The Milady was here Out: Your hangout is full of death growls

[deadlegion]

Never once had my Wii freeze.

Never had any issues with mine either.

[deadlegion]

The only console I've had annoying crashes/freezes with is my PS3 slim.
Even my 360 trinity has been well behaved compared to most of the experiences other people seem to have, eg rrod, DVD drive failures, constant crashes and some even turn themselves off

[Warrior]

By which you mean a mostly current, and decent, card. You're mostly CPU bound with emulators.

Everything requires the CPU.

Never once had my Wii freeze.

Never had any issues with mine either.

Such a lovely sound, one many a nintendo fanboy enjoys on a daily basis.

But yeah I get that alot with various problem games and this turd was sent to nintendo 5 times.

[Slacker Magician]

Never once had my Wii freeze.

After buying an external fan.

[deadlegion]

Maybe the NA consoles are more prone to failure? idk. I remember talking to the local EB manager one day about Wii consoles and he said returns for them under warranty are really rare (preowned), in fact he couldn't even recall the last time one was returned with anything more serious than an optical drive failure...which can happen with any used console that has a DVD drive.

[deadlegion]

Early 360 and PS3 consoles, on the other hand, have heaps of failures.

[Slacker Magician]

I'd say it depends on the area and sample size. The NA userbase is surely much, much, larger than Australia.

[Slacker Magician]

Early 360 and PS3 consoles, on the other hand, have heaps of failures.

I've never had my 360 so much as freeze since I sent it in to Microsoft.

[Cosmic]

I'm always hesitant to talk about consoles breaking in case my luck changes, but the only ones that have ever given me any real trouble are a Saturn with a dodgy power supply and a Dreamcast with the usual disc drive issues.

[deadlegion]

I'd say it depends on the area and sample size. The NA userbase is surely much, much, larger than Australia.

Yes, even Canada by itself has more people than here. I was just using the example of EB though as they are the main trader in used consoles plus they have 12 month warranties.

I've never had my 360 so much as freeze since I sent it in to Microsoft.

I doubt EB would be thoroughly checking every 360 traded to weed out any unstable consoles. Basic check to see if it works, box it and sell with warranty.

[deadlegion]

I'm always hesitant to talk about consoles breaking in case my luck changes, but the only ones that have ever given me any real trouble are a Saturn with a dodgy power supply and a Dreamcast with the usual disc drive issues.

I had an early original Xbox that just stopped working under new warranty. But I have two of them currently that haven't given me any problems, also had some pass through my hands that have been ok.

I've also got a first model Japanese PSX with a dead laser. But that's just from being used a lot for years on end.

[Slacker Magician]

Yes, even Canada by itself has more people than here. I was just using the example of EB though as they are the main trader in used consoles plus they have 12 month warranties.

I doubt EB would be thoroughly checking every 360 traded to weed out any unstable consoles. Basic check to see if it works, box it and sell with warranty.

Probably not. Halo has been a solid stability test for me so far. My second 360 RRoD'd within a few minutes of starting ODST. Sent it in to Microsoft and it hasn't had any real trouble since.

[Slacker Magician]

Gyp bought a PS2 slim years ago and the lens went quickly. I've encountered a lot of slims with lens issues over the years but fats are usually dead or working fine.

[deadlegion]

Oh yeah I have a PS2 fat here atm with a dead laser too But two working slims.
I haven't bothered repairing the PSX and PS2 with dead lasers because I have spare working consoles.

[Cosmic]

I had an early original Xbox that just stopped working under new warranty. But I have two of them currently that haven't given me any problems, also had some pass through my hands that have been ok.

I've also got a first model Japanese PSX with a dead laser. But that's just from being used a lot for years on end.

Yeah original Xboxes are like tanks for the most part. Makes you wonder how they got it so wrong with the first few 360 revisions. DVD drive right above the GPU and they wonder why the things overheated...