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LLUncoolJ:
I've never had a system die. I wore the switched out on my 2600. I've wore controllers out on several games. I've never owned an XBox, but the kid that works here is on his 3rd 360. The DS breakage was a result of a 6yo bouncing it off the hardwood floor. When it is replaced, it will be outfitted with Nerf armor.

As far as a screen spontaneously breaking...were you in Antarctica? If my boy came in and told me his screen cracked for no reason other than normal play, I'd call bulllshit. Just like I call bulllshit everytime something in my house spontaneously breaks and 'nobody was even in the same room'.

Level42:

--- Quote from: LLUncoolJ on July 27, 2009, 03:16:45 pm ---As far as a screen spontaneously breaking...were you in Antarctica? If my boy came in and told me his screen cracked for no reason other than normal play, I'd call bulllshit. Just like I call bulllshit everytime something in my house spontaneously breaks and 'nobody was even in the same room'.

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Yeah. Normally I wouldn't have believed it either if I hadn't been there when it happened....I KNEW that it was OK when he started playing it, else he would have told me right away. I saw him playing for a while on the couch and was there all the time. After some time he calls me and says the game is wrong...and I see the "ink spot" typical for a cracked LCD. There is not a single scratch or anything on the top surface of the screen either.
 My kid is not the kind that throws around his toys but it may have dropped  at one time. If so, I think a TOY (Nintendo may claim else, but this _IS_ a TOY) should be able to handle a drop from 40 cm's.  I've had numerous cell phones and other stuff that survived countless drops, a product should be tested for things like that.

I guess my 2600 is still working fine, but I'd have to dig it up from my parent's attick and try it to be sure. Of course both joysticks broke just after the (6 month) warranty.
Bought a SNES 2nd hand and it's still working.

I generally dislike things that have a "fold up" lid. There are basic laws about electrical connections that tell you that sooner or later the connection between the base and the lid will fail.

I still got the old DS and I'll order a touch-screen for a couple of euro's and see if I can get it going again. If it works I'll probably sell it.

The thing is that I'm pretty sure that under Dutch law Nintendo has no right to rule out any part of a product.  The big issue is that _being_ right is something else than _getting_ your right, as I'm not going to spend the money and time for a law-suite against them. In that sense, laws are paper tigers.

Nipedley:
Sounds like a good deal they offered you on the repair there, especially considering the damage was 'accidental' they usually charge through the roof for things like that. Out of all the consoles and handhelds I've owned, I only ever had 1 PS2 die due to an old laser, excluding of course the fact I'm now on my fourth xbox 360 (horrific design flaws there..) I'm still on my original 'phat' ds as well, though when my friends broke in the same manner as your son's (shattered hinge) she found it was cheaper to buy a new one than go the repair route... The only customer service I've had to test is Microsoft's and surprisingly they have come through for me every time so far. Since they plan to keep the 360 in service for a few more years yet then I suspect I'll have a few more rounds with them as well.

LLUncoolJ:

--- Quote from: Level42 on July 27, 2009, 03:37:11 pm ---I guess my 2600 is still working fine, but I'd have to dig it up from my parent's attick and try it to be sure. Of course both joysticks broke just after the (6 month) warranty.

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I sold mine at a yard sale many moons ago. I don't know how many jpysticks I went through, probably dozens. I remember I just scraped up enough money to buy Pitfall II and a new joystick. That night, after making it quite a distance and then getting killed in a stupid fashion, I threw the joystick down to the ground and the thing expoded into about 10 pieces. I was about 12 and my family didn't have a lot of money, so I had to go out and pick up aluminum cans off the side of the road for about 2 months to round up enough dough for a new joystick. Until then, I had to use my old one with the cracked white plastic circle that contacts the switched.

Level42:
Well after both originals broke I bought a Spectravideo Quicshot like this:


I guess as a kid I was impressed with the flight-yoke design but it sucked completely at every game except "flying games" (How many were there of those at that time ?)

I also had a tight budget and I don't even remember how, but the Spectravideo wasn't that expensive.
It broke even sooner than that the Atari's did, and in a way I was actually glad.

Next decided to get the best of the best available at the time. Not cheap, but this was the "real" arcade joystick:
Suzo Competition Pro:
Luckely I was "early" enough to get the leaf-switch version.They later changed to clickety-click microswitches, and I guess it is this stick that created my love for leafs....
It played and still plays like a dream and works great until this day.
The throw is very short but it's very precise. It's easily my favorite control of any home system ever.
I only had to replace the cord at one time because the outer protection near the body was coming loose, but it was still working fine even then.

They don't build stuff like this anymore......sigh......

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