Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - General Gaming - Whatever happened to Quality Assurance?
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alte Hexe
Posts: 1431/5458 |
My Nintendo 64 won't play Mario Kart 64 or any other games that I purchased after the fact of getting the Expansion pack. That stupid thing ruins games and the system. My games cannot be played in other people's systems, and I can't play theirs in mine.
I had 2 SNES when I was a kid, the first one had faulty controller ports. The second one works fine, normally. I tend to notice that SNES controllers don't do well with older people with stronger grips.
My NES died, but that is fair. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 1709/8210 |
Nintendo has always been known for making products as durable as a bank vault. They're like the Fisher-Price of video games. Remember those tape players they had? You could hurl the damn things down the stairs and they'd still work just fine. (I think they even did it on a commercial.) Nintendo's the same way. Lasers and laser-disc technology, however, is delicate no matter who makes it. You can't really blame Nintendo for that. I've never had any problems with my Gamecube except for the sticky Eject button, which is easily fixed by poking at the release with your finger. My NES worked perfect right up until I sold it, and the one I have now (being brand new and all) boots up perfectly every time. My SNES has never, EVER had a problem to this day. (Well except the time my brother poured cat litter in it and clogged everything up, but that's not Nintendo's fault.) My N64 works fine, the previous one did die for some reason but I think it was probably defective to begin with. (It never did shut off right, the speakers would squeal.)
BTW, one problem I have found with both the SNES and the N64 is the size of the cartridge slots. The carts are a bit loose, which can cause problems starting them up when they're older. (I sometimes have to try 2 or 3 times to start an N64 game.) With the SNES this tends to lead to save file loss, in some cases *cough*marioworld*cough* nearly every time I play the game. Otherwise, there are no problems. |
Mr. F-Zero
Posts: 21/158 |
Well... i never play my PS2, so no problems there. My dad bought an XBox for himself last week, and no probs apart from two freezes already, one on PGR the other on Burnout 3. On GBA no probs- a friend of mine put his in the washing machine by accident, along with F-Zero MV, and it still works (though the memory erases itself each time it turns off). Even my N64- when i used to play 4-5 hours a day to set records for FZeroCentral- is fine, only a stuck control stick every now and again when i try a DTDZ or DTDR. And my SNES... we bought one from Ebay a few months ago, its our fifth since 1993, and its fine. Only the game's memory erasing sometimes, but otherwise nothing. Then there was the PS1.
My dad chipped our PS1, which explains a lot, but nevertheless its the most ungrateful sonafabitch ever when it comes to loading. And freezing. And making wierd shapes. And generally being a pain to live with. To start it you need to put it on its side, take out all controllers, memory cards and the game, switch off and on the plug that has the PS1 cable, and then hope for the best. A good whack never hurt either...
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NSNick
Posts: 1203/3875 |
I'd try to avoid keeping it vertical for long if I were you... |
Colin
Posts: 4442/11302 |
Lots of people do the "vertical" trick for some reason.  Can't remember why but it has something to do with the laser I think. |
Legion
Posts: 2585/5657 |
This morning I bought Star Ocean 3. Opened it up, put it in the PS2 and got a Can Not Read Disc.  YAY!!!!
So I put in one of those cd cleaners. You know, the ones with the bristles on it to clean the lens? Well, I got the same message. AWESOME!
Then I used my can of compressed air and blew it in there for a bit. Then I set the PS2 verticallly and that seemed to have done the trick.
For now. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 1403/5458 |
*ahem*
The reason I have an X-Box is because the Gamecube I got came with severed wires. I took it back, they told me about it. I got another one, this time it had a broken laser. After that I said fuck it! I picked up an X-Box and Halo. I've never had one problem with it, except for when I was playing KOTOR for 40 hours...STRAIGHT. No turning off the damned system. It just kinda got choppy, and then died on me.
My buddy has bought 4 PS2s since they came out. Not one of them has worked. Plain and simple.
Overall, quality assurance has gone down, but the number of systems being pumped out at an alarming speed with DOZENS of fragile and sensitive moving parts has just sky rocketed.
Let us reflect on our own doing. |
Ran-chan
Posts: 4057/12781 |
LOL, I used to smash my NES with my clenched fist when it didn |
Ailure
Posts: 5257/11162 |
theclaw: That's why I always buy first-party. Sure it's more expensive but at least i'm sure it's durable. I have four first party controllers, and three GBA>GCN cables  , yes I do have three GBA's... (but two of them are actually my sisters ) |
Colin
Posts: 4425/11302 |
Never had a problem with my NES, SNES*, GB, GC or PS.
Guess I was lucky on the latter but Nintendo's always been known for good QA.  You'd be surprised at the abuse some GBA's can take.
* - Well, except for the one I got for Christmas many years ago. It worked fine but after a few days it would only display graphics in black and white. Simple fix but that was a weird defect.  |
Legion
Posts: 2564/5657 |
Originally posted by beneficii
"But what, the fuck, is up with these new gen consoles that break after 3 minutes of game time? (sarcasm.)"
Actually, that's exaggeration, not sarcasm.
No, it is sarcasm. I was being sarcastic. Now if you want to make yourself look like an idiot even more then don't do it in this thread. You're off topic. Now go read a book. I suggest you start with a dictionary. |
beneficii
Posts: 24/567 |
"But what, the fuck, is up with these new gen consoles that break after 3 minutes of game time? (sarcasm.)"
Actually, that's exaggeration, not sarcasm. |
Keitaro
Posts: 714/1342 |
My KSS game seems to erase itself every time I take it out of the system (I think, the battery is fucked  ) and my N64 takes anywhere beween a few seconds to 8-10 buisness days to get started (long story short, the little plastic "thingies" on the side, where you can sorta see intot he system, got yanked off. So there's probably god knows what in there) But. With that asside, every Nintendo product I've ever owned has always worked for me 100%, with the slight exception of that one Zelda 4 cart, that they replaced for me in a matter of days |
theclaw
Posts: 101/202 |
I never have problems with the PS1 (except memory cards), PS2 or Xbox. But, that Gamecube... It's mostly those **** first party controllers refusing to calibrate well. Up is supposed to be UP, not 3/4 to the side or whatever! I had to get a used Mario Party 4 disc repaired, and Zelda Wind Waker once froze in the middle of an ocean. Not to mention that Metroid Prime elevator glitch. A spare Dreamcast I "borrowed" won't recognize the first controller port, and my Saturn doesn't remember it's saved games. |
Sokarhacd
Posts: 453/1757 |
I dont know why, but this is completely opposite for me, my SNES barely works...but my ps1 from forever ago, works fine, so does my ps2, and xbox....and my ps2 wasnt taken care of really, only thing is it takes awhile to load dvd's(movies) other then that its perfect, as with the controllers. |
Ailure
Posts: 5251/11162 |
Thought the N64 controllers are crap at durability, or well they are durable but the stick get's wierd after awhile. (thought it's still fully usable).
I had only two gamecube game freezing on me, The sims. Hell The sims for Gamecube is unstable and it's not my gamecube (it's common that it freezes often  ), Majoras mask from that collection CD also likes to freeze. But that only happened to my sister.
All of thoose errors seems software related since other on the net have problems with thoose games for some reason.
And oh, I hadn't finished the first Zelda either. Thought i'm at the end on my Gamecube zelda collection CD. Gotta finish it and do the second quest soon. |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 1034/3770 |
I have yet to have a problem with my SNES, my N64 doesn't break down if I keep it clean, my NES works perfectly, my Gamecube works perfectly, I have to jam down the R button a bit on my GBASP, but that's because it spent so much time in my backpack that the sensor started to go, my PS2 is fine...
But my PSX, of course, was a piece of crap. I could never get games running, I couldn't touch the top cover without the game fucking up, my save files randomly erased themselves, and of course, the power button would get stuck. This was after half a year of use. I am not a fan. Of course, I have a first generation PS2 (if first generation means gotten about 18 months after being released in 2001), and it's never, ever given me a problem. Go figure.
Actually, yeah, I'll ask. What is a first and second generation PS2? |
Yoshi Dude
Posts: 1571/3271 |
Originally posted by Kratos Aurion
Something I always wondered about: Why the crap do the battery saves in my The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link still work? They're supposed to last 5 years, I still play them, and they're still good...
Hah, same here. I NEVER did that hold the reset button crap.. I was like three, four years old, I probably did bullshit like rip the cartridge out of the system while it's still on. I mean look.
I took that pic a few months ago, and a while after that my brother erased the game.  Anyway, see tha top file? That was a name I made when I was hella young (my mom played, that's why she has all the stuff. I never beat it), and it survived for ass eternity. I never took care of games. Rock on Nintendo.
On the other hand, my 308 death Zelda LttP file erased itself a while ago. It still does, I have to play on my gameboy advance now. Super Mario World is even worse to my save files, and Super Metroid has died a few times. I don't know how my SNES games are in worse quality than my NES games. Maybe I should have pulled out the cartridges more.
And that's my story. |
KATW
Posts: 1989/3959 |
My friends gamecube has so much dust in it its not funny... After 30 minutes of gameplay, he has to reset.
But the fact his gamecube isnt completely busted amazes me. His 4 year old brother enjoys throwing large blunt objects.... gamecube included... at walls.
Nintendo always has made durable products
SNES is still in tip top shape. Game boy ORIGINAL is still as good as it was out of the box, GBC, functions like a dream, GBA, maybe the battery pack holder is broken, but nothing a little tape couldnt fix  N64 is always fine working fine.
Nintendo is the king of durability.
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Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 2340/7620 |
Something I always wondered about: Why the crap do the battery saves in my The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link still work? They're supposed to last 5 years, I still play them, and they're still good... Anyway, More the the point, my GameCube sometimes skips with one game, and one game only (Sonic Adventure 2: Battle) - same with my DreamCast (Power Stone 2. Dammit. Favorite game out of everything ever has to be the broken one, eh?) I'm not familiar with the horror stories too much, but gods... My PlayStation died within a month, and the PS2 has quite a few problems mostly with the DVD drive randomly dying... I don't have and XBOX, though a friend does and I haven't heard of anything wrong with it. Their SNES also died a few months ago. So aside from that, it would seem Sony makes the least durable stuff. |
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