What's the longest your console has ever worked for?

[Whateveralot]

My gamecube has been working for...ever.
My playstation 3 (had it for like 2 years now) hasn't broken down either.

Nothing ever broke on me, now I come to think of it. Not even my handheld gameboys. (obviously, gameboy colour is indestructable, but my GBA DS still works too, and I've had that since it was out).

 

[Weaver]

My NES still works just fine.

 

[TheFinalFantasyWolf]

I have a :

N64 (With golden controller )= 15 years
PS1 (Duelshock version)= 13 years
PS2 (Old version)= 11 years
PS2 (Slim version)= 3 years
PSP (Old version)= 5 years
PS3 (Slim version)= 2 years

They all still work just fine

 

[MightyRabbit]

I've got an original PS1 with a pre-Dualshock controller that I play FF VII & IX on. Also, this laptop I'm typing on once had coffee spilled on it and totally broke, only to up and work again about 6 months later.

 

[Sexy Devil]

Honestly, I think it's my PS3; had it since release. My family used to be pretty poor so I only got a bunch of barely working second hand consoles that other families no longer wanted in favour of the newer, shinier consoles so they generally never lasted more than a year. Then in the PS2 era I effectively murdered mine by going on a Ratchet & Clank binge (1 through 3, pretty much only stopped for sleep). So yeah, PS3.

 

[dvd_72]

My Nintendo64 still works. I've had that for... ten? eleven years? It's certainly beat my stupid Xbox 360 and it's red ring of death. -.-

 

[Nyce1]

My 8-bit NES still works great have original box also. So think its been 24 years. You would go through like 12 xbox 360's in that time frame.

 

[PatrickXD]

i have an N64 that is almost as old as me so 15 years.

 

[The Gatherer]

I still have every console from my childhood and they are all still in perfect working order. But in contrast to that, I have had 3 different ps3's since its launch and all of them have failed because of the same disk read defect. on the other hand, I've had my 360 for 3 years now and my friend had it for 2 years before me and it hasn't had as much as a warning light. Whats the message here...

 

[TehCookie]

My Sega Genesis is over 20 years old and still works perfectly, I don't know the exact age since my parents bought it before I was born. All my other consoles are recent though. My first PS fell off a shelf, my PS2 was sold for drugs. I then got a PS1 and a PS2 slim, so they're not old.

 

[Mongodyr]

My SNES, Sega Genesis and N64 all still work. All bought at release. My PS2 stopped working about a year ago, after almost a decade of hard work. My first Xbox 360 kicked the bucket after a year or so, the second is still working. Same with my PS3.

 

[zoomyetti4890]

Atari 2600: Garage Sale in mid 90's - died early 00's if memory serves correctly

NES: Garage Sale late 90's - present, started displaying some odd colors, though its probably the carts.

N64: bought new 1998 - present, though controllers' analog sticks are very brittle & in poor shape.

PS1: bought new 1997 - in 2007 laser died, gave to friend to fix, never really got it back.

Orginal Xbox: bought new 2003 - still working, great controllers too (not the Duke)

Slimline PS2: bought used & refurbished in 2008 - ???. It never worked well, burned rings on my games & DVDs, destroying them. Its a PoS.

Wii: 2009 - present


Desktop PC:
Pentium Celeron
Its win95 era, still runs, though rarely used.

Desktop PC:
AMD Athlon XP 1.4 GHz
?Radeon 500 something? (whatever it is, not quite as underpowered as the processor)
Win2k/ Win98 dualboot
I've had it for a bunch of classic RTS's & Morrowind etc for >10 years


Recent Laptop:
Core 2 Duo
ATI Radeon 3650M
*sigh*, Vista
useful for Source Engine games etc

 

[onewheeled]

I have never had a console, handheld, computer, or anything like that die on me.

My 360, GBC, GBA, DS Lite, PS2, Wii and NES still all work like a charm.

 

[Zack1501]

My game cube has been working for over 15 years and my Nintendo 64 for even longer. they just don't make em like they used to.

wait how long has the gamecube been out because i'm pretty sure that it just been out for ten years

You are correct on that one. soooo then just ten years

 

[ikoian]

My PS One still works.

 

[Abbyrose07]

I have gotten rid of all my older consoles, the oldest one I have right now is my original PS2 that I have had since it first came out.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

Sega Genesis (1) - got it Christmas of '94 and lasted about 3 years before it broke (not sure why)
Sega Genesis (2) - after first Genesis broke; still functional, but the controllers are pretty messed up
Nintendo 64 - got it in Christmas '97 and still functions today. I play it every now and then for Megaman 64.
Playstation 2 - got it in the beginning of '01 and still works to this day (though it has noticeable wear and tear
Wii - got it early 2007 (after the holiday rush) and is still used today (mostly for Mario Kart and SSB Brawl)
Playstation 3 - got it in '08 and still works to this day

I took care of my consoles the best I could and for the most part, are functional and in one piece.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

I have a lot of old consoles but those weren't all originally mine. The N64 though, I've had that for 12 years. The controllers have never had long life-spans, though...