How long has your console lasted?

saiint · 16-07-2012 12:01pm #1

So as it is 2012, half way through the year with 2013 coming along with next gen consoles been talked about for the near future

how long has your console lasted you? and how many times have you replaced it?

(to mod: dunno where to put this, more of a dicussion on all consoles not just 1 particular feel free to move:D)

il start off

bought my xbox360 in 2006
and its still going strong today
6 long years and not one rrod or anything wrong with it ( has had multiple controller replacements from raging

fifa caused that)
which is strange since i have a few mates who have had theirs replaced several times from

also had a ps3 bought it in december 2007 , had it for 2 years then the laser inside broke, had it fixed, broke again, replaced it with a new ps3, that broke 6 months , later, ended up trading it in to fund the next games i was getting for my xbox

i remember reading something saying
ps3's have an average lifespan of 2 years
and xboxs have an average lifespan of 4 years

of course this is only estimates, as i have a mate whos ps3 is still working since he bought the thing on release day.

Magill · 16-07-2012 12:07pm

I've still got my release date xbox + ps3, both working fine. Can't imagine those lifespan statistics being accurate tho, maybe if it was reversed i'd believe it.

Nollog · 16-07-2012 12:09pm

My Wii's still going strong.

ED E · 16-07-2012 12:16pm

I know a lad who is on his fourth PS3 and second Xbox. The reason? He stacks them in a unit under his tv with 0 airflow.

Put your console in a safe place where it wont get shaken and has room for airflow and it'll last.

JohnMarston · 16-07-2012 12:17pm

Bought ps3 in 2007, still going strong.
Have an extensive library and have tested the console to the limit, not a problem with it.

Got an xbox in 2010, had it 8 months and got that red ring thingy. Realised it wasnt worth replacing since most games i played were on pc or ps3

heebusjeebus · 16-07-2012 12:19pm

I'm still on my first PS3 (40GB model) from May 2007. Upgraded the HDD and replaced one broken dualshock controller (Red Dead Redemption was the cause).
I do hoover the vents every few months to keep her cool.

penev10 · 16-07-2012 12:19pm

Got 4 years out of PS3 no.1 and 4 months so far out of no.2

Sephiroth_dude · 16-07-2012 12:25pm

My Wii is still going strong brought in april/may 2008

my xbox brought in december 2007 actually got a ring of death error but it still works

My beloved ps3 was brought in Oct/Nov 07 and she's still going strong and long may she last because I can play ps2 games on her

FutureGuy · 16-07-2012 12:26pm

I have had 4 xboxes since 2007.

My first was a white 20gb white. Had no problems with it at all.

My second was a black 120gb elite. It Red Ringed but worked perfectly after replacement. Sold it on adverts.

My third was a red 120gb RE5 edition. Again, it worked perfectly but traded it it in to upgrade to my current...

ME3 Edition 320gb.

So 4 xboxes, 1 rrod. That's a good record!

Varik · 16-07-2012 12:26pm

60Gb PS3 is still going from launch as is a Wii, and have a PS3 slim that was gotten a bit after they came out.

Have a HDMI 360 that replace a launch model that started giving problems but it wasn't rrod, got that a bit after they came out.

PSP 2000, Vita, GBC, GBA, and GBA sp are all still working and with the exception of the colour all launch models.

Launch PS2, launch PS2 slim, and GameCube still work with everything else is in the attic so no clue.

Only ever had to clear lens on PS2 fat and fix power connection on slim.

Retr0gamer · 16-07-2012 12:27pm

My Wii is still going strong but the laser drive in that machine doesn't fill me with confidence so I'm playing my games all off the hard disk to save on laser wear.

My 360 RROD'ed 1 month out of warranty but MS fixed it for free anyway. The refurb is going strong 2 years later although I don't really play my 360 much.

PS3 is still going strong, it's an american 60Gb backwards compatible model I got in 2008. It's still going strong although I never really used it and it's only now that I'm using it a hell of a lot more than my 360. I'm kind of afraid that the laser will go since anything I've bought that was Sony the laser always seems to fail. Had a Sony Minidisc die on my and a good few PS1 and PS2 consoles. Worried about the PSP-1000 I have for the same reason.

My DS, PSP and Wii get more play than the PS3 and 360.

Of course all my old consoles are running perfect, even if the NES needs the 72 pin connector replaced every so often. They don't make them like they used to.

MJ23 · 16-07-2012 12:28pm

Bought ps3 in September 2008. Still going strong, never had any bother with it. Use it almost everyday.

titan18 · 16-07-2012 12:29pm

Got Xbox in 2007, red ringed last year, so on my first replacement.

Megadrive is still going strong though

Professey Chin · 16-07-2012 12:31pm

Got my PS3 in July 07. Thats still running perfectly. Dont remember any glitches on thats at all actually.
My 360 I got in about oct 09. That went mad for a while and stopped showing any picture until I accidently gave it a kick. Been working perfectly since then

Well perfectly in the very rare times it gets turned on

Professey Chin · 16-07-2012 12:31pm

Got my PS3 in July 07. Thats still running perfectly. Dont remember any glitches on thats at all actually.
My 360 I got in about oct 09. That went mad for a while and stopped showing any picture until I accidently gave it a kick. Been working perfectly since then

Well perfectly in the very rare times it gets turned on

Mr.Saturn · 16-07-2012 1:04pm

My launch model PS3 is still going, fortunately, as I lost two PS2s recently (nothing faulty, just the owners wanted them back). Never did get around to converting the save files, mind you. It died in January 2009, within the 3 year warranty. I always thought I missed the window, but discovered recently the time-frame of the cut-off. Free refurb, going well enough since, aside from the odd freeze on SSFIV: AE online.

I bought my Dreamcast faulty last year, wasn't informed of the fact at the time. It's got a weird controller port, in that it won't accept 1st party controllers (of the few I tested), but the shop gave me a 3rd party one when I returned it on the same day of purchase, and it's been solid. However, when I got it home the second time, and actually got to play some games. I discovered it had random-reset syndrome. At which point I said '**** it', lost faith in the shop and fixed it myself. I've had to clean the pins a few times, but she's still hanging in there.

N64, GCN, GBA and DS are still as strong as the day they were bought. My launch Wii, on the other hand, sounds as though it's about to take off the second you boot it up. We're talking table-rumbling levels of rattle.

Duggy747 · 16-07-2012 1:27pm

Won my Xbox back in 2007, broke about 4 months later when it started chewing up the discs. Rarely even played the thing but the warranty was well gone since it had been bought well before I won it.

I put it away for about a year before taking it apart and had to glue a part back inside the dvd drive where it worked perfectly since.

That was until I gave it to a mate for a week and his house was broken into. Didn't really care, didn't use for anything but streaming stuff from computers to the TV, anyways, and I have the controllers plugged into the HTPC.

highdef · 16-07-2012 1:32pm

All my consoles are still working. Xbox 360 bought not too long after launch. PS2, PS1, Spectrum +2 128k and Sinclair Spectrum 48k which celebrated it's 30th year of existence today and is still going strong.....back when stuff was built to last!

maximoose · 16-07-2012 1:34pm

Original launch 360 packed in a month ago, sad to see him go

Have an Elite that I bought in 2007 going strong.

ShadowHearth · 16-07-2012 1:35pm

Magill wrote: »

I've still got my release date xbox + ps3, both working fine. Can't imagine those lifespan statistics being accurate tho, maybe if it was reversed i'd believe it.

Same. I got my 20gb launch Xbox in a bag. Working perfect, still got my launch 60gb ps3 going even stronger as its still being used.

It is quite interesting that a lot of people have bought at least 2 machines on same gen, just because those broke down.

Delightfully Pessimistic · 16-07-2012 1:38pm

On my second Xbox 360 since 2009. The first one I bought in 2007 but it broke after two years.

I've had a wii since 2008 and it's still going strong.... barely ever play the thing but still.

On my second Ps2. My old one broke years ago. Probably in 2005. Some idiot using it as a drink coaster was the culprit. Have the slim model since 2007. It works grand but it won't play Dvd's anymore for some reason.

PandaX9 · 16-07-2012 1:39pm

PS3 still works like brand new after 2 years, but that's to be expected.

Whats really good is my PS2 still going strong after 11 years. Sure it's missing the disc cover but it still works fine and that's all that matters to me..

And now all of you cynics are going to scoff at this, but my original very first boxy PS1 that we got back in 1996 only stopped working winter 2010/2011 Needless to say my family takes very good care of our play stations

then again, the ps1 was being babysat (held in its box in some dusty cupboard until our return) by my cousins in Russia so I suspect the 8 year old contributed to the breakage.. Then again my best friend also still has her Ps1 in working condition too so.. Depends on how you use them! I'm not a particularly cautious person and I personally use the ps2 more than the ps3 compared to my brother.

Usage:

PS3 - used every day
PS2 - used only in summer, winter, Easter breaks for marathon gaming of rpgs
PS1 - don't know, but used every summer and winter I go to Russia. Doubt the cousins used it all that much?

Mr Simpson · 16-07-2012 1:42pm

Got my 360 on launch day, about 3 months later I got RROD. Microsoft replaced it and thats still going strong.

bladespin · 16-07-2012 1:46pm

Have a PS2 since 2001, play it now and again, never had a problem with it.

16-07-2012 1:49pm

got 4 xbox 360s all 4 went within a year and a half of purchase.

Got my Atari 2600 the year it came out still going strong, the same with my Ps2 and ps3.

Washington Irving · 16-07-2012 1:55pm

Release day PS3 YLOD'd last August so got four and a half years out of it. Current one is eleven months old and haven't had any bother with it

Xbox is almost two years old and is still working AFAIK, haven't played it in seven or eight months

wnolan1992 · 16-07-2012 2:04pm

I won my first 360 on a radio show in May of 2008. It RROD'd 2 weeks before the Slim 360's were released (2010?). My friend cut open my one, and got it back working again, got the two weeks out of it and bought the Slim on release day.

On the upside, my SNES I got in 1996 is still going strong. :P

Kinski · 16-07-2012 2:22pm

Xbox from 2009, I think, one of the first wave of models with the Jasper chipset, still fine. Wii too, but only six months old. NES still worked last time I checked. Have a ZX Spectrum somewhere, but wouldn't know where to even begin trying to test it.

Kirby · 16-07-2012 2:28pm

My launch Wii is still going although it has this habit of spitting out discs occasionally at startup so it is a bit deranged

It never does it during gameplay though so thats fine.

My 360 elite lasted a couple of years and then bit the dust. Assasins creed broke it.

The replacement I've had for a year or two still works but locks up on startup so every day it has to be turned on a few times before it makes it to the dashboard. Other than that annoyance, it works well.

My PS3 slim has been going strong since I got it. Never had any issues with it but I do use it alot less than my 360 so that is probably why.

I would also like to add that my launch SNES from 1992 still works perfectly minus a slightly lose AV connection. This thing saw so much use it really is incredible that it still works.

Props to Nintendo. They know how to make stuff. My launch N64 and Gamecube still work too.

Agricola · 16-07-2012 2:31pm

60GB launch PS3 here too. Never had one issue with it. That said, its had an easy life as I mostly game on PC and only real use it for console exclusives, blu rays and now Netflix.

Penn · 16-07-2012 4:24pm

On my third 360. Bought first one Summer of 2006 and it lasted about a year before RROD. Got it replaced and it lasted two years before RROD. Then I waited a year before getting my third one, but don't use it nearly as much as the PS3.

Launch PS3, still not a bother with it. As well and being my main games console, it's also used for DVD, Blurays and my external harddrive with anything I download on it.

Polar101 · 16-07-2012 4:53pm

40GB PS3 from mid-2008, no problems yet and still using the original controller too. I put in a 160GB HDD when I bought the PS3, though.

koHd · 16-07-2012 5:38pm

Xbox 360 history:

Bought 2006
[2 years working]
RROD 2008
[3 years working]
GPU broken 2011
Didn't bother repairing. Still not working 2012.

I used it an average of about 5 hours per week. Sometimes it wasn't used for weeks on end.

PC FTW.

hooradiation · 16-07-2012 5:41pm

koHd wrote: »

Xbox 360 history:
Bought 2006

[2 years working]

RROD 2008

[3 years working]

GPU broken 2011

Didn't bother repairing. Still not working 2012.

I used it an average of about 5 hours per week. Sometimes it wasn't used for weeks on end.

PC FTW.

I like to think in order to maintain a semblance of dignity the OP has omitted the "how long has it been since your PC shit itself for no real reason" option.

2smiggy · 16-07-2012 5:53pm

atari 2600 still working
nes still working
snes still working
ps2 and xbox still working
on my 2nd ps3, only console to fail on me

krudler · 16-07-2012 6:19pm

on my second ps3, 5th! xbox. my 2001 bought ps2 still going strong. my day one purchase gamecube was going strong til I sold it. still have an original DS knocking about somewhere.

Retr0gamer · 16-07-2012 6:25pm

hooradiation wrote: »

I like to think in order to maintain a semblance of dignity the OP has omitted the "how long has it been since your PC shit itself for no real reason" option.

A lot less than my 360 has crashed for no reason to be honest. Unless you are running something that's badly coded or it's riddled with virii then modern PC's are very stable.

Inbox · 16-07-2012 6:31pm

I've had nearly every major console since the Sega Master system days and only had problems with my Dreamcast. Which was well documented and fixed it myself.

Sync · 16-07-2012 6:33pm

Xbox 360 - December 2005 (launch)

I modded the firmware on it, so no warranty. It broke in 2009, and I fixed it using the thermal paste, it broke again in Feb 2010, so I bought a new 120GB elite... haven't had any issues with that since...

Also have a PC 2 years, never had an issue with that...

Kirby · 16-07-2012 6:35pm

hooradiation wrote: »

I like to think in order to maintain a semblance of dignity the OP has omitted the "how long has it been since your PC shit itself for no real reason" option.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

A lot less than my 360 has crashed for no reason to be honest. Unless you are running something that's badly coded or it's riddled with virii then modern PC's are very stable.

This. I haven't had a hardware failure in about five years. And I haven't had a blue screen or similar in over four.....and I use my PC for hours every day.

Building a machine properly means a hassle free PC experience in my book.

saiint · 16-07-2012 6:49pm

i would buy a pc but im real fussy
if i went to buy one it would have to have the lasted tech out their to run it at max on everything
probably would cost me between a grand and 1500
dont have that kinda money until xmas :P

Potential-Monke · 16-07-2012 10:36pm

Can't remember the make, but my pong machine is still running perfect. It's this model:

So is my Atari 2600, SNES, and PS1.

Gone through 2 PS2's and 3 PS2 slims.

On my 2nd 360, first one rrod'd after 1 1/2 years, replacement was doa and the replacement for that one is still going 2 years on.

On my 2nd PS3, original 60gb launch model (bought on launch) ylod'd after 9 months, got it replaced with the exact same model and it's going since.

Mostly use the 360, but thanks to PS+ i'm using the PS3 a helluva lot since. Never had any issues with any Nintendo console i've owned.

wnolan1992 · 16-07-2012 11:30pm

Potential-Monke reminded me about this Prinztronic Micro 10 that we got in a box of old crap off a neighbour about 10 years ago. Missing the battery cover, no AC Adaptor, fiddly power button, but still a fun little pong console.

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hooradiation · 17-07-2012 12:44am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

A lot less than my 360 has crashed for no reason to be honest. Unless you are running something that's badly coded or it's riddled with virii then modern PC's are very stable.

hah, you wish.

I've had this box flat out refuse to work until i re-seat everything on more than one occasion. I've had multiple graphics cards just go *pop* and I wasn't doing anything pointlessly stupid like over clocking them.
And that's just the hardware deciding it couldn't be fucked working.
The less said about windows updates deciding to trap the whole system in an apply update/reboot/fail loop the better. Or having to play silly buggers with drivers because ATI and Nvidia seem to take it in turns to stop wringing money out of nerds and decide to implement something in an arbitrarily stupid way.

Meanwhile, the worst I've got is the occasional hardlock on the 360, which can be fixed by going back to the dash.

In fact I've had more trouble with this one machine that exists only because I need something to meak poast on the internet with, than I've had with every other console I've ever owned combined. I could count all the PC related issues I've had over the years Vs the console ones, but that'd just be unfair.

Back on topic - The only console I've ever had stop working on me was a sega saturn - and that's because I played it so much the disc drive just gave out. Everything else has been amazingly robust.

RolandIRL · 17-07-2012 12:51am

Got my 360 in December 2007 and still going strong, and it was second-hand so I'm not totally sure of the age. Still have an original Xbox as well that I must check and see if it's working. The dashboard is banjaxed on it though, think it was the brother that screwed it up.

Dunno if the Amiga and Atari are still working though. They're still up in the attic for many a year.

helimachoptor · 17-07-2012 12:53am

Bought Xbox in December 2007 lasted 7 months, got a new one under warranty and been fine since

evolutionqy7 · 17-07-2012 12:58am

Had one PSx, laser break down for me after about 2 years or so. Have a replacement under my bed that still works.

PS2 is still working after probably around 7 years or so. My little brother makes use of that since I won't let him near my Xbox 360S that I got about 2 years ago. Still trouble free.

Last is the sitting room Wii, its around 4+ years old and the SD card slot gave up

Have a 5 year old PC . No trouble either

Had a few parts replaced, but due to the reason that the parts needed updating in order to play better games.

I keep them all well ventilated and hoover out the dust once in a while .

Varik · 17-07-2012 1:51am

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

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Have a 5 year old PC . No trouble either Had a few parts replaced, but due to the reason that the parts needed updating in order to play better games.

At some point that doesn't count.

Got a case, 1 hard drive, a fan controller, and 1 fan that's from the original build.

Before i got broadband which was not all that long ago it still had a 56k modem from an old Pentium 2 gateway in it.

Danonino. · 17-07-2012 8:02am

Out of every machine I've owned the console that has started up first time, with no fiddling is the GameCube I bought in June 2002

What a machine. It has fallen down two flights of stairs, been kept in a damp boot of a car for 2 weeks by accident, moved house 4 times, yet when you press the power button it comes on like it should. That Gamecube is a warrior.

My release day 360 broke from being under the t.v well ventilated and cared for... then its replacement did the same.... then another, I stopped careing for the newest one as I was sick of them breaking for no reason and suprisingly its held up for the last 4 years. It likes to make a very loud humming noise and regularly smells of a burning scalextric car but it does its job.
My Wii (release day)and Ps3 (only have about a month or two) have been great except for the Wii having a memory issue very early on, it was replaced and the nice woman from nintendo support gave me a free copy of excite truck

evolutionqy7 · 17-07-2012 10:09am

Varik wrote: »

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

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Have a 5 year old PC . No trouble either Had a few parts replaced, but due to the reason that the parts needed updating in order to play better games.

At some point that doesn't count.

Got a case, 1 hard drive, a fan controller, and 1 fan that's from the original build.

Before i got broadband which was not all that long ago it still had a 56k modem from an old Pentium 2 gateway in it.

Well it was last year that I started replacing parts. So up till tha point it was completely stock with no faults

Id say them parts would have kept going for another year or two

hooradiation · 17-07-2012 11:02am

Danonino. wrote: »

Out of every machine I've owned the console that has started up first time, with no fiddling is the GameCube I bought in June 2002
What a machine. It has fallen down two flights of stairs, been kept in a damp boot of a car for 2 weeks by accident, moved house 4 times, yet when you press the power button it comes on like it should. That Gamecube is a warrior.

Nintendo invoke some dark magic when making their hardware, it's the only explanation for consistently producing stuff that just won't die.

How long has your console lasted?

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