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[ExplosionProofTaco]

I have owned my Xbox since December 2007 and I bought it used, so It is one of the first versions of the System. I have saved it from the dreaded Red Ring of Death hundreds of time(I used the ol' thermal paste trick). My System's Cancer has been so troublesome that I have to revive it from it's state of undeath Once a month, even if I leave it for a few weeks. I have been meaning to purchase a newer version of the console (or even a PS3) for ages now, but I never have the Money. (I'm still at high School and I have no part-time job... STILL)

Now I have been wondering, Does anyone else own the plague ridden Peugeot that is a 2006 or even 2007 model 360 or have you all cast them into the Abyss and bought the more reliable Volkswagen that is the 2008-Now Model? ... That Metaphor wasn't to good....

TL;DR: How old is your 360, (any other current gen console for that matter) or How outdated is your Gaming Computer?

 

[Julianking93]

I've been through 9 360s since launch and last year, I gave up on them completely.

Though, I decided to give it one more chance and actually attempted to buy one over the weekend.


It was broken right out of the box -_-

 

[superbatranger]

Shit, am I the only one without shitty bad luck when it comes to the 360? Mine has only failed on me once, and I've had it since early 2006.

 

[Daymo]

I've been through 9 360s since launch and last year, I gave up on them completely.

Though, I decided to give it one more chance and actually attempted to buy one over the weekend.


It was broken right out of the box -_-

Nine, that's impressive.

I've got one of the 60gb Playstation 3's that has both ps 1 and 2 backwards compatibility. Haven't had any problems and it's really convenient having an all in one console.

 

[MarcFirewing]

I'm the same as superbatranger, and my PC has been stable, sorta, since 2005. Still need to upgrade it though...

 

[Julianking93]

I've been through 9 360s since launch and last year, I gave up on them completely.

Though, I decided to give it one more chance and actually attempted to buy one over the weekend.


It was broken right out of the box -_-

Nine, that's impressive.

I've got one of the 60gb Playstation 3's that has both ps 1 and 2 backwards compatibility. Haven't had any problems and it's really convenient having an all in one console.

I've got the same PS3 as well. When I gave up on the 360s, I switched to PS3 and haven't had any trouble with it yet either

 

[Merkavar]

i bought my ps3 the first december after it was released i think. not sure when it was released though.

 

[unicron44]

I bought mine in 2006 and I have had it since. It red ringed, but Microsoft sent me a new one. My warranty is up so when I get red ringed I am thinking of either buying the 250g slim or getting a PS3. So far after having my XBOX for four years I've only used four GBs. It was a launch Pro 12 GB.

 

[Deguasser]

launch day, RRoD once, Sent it in, got the same one back, and i modified it so its a lot harder for it to Red Ring

 

[psivamp]

360 just turned 3 years old, got the red-ring 2 months before that.

 

[RatRace123]

I used to have an older model, it died. Micorsoft couldn't fix the problem, so they said "screw it" and sent me a newer model.
I also have that bulky, decomissioned military truck known as an original PS3.

 

[TelHybrid]

My Xbox 360 is from the end of 2006. It's one of the old premium white models that lacked HDMI. So far it's red ringed 3 times, and been repaired 4 times for general problems. Since the last repair half way through last year, it's been working fine. I have since given it a 120GB HDD. I don't plan on upgrading it at all. Component outputs 1080p fine on my TV, and even if there is a noticable difference in picture quality, I'm sure it can't be that great, and not worth buying a new console for. I might get a new one if this one breaks again though now that the warranty has probably expired.

My Playstation 3 is a launch model 60GB. It has backwards compatibility with most PS1/2 games, and has all of the functionality of the new models too. I definitely will not be replacing it, though I do plan on getting a large hard drive for it sometime. Manditory installs really take their toll on my hard drive capacity.

My PC has a 3.2 GHZ AMD Athlon dual core processor, a 250GB sata HDD, 2GB ram, an Nvidia 9500 GT 1GB, so it's not going to be running too many new games, or if it does, not on great settings. I don't tend to use my PC much for gaming these days apart from indie games (like Ongaku, Audiosurf, Beat Hazard), and Valve games like Left 4 Dead 2, so I have no plans to upgrade.

I've also been on a bit of a retro binge lately, so being up to date is not even a second thought.