Comments on: flawless cowboy http://nyarlo.net/2008/03/the-old-future/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sean http://nyarlo.net/2008/03/the-old-future/#comment-22758 Sean Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:32:49 +0000 http://nyarlo.net/2008/03/the-old-future/#comment-22758 heavy use on the original xbox would wear down the dvd drive, causing disk read errors and the occasional crash, but if you could get past the initial read, generally you'd be fine. the system itself was rock solid. heavy use on the 360 wears down the cooling fan, which fails, which causes the processor to overheat, which fries the chip and can melt the motherboard and fry other things in there. so while your ps2 and our original xbox are still chugging along 6-8 years later, albeit at notably reduced capacity, scott's 360 has bricked itself twice already. heavy use on the original xbox would wear down the dvd drive, causing disk read errors and the occasional crash, but if you could get past the initial read, generally you’d be fine. the system itself was rock solid.

heavy use on the 360 wears down the cooling fan, which fails, which causes the processor to overheat, which fries the chip and can melt the motherboard and fry other things in there.

so while your ps2 and our original xbox are still chugging along 6-8 years later, albeit at notably reduced capacity, scott’s 360 has bricked itself twice already.

]]> By: mrbread http://nyarlo.net/2008/03/the-old-future/#comment-22756 mrbread Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:28:53 +0000 http://nyarlo.net/2008/03/the-old-future/#comment-22756 <blockquote>ps2 games i never had a chance to even try because the only person i knew with a ps2 lived in new york city.</blockquote> I also think it's possible that you didn't play ps2 games because you insisted the ps2 "sucked". And while the 360 failure rate is hilariously bad, the original xbox wasn't a whole lot better. Scott was replacing his xbox after what, three years? Four years? My first-wave ps2 just turned eight and she's still purring like a kitten ... and for a good chunk of that she served double-duty as my primary dvd player.

ps2 games i never had a chance to even try because the only person i knew with a ps2 lived in new york city.

I also think it’s possible that you didn’t play ps2 games because you insisted the ps2 “sucked”.

And while the 360 failure rate is hilariously bad, the original xbox wasn’t a whole lot better. Scott was replacing his xbox after what, three years? Four years? My first-wave ps2 just turned eight and she’s still purring like a kitten … and for a good chunk of that she served double-duty as my primary dvd player.

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