Game Informer Hardware Reliability Survey

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Originally Posted by Pineapple

If my 360 dies, I'll buy a new one, simple as that. I don't care if it was designed poorly, it gives me the most enjoyment out of the games I play and easily allows me to play with TNL and my irl friends. I think that's a good investment even if the hardware isn't the best.

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I plan on buying a new arcade unit as soon as I can. :-P I can't say I would rush out and buy a new PS3 or Wii if they suddenly died on me (Unless, like, Mario Galaxy 2 suddenly came out or, I dunno, something I can't get on the 360 for the PS3 that I really wanted to play).

God of War 3 is the only reason I still have a PS3. Right now it's a glorified DVD player. If it failed (or my Wii, for that matter), I would have next to zero interest in getting a new one.

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Originally Posted by Pineapple

If my 360 dies, I'll buy a new one, simple as that. I don't care if it was designed poorly, it gives me the most enjoyment out of the games I play and easily allows me to play with TNL and my irl friends. I think that's a good investment even if the hardware isn't the best.

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That's exactly how I feel.

I'd love to get a Japanese 360 so I can get in on all of those ridiculous shooters but the hardware reliability is keeping me from going through with it. At least I have an option if an American console dies. I wouldn't even know what to do with a Japanese version.

Yep, shittiest hardware =/= good console.

The Original PS1 was a pile of shit too, and the PS2 wasn't exactly stellar.

And of course...

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1250608153

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Originally Posted by epmode

I'd love to get a Japanese 360 so I can get in on all of those ridiculous shooters but the hardware reliability is keeping me from going through with it. At least I have an option if an American console dies. I wouldn't even know what to do with a Japanese version.

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Im still amazed there hasn't been a safe, reliable region mod for the console yet..

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Originally Posted by epmode

I'd love to get a Japanese 360 so I can get in on all of those ridiculous shooters but the hardware reliability is keeping me from going through with it. At least I have an option if an American console dies. I wouldn't even know what to do with a Japanese version.

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Yeah, that kind of came up on #TNL last night. I'm getting ready to grab my own 360 finally and I was trying to think of exclusives that I want, and the Cave games and Otomedius are at the top of the list of titles that I'd like to try. Seeing how often domestic consoles fail and how I can barely convince myself to buy one of those as it is, there's no way in hell I could justify grabbing a Japanese system. Kind of a problem.

I still find it moderately hard to justify. My PS3 does what I need it do and somehow most of my closest friends ended up with one as well, so there's no shortage of people to play with. I'm a little bit afraid that the 360 would end up being a Netflix and Geometry Wars 2 player... that there's anything terribly wrong with that.

I'll continue to own a 360 so long as MS foots the repair bill. As soon as I have to pay for it, the 360 can GTFO. Most of its good games are on the PS3, and I'll get over not having the few exclusives there are. No amount of good games is worth going through 5-6 machines. Fuck that shit.

I'm on my third 360. No regrets.

I like my 360. I am concerned what's going to happen if another hardware generation rolls around and support stops. So I hope next gen never comes!

And it doesn't look like it will any time soon!

Who needs a next gen? Keep me here forever with my 360.