Concerns about XBOX long-term derability....

Post by **system11** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:53 pm

Bishamon wrote:The XBox has a much lower failure rate than the PS2.

Let's see the figures on that. The Xbox is the only console I have ever owned, which broke. My friend at work, his Xbox broke. A friend who plays live - he has had 5 so far. Hard drives, consumer PC grade ones, are not very long lived things. They're not designed to be switched on and off all the time - this is why most companies request their employees leave PCs on, and screens off.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:30 pm

What about the old PS1 laser problems.

Time to flip the PS upside down!

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:02 pm

I bought a modded PSone recently, for about €45. Japanese PS2s can be had for about €150 (probably less). Now, the PSone can do:

- Toaplan Collection
- Gradius Gaiden

without problems.
The PS2, however, can do:

- DDP3
- ESPGaluda
- Psikyo Collections 2+3
- Shienryu Collection
- Gunbird Collection
- Psyvariar 1+2
- Shikigami 1+2
- XII Stag
- upcoming Taito Collection
- upcoming Capcom Collection
- upcoming Mushihime Sama

probably more, which I just forgot right now. The point being there´s also a lot of oldschool stuff exclusive to PS2, not just Cave games. When I bought the PSone, I knew it was just an intermediate thing, until I can either afford a Raiden DX PCB or a jp. PS2.

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:26 pm

My Xbox is the first model released in Japan - someone even blew up the power board, yet it's good as new.

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:57 pm

My first xbox died in 1 week, it would take about 20mins to make it eject a damn cd. Anyway I exchanged it for another one and had it chipped and installed a 120gig HDD, since then no problems.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:10 pm

bigbadboaz wrote:Dave, regarding the JPSOne, why don't you just get a US one with a stealth mod? Should come in well under $100 and you can play EVERYTHING.

Please don't go into this. I've had no problems with my 'american' cars.
Seriously - think about it. If the American companies are competing with the Japanese companies, who are supposedly building their products to last, how could they possibly benefit from building a shoddy product? Consumers aren't going to run back to them when the product dies - they'll go straight to the Japanese manufacturer for a replacement.

For the record, I am driving a 1994 Mustang GT with 100K miles. Still runs and feels as solid as the day I bought it. The classic 5.0 will run on and on and on.

Where the heck could I get a US one with a Stealth mod?? Do you know of any online stores that sell them?