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#101 Dragerdeifrit
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here in mexico u can get YOLD and RROD fixed in under 20 mins lol so reliability not a problem for me :)

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#102 tommyas
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seriously. i have gotten 3 to 4 ps1s(most recent can barely read a game) 2 PSOnes (one still in use), 3 PS2s(one water, one power, one still in use) and now technically 2 ps3s(1 BR player, now the YLOD). how many do you want to know of other companies?

1 snes, 2 n64, 1OG GB, 1 genesis, 1 DS 0 for everything else

sadly this

fanboys want this though but i never got it

bigM10231

Funny, I had one ps3 which works even now. I had PS2 for many years and sold it in perfect condition, no problems at all. I have had a ps3 for over two years, no problems at all. Now I sold it and got slim which works like a charm and is super quiet. You either had a really bad luck, didnt take care of your consoles, or are just trolling.

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#103 tommyas
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I see that the 360's reliability is once again under attack by ignorant posters here in System Wars!

http://www.gofanboy.com/features/fanboy-features/3263-xbox-360-slim-beats-ps3-slim-in-heat-tests-multiple-times

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That doesnt mean anything. The article only shows than xbox had a terrible failure rate during the first year or so. If you put a system into a closed cabinet, you are just doing it wrong.
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#104 SolidTy
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[QUOTE="nintendo-4life"]Your blaming Sony for spilling water on your PS2? :|bigM10231
no but it happened to another console of mine and it still worked


:lol:

That's definitely a standard, everyone has their own standards.

Perhaps, it's a standard I should live by. :P

I spilled some water on my Girlfriend's lap, and she left me! :cry:

Yet, True Story, when I spilled water on my buddies lap, he stayed my friend. :o

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#105 SolidTy
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[QUOTE="kyacat"][QUOTE="bigM10231"]there was a glass near it and a bump on the table knocked it over tipping on the ps2bigM10231
so its yor fault that water ruin your ps2 not sony fault

i didnt bump it

Who the hell did bump it? Kaz Hirai? :shock: :lol:

:P

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#106 hellokittymas
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There is no imo about it. The 360 has higher failure rates then the PS3. The PS3 has higher failure rates then the Wii.

'Imo the PS3 has sold more then the 360.' Just because you say imo doesn't mean you can say anything. It just doesn't work like that.

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so what you saying is he cant have an opinion

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#107 delta3074
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My PS2 and 360 both broke once. Nintendo are the only reliable ones.locopatho
i agree with this,i have never had a nintendo fail on me, i even dropped my gamecube a good 4ft to a concrete floor and apart from a tiny chunk of plastic missing at the front (right above the little ATI sticker) and it still worked like a charm, in my life i have had various other consoles fail on me 3 Ps1's, 5 zx spectrums,3 commodore 64's, 2 atari ST's,1 amiga a600, 1 megadrive ,2 dreamcasts,1 atari jaguar and 3 xbox 360's, both my original xbox's still work flawlessly, my wifes Ps2 slim has been going strong for 4 years but her Ps3 i had to replace 2 months after i bought it for her cos the blu-ray drive died (40gb model) it's all very well people on here saying to take care of yoyr stuff but it doesn't always work that way, Gaming is my core hobby, i am OCD when it comes to taking care of my hardware, my consoles get cleaned every week without fail, i use canned air to clear the dust out from inside them and i always put them where they cannot be knocked with plenty of ventilation, these consoles are only as good and reliable as the people that make them in the factorys, this is why people recommend that if you buy a 360 you try and buy one manufactured by the FDOU team, they have less chance of red ring of death.
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The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.
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bigM10231

does this even have ventilation? what store is this lol

never do this to your console :P

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#110 tommyas
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[QUOTE="Brownesque"]

[QUOTE="bigM10231"]why are people thinking its my fault? i obviously proved it wasnt my faultbigM10231

You spilled water on your Playstation. What, are you gonna blame the Playstation?

no. the water spill wasnt my fault and i wasnt drinking it

But the water got in the system so it isnt Sony"s fault. Consoles arent waterproof so I dont know what you are trying to accomplish here.
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PS2s were incredibly unreliable but i wouldn't know about the PS1s and my PS3 is fine.
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#112 walkingdream
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The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.tomarlyn
The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you.
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[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.walkingdream
The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you.

when somebody says the only consoles that ever broke on them where microsoft ones it sounds fishy to me, especially when the original xbox was a very,very reliable console, i know i have 2 that still work and the kids have one of them, they have kicked it, dropped it, spilt juice on it, not so much as a DRE,i think he's trying to imply that only MS make unreliable consoles,lol
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[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.walkingdream
The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you.

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii. :P Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

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Sony has a poor history with console quality, but no problem has ever been as widespread or as famous as the 360's 3 red lights. At least MS ended up extending the warranty, but you can be your ass that was due to the negative press they were getting. Stupid really, the Xbox was a decent piece of hardware (though the dvd drive on mine gave up the ghost after 4 years).

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[QUOTE="walkingdream"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"]The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.SolidTy

The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you.

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

You must of been the unlucky few. The xbox way more reliable almost on par with the cube. That lil thing was tough i remember g4 was it? Did a comparison and the ps2 stoped working after a measly 4 feet drop. While the cube took a some hammer hits, falls and still worked. Xbox took some punishment as well and still worked.

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[QUOTE="walkingdream"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"]The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.SolidTy

The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you.

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii. :P Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

unlucky, sounds like both you xbox's had dodgy thompson DVD rom drives in them, i heard those thompson drives could be a liilt hit or miss,lol
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#118 SolidTy
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[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="walkingdream"] The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you. Deadbeatcobra

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii.Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

You must of been the unlucky few. The xbox way more reliable almost on par with the cube. That lil thing was tough i remember g4 was it? did a comparison and the ps2 stoped working after a measely 4 feet drop. while the cube took a some hammer hits, falls and still worked. Xbox took some punishment as well and still worked.

I wasn't even going to post, since I've posted in these types of threads for 5+ years, and it's always the same. Damage control, arguing, whatever. I only wanted to back that other posters testimonial since he's not alone.

I can tell you with great assurance, No, I wasn't part of a few, many repairs shops made quite a living repairing these things, but yes, DRE was worse last gen. There was also 140 PS2's out there vs. 25 million Xbox's. I do remember that lulzy G4 segment, but that has nothing to do with consumer wear and tear.
I can say, I've owned 3 GC's, and they all work perfect.

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#119 SolidTy
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[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="walkingdream"] The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you. delta3074

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii. :P Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

unlucky, sounds like both you xbox's had dodgy thompson DVD rom drives in them, i heard those thompson drives could be a liilt hit or miss,lol

That's what I was told long ago. There were three manufacturers for DVD ROM, and one of them were terrible, I think it was Thompson, but that was so long ago, I don't even know anymore.

The fact you know about Thompson means you know about those dodgy drives, as those repairs shops did. That was their bread and butter. The worst part is the customer service, I got directed to India or somewhere, and I couldn't understand what they were asking, and I had to keep telling my issue over and over. That was the worst part, honestly. I spent 2 hours on the phone in a constant state of aggravation.

I've explained all this before on SW and other websites, but yeah, it's just one man's experience. For the record though, I bought multiple 360's at launch as well, and I kept two. I didn't expect RROD deal back in 2005. It probably didn't help that I actually played my machines 3-4 times a week.

I sincerely hope this isn't an issue at all next generation for any machine, any company. I just hope that this is a non issue next generation...although, I may not early adopt so quickly. :P

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But you never owned a 360 :|
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[QUOTE="delta3074"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii. :P Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

SolidTy

unlucky, sounds like both you xbox's had dodgy thompson DVD rom drives in them, i heard those thompson drives could be a liilt hit or miss,lol

That's what I was told long ago. There were three manufacturers for DVD ROM, and one of them were terrible, I think it was Thompson, but that was so long ago, I don't even know anymore.

The fact you know about Thompson means you know about those dodgy drives, as those repairs shops did. That was their bread and butter. The worst part is the customer service, I got directed to India or somewhere, and I couldn't understand what they were asking, and I had to keep telling my issue over and over. That was the worst part, honestly. I spent 2 hours on the phone in a constant state of aggravation.

I've explained all this before on SW and other websites, but yeah, it's just one man's experience. For the record though, I bought multiple 360's at launch as well, and I kept two. I didn't expect RROD deal back in 2005. It probably didn't help that I actually played my machines 3-4 times a week.

yeah, the mark 1 xbox's had thompson drives in them which really where hit or miss, but the good thing with the xbox was the ability to just swap out the drive with a different XBOX drive, my 'special' xbox has a rather expensive phillips V2 Xbox DVD rom drive and i put a seagate 40gb HDD in it
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[QUOTE="Deadbeatcobra"]

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii.Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

SolidTy

You must of been the unlucky few. The xbox way more reliable almost on par with the cube. That lil thing was tough i remember g4 was it? did a comparison and the ps2 stoped working after a measely 4 feet drop. while the cube took a some hammer hits, falls and still worked. Xbox took some punishment as well and still worked.

I wasn't even going to post, since I've posted in these types of threads for 5+ years, and it's always the same. Damage control, arguing, whatever. I only wanted to back that other posters testimonial since he's not alone.

I can tell you with great assurance, No, I wasn't part of a few, many repairs shops made quite a living repairing these things, but yes, DRE was worse last gen. There was also 140 PS2's out there vs. 25 million Xbox's. I do remember that lulzy G4 segment, but that has nothing to do with consumer wear and tear.
I can say, I've owned 3 GC's, and they all work perfect.

Is there even a source for the failer rates for last gen? Ive never came accross one. One thing we all know Nintendo = hardware gods, well close to one anyway.

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[QUOTE="walkingdream"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"]The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.SolidTy

The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you.

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii. :P Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

Yeah my original Xbox would sometimes get a disc read error and I even made a joke about it to my friends cause it was the console I took the most care of, never even moved it from it's place.
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#124 anarchist4eva
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As much as you post on here you expect us to believe you have all that hardware to play? Nice try but no.

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#125 Miroku32
Member since 2006 • 8666 Posts
It seems that is just luck and take care of your consoles. I only had 1 N64, 1 GC, 1 Wii and 1 PS3 and all of them still work fine.
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#126 Metalscarz
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If you include the previous gens, sure. The ps1 and 2 were extremely unreliable. I remember a lot of people had to orient the ps1 at some weird angle on its side to keep it from overheating.

topgunmv

I had to run mine upside down to get it to load games.

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#127 Metalscarz
Member since 2004 • 1019 Posts

The original XBOX and 360 are the only systems that have ever died on me in 20 years of gaming.tomarlyn

I had an old Xbox, 2 360s, and a Dreamcast all die.

Even though my PS1 had to be upside down, and I had to take apart my PS2 every couple of months and clean it they both still "worked". Same with my Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis (Sega CD broke though) Gamecube.....

"They don't build 'em like they used to"....

Granted stuff is a HELL of a lot more complex these day to even manufacture but still.....:(

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#128 SolidTy
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[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="walkingdream"] The first Xbox was actually a very reliable console. So wow if that was your first console to die on you. Rockman999

Actually, I had two Xbox's go bad last generation, they were brand new. I got two Halo Model replacements around that time.

Furthermore, my buddy owns quite a few repair shops and has repaired Xbox, PS2's, 360's, you name it. Both my Xbox's died said the same error message :

"Please insert an xbox disc", it was really odd.

I also had a PS2 with DRE, and I had a broken NES that just stopped working one day.

I've never had a problem with SNES, SMS, Intellivision, Genesis, PSOne's, Dreamcasts, Wii, Gamecube's, or PS3. All my handhelds are still fine as well. PS3 with DRE sucked, but the worst for me by far was this generation's RROD. When you factor in the crippling nature of RROD, and how small the 360 install base is, it really is a shame they rushed out the machine. My first RROD I though perhaps I was unlucky, but RROD two, everyone I knew in RL had at least one RROD by that point, and news was getting out there.

I even had a Halo 3 360 E74 on me, and that had some new parts.

I have had three RROD's this generation, and one E74. I was the one that broke the news about E74 to SW actually, with many never heard of it when I made the thread. Kind of a fun read looking back.

History records these things, but RROD is the worst I've suffered as a gamer all these years.

My two 60gig PS3's are still functional as is my one 2006 launch Wii. :P Though, I'm at year 4, so if they do go bad, I feel I got my monies worth. I actually bought 8 PS3's at PS3 launch for Family, cousin's, and Friends, and those models are function as well. I heard the slim models for both 360 and PS3 are even more reliable, but they are newer so who knows.

Yeah my original Xbox would sometimes get a disc read error and I even made a joke about it to my friends cause it was the console I took the most care of, never even moved it from it's place.

You too, huh? Yeah, it's always a bummer when these things happen. I actually babied mine as well, they never moved ever, and I played multiplats on PC, PS2, and GC a lot back then, so it wasn't wear and tear...

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#130 SolidTy
Member since 2005 • 49991 Posts

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="delta3074"]unlucky, sounds like both you xbox's had dodgy thompson DVD rom drives in them, i heard those thompson drives could be a liilt hit or miss,loldelta3074

That's what I was told long ago. There were three manufacturers for DVD ROM, and one of them were terrible, I think it was Thompson, but that was so long ago, I don't even know anymore.

The fact you know about Thompson means you know about those dodgy drives, as those repairs shops did. That was their bread and butter. The worst part is the customer service, I got directed to India or somewhere, and I couldn't understand what they were asking, and I had to keep telling my issue over and over. That was the worst part, honestly. I spent 2 hours on the phone in a constant state of aggravation.

I've explained all this before on SW and other websites, but yeah, it's just one man's experience. For the record though, I bought multiple 360's at launch as well, and I kept two. I didn't expect RROD deal back in 2005. It probably didn't help that I actually played my machines 3-4 times a week.

yeah, the mark 1 xbox's had thompson drives in them which really where hit or miss, but the good thing with the xbox was the ability to just swap out the drive with a different XBOX drive, my 'special' xbox has a rather expensive phillips V2 Xbox DVD rom drive and i put a seagate 40gb HDD in it

Nice! I never had a special Xbox, but it sounds cool. :) I did have Steel Battalion though! :P

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#131 right4dead
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If the Xbox 360's failure rate utterly blows the PS3's out of the water like everyone says then I must live in the twilight zone because I still have yet to have my Xbox 360 break down on me yet my week old PS3 is freezing up a storm.

Grovilis

sure, nice avatar

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#132 da_chub
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i have had my PS3 for a year now. In that same year, 3 of 4 people i know with xbox 360s have died on them(1 guys twice) and this isnt counting the many other times i know they failed. My Wii is 4 years old with no issues. PS2 had a high fail rate, but xbox 360 is worse this gen. i would rate 1. Wii 2. PS3 3. X360
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#133 Fumpa
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MS is the winner though for worst console failure rate from a single gen. The 360 may be awesome but it's failure rate is pathetic. And the fact that it's still questionably an issue is still incredibly pathetic. I still may get one some day, but it is unlikely. I just can't let myself drop some money on a device that is almost guaranteed to die on me (in a relatively short span of time). And my XBox died on me too. Of course I bought a replacement for $40 but it still was bad that the first one died on me.
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#134 chaplainDMK
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Each gen there is one console that is gonna be totaly crap quality... Last 2 gens those were the PSs, but luckily Sony made the PS3 quite reliable. Still better then M$ that wen't from that tank of a conosole called the Xbox to the 360. The original Xbox i dropped down the stairs, played games for 14 hours non-stop (not joking, i finished Half Life 2 in a single sitting from 7 in the eavning when i started to about 11 in the evening the next day. I just took a few breaks for lunch and bathroom) etc. and it still works like a charm. Yesterday the 360 shut down (thank god i got the new slim) after i was doing my final lap on the Nurburgring R1 endurance race in Forza 3... That made me go insane...

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#135 Harisemo
Member since 2010 • 4133 Posts

xbox 360 is easily the least reliable console. even the new slim has problems

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#136 edo-tensei
Member since 2007 • 4581 Posts

This gen, it's the xbox 360.

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#137 razgriz_101
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thats like me saying oh....Rotosound are better cuz i got ernie ball strings and the broke stuff like this happens things break unexpectedly it could be a small thing likeitnot being used correctly,faulty from the get go (had a setstrings that were horrendously wound cause of a faulty core)you just forgive forget and get on with it.

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#138 racing1750
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My failed system history. 2004 - PS2 wouldn't read discs, and froze when it did. 2006 christmas - 360 20GB fails out the box. return to store for all new model Early 2007 - 360 scratches discs, and makes weird grinding noise - Return to store for all new model Late 2007 - Buy Xbox 360 elite 120GB - Works perfect until it shows the RROD - Then get all new model Mid 2010 - 360 Slim - Perfect so far. My previous slim PS3 worked 100%. My current fat 80GB is running great too.
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#139 OfficerLeach_
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none of my consoles ever messed up not even my dreamcast:p except about a month ago my ps3 stopped readingblu ray disksbut it was a launch system and i did play quite a bit....i sold the system for 300 bucks along with all my games and controllers and ps3 eye and bought a ps3 slim with black ops....problem solved

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#140 BIacckAce
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i had 2 ps3s and they both YLOD

they both the old models.

though sony takes features away from its own consoles.

they are the worse console maker in history

take off your fanboy goggles. taking away features off a console makes them the worse out of the big 3.

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#141 SaltyMeatballs
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No, they are pretty reliable, but people shouldn't act as if their consoles didn't have problems. They did, especially the PS2. Most people I know had disc read errors after years with PS2, I had to get a new one after 4 years. Modern consoles will only get worse. More parts; more can go wrong.
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#142 razgriz_101
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i had 2 ps3s and they both YLOD

they both the old models.

though sony takes features away from its own consoles.

they are the worse console maker in history

take off your fanboy goggles. taking away features off a console makes them the worse out of the big 3.

BIacckAce

i personally based off your posting history highly and i mean highly doubt you ever owned a PS3....

Uber lol at this bolded part its minbendingly ironic.

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#143 BIacckAce
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[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

i had 2 ps3s and they both YLOD

they both the old models.

though sony takes features away from its own consoles.

they are the worse console maker in history

take off your fanboy goggles. taking away features off a console makes them the worse out of the big 3.

razgriz_101

i personally based off your posting history highly and i mean highly doubt you ever owned a PS3....

Uber lol at this bolded part its minbendingly ironic.

you base fanboys on posting history?? what kind of logic is that?

ever thought why someone would hate a ps3?? maybe cause its just that bad.

seriously the logic in SW never fails to amuse me

so i can say ppl with trophycards never owned xbox before

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#144 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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Only PS system to die on me was my PS3, it died twice, came back twice, let's see if it can last.
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#145 razgriz_101
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[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

i had 2 ps3s and they both YLOD

they both the old models.

though sony takes features away from its own consoles.

they are the worse console maker in history

take off your fanboy goggles. taking away features off a console makes them the worse out of the big 3.

BIacckAce

i personally based off your posting history highly and i mean highly doubt you ever owned a PS3....

Uber lol at this bolded part its minbendingly ironic.

you base fanboys on posting history?? what kind of logic is that?

ever thought why someone would hate a ps3?? maybe cause its just that bad.

seriously the logic in SW never fails to amuse me

so i can say ppl with trophycards never owned xbox before

how is that not logical...you lol resistance is just a clone of halo and your incessant trolling of the gt5 hype thread need i say more tbh :S

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#146 BIacckAce
Member since 2009 • 270 Posts

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

i personally based off your posting history highly and i mean highly doubt you ever owned a PS3....

Uber lol at this bolded part its minbendingly ironic.

razgriz_101

you base fanboys on posting history?? what kind of logic is that?

ever thought why someone would hate a ps3?? maybe cause its just that bad.

seriously the logic in SW never fails to amuse me

so i can say ppl with trophycards never owned xbox before

how is that not logical...you lol resistance is just a clone of halo and your incessant trolling of the gt5 hype thread need i say more tbh :S

first gt5 hype thread. there was lots of haters before and after the flop was announced. i was not the only one. it was a giant disappointment for everyone

that still doesn't make me a fanboy. im just neutral as anybody. you only notice me more than others so you have a bad impression.

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#147 jack00
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Screw both microsoft and sony for releasing faulty systems. I bought a ps3 because i didn't want to get RROD, 'cause i thought the ps3 was safe in that area, and in the time i bought it, almost no ps3 broke, but it was only a matter of time before i got ylod, like everyone who bought a fat model. If i had known, i would of never bough that faulty piece of crap. So again, **** you sony.
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#148 razgriz_101
Member since 2007 • 16875 Posts

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"] This is weird because Xbox fans have no problem touting Halo sales over Ps3 games that had less time to build up a fanbase also, like Resistance.

BIacckAce

That's silly to compare both games. Resistance is only 3-4 years old.

its not silly. resistance is a copy cat of halo and the fact the games have died literally proves resistance series shud die out completely. With 3-4 years time you expect a halo copy cat to have lots of fans.

i rest my case Biacck ace.

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#149 BIacckAce
Member since 2009 • 270 Posts

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"] That's silly to compare both games. Resistance is only 3-4 years old.razgriz_101

its not silly. resistance is a copy cat of halo and the fact the games have died literally proves resistance series shud die out completely. With 3-4 years time you expect a halo copy cat to have lots of fans.

i rest my case Biacck ace.

if you check my reviewed games most are megamans which are from ds/gba so by that logic im a sheep now?? and i have a pokemon avatar

what did you prove?? its a opinion that resistance is a clone of halo. its been compared by other people too.

this is cowspot huh? so no one is allowed to have the same opinion or else im automatically fanboy. so in the 'what do you think is GOTY' thread everyone must say uncharted 2 right?

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#150 razgriz_101
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[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

[QUOTE="BIacckAce"]

its not silly. resistance is a copy cat of halo and the fact the games have died literally proves resistance series shud die out completely. With 3-4 years time you expect a halo copy cat to have lots of fans.

BIacckAce

i rest my case Biacck ace.

if you check my reviewed games most are megamans which are from ds/gba so by that logic im a sheep now?? and i have a pokemon avatar

what did you prove?? its a opinion that resistance is a clone of halo. its been compared by other people too.

this is cowspot huh? so no one is allowed to have the same opinion or else im automatically fanboy. so in the 'what do you think is GOTY' thread everyone must say uncharted 2 right?

sure, but most of the time i've seen you post in here it tends to be in a topic related with the PS3 with some really bad grammar,stupid comments like the resistance/halo one.Maybe if you dindt spout comments like that and various others i wouldnt think you a fanboy.Besides a lot more of the time im playing games on the PC or a retro gamerbefore you try claiming im a cow lol.

Just saying maybe be a bit more sensible with your posts and not post silly stuff like that and people wont think your a fanboy man.