers rub salt on your wounds.





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Magnific0 on 09 August 2009

^OHH that stang , didn't it? No worries mate, your system of choice will be put out of its misery soon. I'd rather get pissed at sales numbers which don't make the smallest dent in my pocket, than what you garbage lovers go through every odd month of the year.



Bitmap Frogs on 09 August 2009
Magnific0 said:

^OHH that stang , didn't it? No worries mate, your system of choice will be put out of its misery soon. I'd rather get pissed at sales numbers which don't make the smallest dent in my pocket, than what you garbage lovers go through every odd month of the year.

 

Aw, what a life you lead - coping with the fact reality has been stomping on your dreams and wishes for the last three years and will keep doing so in the foreseable future. In the meanwhile, you can just spam about how 2007 2008 2009 2010 will be the year of the ps3 - as they say, hope is an everlasting fountain.





Current-gen game collection uploaded on the profile, full of win and good games; also most of my PC games. Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts 1982-2008 (Requiescat In Pace).

Magnific0 on 09 August 2009

^true, but MS warranty ever lasting fountain it ain't, cowboy.