A) Atari 2600 – still going strong, though some carts no longer work.
B) Commodore 64 – I had to replace this unit once back in 1986 – The CPU died on the first one.
C) Colecovision – Still working. Only 3 carts no longer work
C) Nintendo NES – This one died after 5 years of use. Cartridges no longer play on the machine. Inspected the cartridge port and all the connectors are still aligned.
D) Sega Genesis – Had to replace this unit once after the original stopped powering up.
E) SNES – still works fine. Only two cartridges stopped working.
F) Sony PS1 – The original had the laser lens problem. Stopped reading discs. Had it replaced one time after about 9 months of use.
G) Nintendo 64 – Still working, only 2 cartridges have failed.
H) PS2 – Had to replace this unit twice. Once for a power-up failure (first model). the replacement was a second gen unit and had the laser lens failure. Third unit worked for 4 years – still going strong.
I) X-Box – Still works
J) X-BOX 360 (20GB Premium) – had to replace the original because of the Red-Ring-Of-Death. Second unit I sold when the improved HDMI units came out in the fall of 2007. Still using the new generation 360.
H) PS3 (20GB model) – Power failure on the unit. Replacement unit I ended up selling just before it was discontinued. Now own 60GB unit with no problems.

I’ve never had an electronic device that’s conked out on me before. My PS2, PS3 and 360 work just fine. I usually play 2-4 hours on weekends. Anything beyond 6 hours of playing is unhealthy for anyone.(No such thing as a “professional gamer” unless you make games for a living)

@ Console Warz people: Its news, not war. Damn.

People who complain about Xbox 360 failure rates have a right to do so. I firmly believe that the 360 was a defective product. When you get above 30% in failure rates, it’s almost time for a recall, not a warranty extension.

At the same time, this really shouldn’t be about fanboy BS. Each system has legitimate reasons to purchase and legitimate reasons to not purchase. I don’t see it going away, but all this fanboy nonsense does nothing but cause drama where there is no drama. Fanboys to me are kind of like drama queens.

I really dislike the fact that most arguments or debates on a game related subject get morphed into a system vs. system battle fanboy style.

if not then ive had 63 Wiis all of them failed within eight minuts of being turned on not to mention the 153 360s i’ve had fail. one of them burned my house down and another ate my hamster. the ps3 is the worst culpret though. i have had well over a thousand, each of which exploded when i asked where the exclusives were and one of them ate my leg!

why are thease consoles so crap? at least i have my virtual boy…

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