is this generation of consoles the worst ever

so we don't need to discuss the 25% failure rate of the 360, even PS3's have reported a 10% failure rate which is still unacceptable imo.

I have 3 ps2's and 2 xbox's and they have never given me a hint of trouble. I'm sure plenty of people out there are still running older systems as well like game cubes and sega systems.

but it seems this current generation on consoles has been rushed and poorly thought out from a technical standpoint.

1st and 2nd gens were the worst.

ok well that kind of doesn't count since there is a learning process to anything that gets developed.

I think its the least eventful.....

#1 Sega Genesis vs Super Nintendo

#2 PlayStation vs Nintendo 64

#3 PlayStation 2 vs Xbox vs GameCube

#4 Xbox 360 vs PS3 vs Wii

Thats my ranking of generations starting w/ the 16 bit era...sadly for me the last 2 gens were my least favorite

^ He's talking about hardware.

And I'd say that this gen has been fine, if you consider that making consoles that don't break is much harder now that we have crap like disk drives.

^ He's talking about hardware.Cherokee_Jack

In that case, Nothing beats the failure rate of the NES. Who didnt have scrambled video when popping in cartridges?

As far as hardware reliability is concerned, you might have a point. But other than that, this gen has been great.

so we don't need to discuss the 25% failure rate of the 360, even PS3's have reported a 10% failure rate which is still unacceptable imo.

I have 3 ps2's and 2 xbox's and they have never given me a hint of trouble. I'm sure plenty of people out there are still running older systems as well like game cubes and sega systems.

but it seems this current generation on consoles has been rushed and poorly thought out from a technical standpoint.

Deano

xboxs failure rate is alot more than 25% the 25% is just damage control.

I had more problems with my phat PS2 model and Xbox than I did with my 360 and PS3. But yea the failure rates for the current gen consoles are totally unacceptable. Also the NES was pretty bad to hardware wise.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]^ He's talking about hardware.Uptown

In that case, Nothing beats the failure rate of the NES. Who didnt have scrambled video when popping in cartridges?

xboxs failure rate is alot more than 25% the 25% is just damage control.simslifer

I had more problems with my phat PS2 model and Xbox than I did with my 360 and PS3.jasonharris48

[QUOTE="simslifer"]xboxs failure rate is alot more than 25% the 25% is just damage control.Cherokee_Jack

I had more problems with my phat PS2 model and Xbox than I did with my 360 and PS3.jasonharris48

In terms of quality control, last gen was just as bad as this gen in my personal experience.

3rd Gen: Game & Watch- Never Broke.NES- Never Broke. TG16- Never Broke

4th Gen: SNES- Never Broke. Genesis X2- 1 broke, 1 didn't. GG- Never Broke

5th Gen: SAT- Never Broke. PS1- Mine never broke, but I know many, many people who's PS1 did. N64- Never Broke,GBC- Never Broke

6th Gen: NGPC- Never Broke.WSC- Never Broke. GC- Never Broke. GBA- Never Broke. DC- Never Broke. PS2- Broke once, cost $125 to fix,X-Box- Broke once, fixed myself

7th Gen: 360- Broke twice, free to fix both times,Wii- Never Broke,DS- Never Broke

In terms of impact I would say this gen is more important than the 4th and 6th gens, but less than the 3rd and 5th.

3rd: Rebirth of industry, birth of many genres and influential IPs, largest leap from one generation to the next in terms of quality (Atari 2600 to NES) imo

4th: Refinement period, high level of quality in terms of average game

5th: Dawn of 3D gaming, birth of many genres and influential IPs, first mass shift of gaming demographics from children to teens

6th: Refinement period, large game libraries

7th: Mass leakage of gaming into popular culture. Production levels rival other forms of entertainment and are increasingly recognized as doing so outside of the industry. Sophisticated questions more commonly asked about how players interact with games and how and if, story and emotion can be imparted through gameplay. Players who play time killers come out of the shadows and use consoles for that purpose. Clash of demographics and experience level with gaming grows more pointed and contentious. Period feels like a combination of refinement and experiment.

The NES was trial and error. If it didn't work, you'd take the cartridge out and blow on it until it did. When the 360 gets the RRoD, you're boned.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]I had more problems with my phat PS2 model and Xbox than I did with my 360 and PS3.monson21502

Mine is about 2 years old. I'm sure I'm lucky (and I was unlucky with my GC) but I'm not living in fear of it failing.

I will once my warranty's up, though, since I won't be able to afford repairs. If it breaks at that point, I might just upgrade my PC.

[QUOTE="monson21502"][QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"] Yeah, I had my first (and second, I think?) GC and my fat PS2 fail on me. No problems with my 360 yet.Cherokee_Jack

Mine is about 2 years old. I'm sure I'm lucky (and I was unlucky with my GC) but I'm not living in fear of it failing.

I will once my warranty's up, though, since I won't be able to afford repairs. If it breaks at that point, I might just upgrade my PC.

I think the main problem is that consoles get more and more stuff packed into them, and they are getting more expansive to make. I mean PS3 has yet to make a profit for Sony as far as i know, all units up to now have been sold at a loss and X360s the same for its first year. I doubt they always take the best stuff they can find, so they can keep the costs down

[QUOTE="Deano"]

so we don't need to discuss the 25% failure rate of the 360, even PS3's have reported a 10% failure rate which is still unacceptable imo.

I have 3 ps2's and 2 xbox's and they have never given me a hint of trouble. I'm sure plenty of people out there are still running older systems as well like game cubes and sega systems.

but it seems this current generation on consoles has been rushed and poorly thought out from a technical standpoint.

simslifer

xboxs failure rate is alot more than 25% the 25% is just damage control.

[QUOTE="simslifer"]

[QUOTE="Deano"]

so we don't need to discuss the 25% failure rate of the 360, even PS3's have reported a 10% failure rate which is still unacceptable imo.

I have 3 ps2's and 2 xbox's and they have never given me a hint of trouble. I'm sure plenty of people out there are still running older systems as well like game cubes and sega systems.

but it seems this current generation on consoles has been rushed and poorly thought out from a technical standpoint.

badtaker

xboxs failure rate is alot more than 25% the 25% is just damage control.

Lol i have a launch PS2 and its perfectly fine so you just got owned with that one, bring proof of this next time bud.I do love owing people who dont provide proof or have extremely out of proportion statements like this.

I would say the 360 failure rate is about 25% and sounds about right to be honest i do know 2 people with running launch ones but they even have arcade backup's which to be bluntly honest you shouldnt have to have :S

[QUOTE="simslifer"]xboxs failure rate is alot more than 25% the 25% is just damage control.Cherokee_Jack

I had more problems with my phat PS2 model and Xbox than I did with my 360 and PS3.jasonharris48

good stuff it's true the wararnty company as only counting warranties for 2 years of X360's 4 years and it was only 1 warranty company not the whole not to mention the fail to count all the xbox owners that bought a new x360 when theirs croaked not only that the warranty site said it's more like 32%.

this 25%lie needs to stop being spread.

No, its my second favourite. The best one was 16bit gen imo

I think this gens launch consoles are more problematic than previous gens but I'm enjoying this gens consoles the most.

this is actully my second favorit gen of gaming consoles.

No its the best gen of consoles ever

a while ago when my older brother was living with us, he got a playstation(1) when it first came out for christmas...it was broken out of the box. after that replacement, between me and him i believe we've bought 2 or 3 more before that generation ended

as for playstation 2, me and my brother collectively have bought 4 playstation 2s (2 for him and 2 for me). they just kept breaking and we had so many games NOT to buy another, it was quite sad.

before anyone says we didnt take care of our consoles/games stop right there. we have always been incredibly anal with our systems, to the point where if i had friends over, they would become annoyed at me yelling at them if they even tried to swap a game without me doing it for them

the funny thing is this was one of the deciding factors of switching to xbox this generation, me and my brother both have one now actually. i guess our luck with playstations was never too great.

ps: we've never had a problem with our 360s(yet)

It depends on your luck to be honest, I still have a launch PS2 that still work till this day, and to go back even further my Sega Genesis might be dusty but it still manages to have power and play all those cartridges. Some of my other friends seem to not have the same luck as me.