The State of Nintendo [by Vampyr]

[Jason1]

Okay I agree with most of you, but I dont agree on the topic of nintendo dropping out of the Console busniess. I dont want to have to play my Nintendo games on a PS2 or Xbox or anything like that, because Nintendo STILL makes the best systems and controllers. Ive heard so many people bitch about their PS2's breaking, not reading discs, their X'box controllers not working, ect. Hell, just the other night my friend and I were trying to play a little Xbox at his house and the Xbox kept detecting that the one offical controller that he had wasnt plugged in even though it obviously was. Then I was using an interact controller and the right thumb stick seemed really stiff, like it wasnt popped in place so I tried to pop it in place and the damn thing went completley limp. I'll admit that one is interact's fault, not Microsofts, but the whole not reading the controller issue in uncalled for. And I always hear about people who have to go out and buy new PS2's. Nintendo's products, on the other hand, are rock solid and Ive never had one break on me. EVER. Not a controller, not a console, and Ive never even had any disc reading problems, even though my SSB Melee disc is SEIROUSLY scratched up because I dropped it in the van one time and it got walked all over.

[Jonbo298]

The NES we have still works to this day, lol. The SNES does too but I havent played that in quite awhile. My '64 is still beating away and my 'Cube obviously still works

But yeah, I've heard too many stories where people have had to buy another PS2. But oh well. Consumers lose out and Sony is still laughing to the bank

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

The NES we have still works to this day

You are one of the few... a ton of NES get the infamous "Blinking problem" because Nintendo used cheap-ass parts (or so I've heard) and the connector pins wear out too fast...

Of course, that was only their first console, and companies build up experience overtime...... Or I guess you'd think that's the way it'd happen...

The only problem I've had with my Gamecube is one time when Metroid (and only Metroid) would mess up (I can't remember for sure, I think it basically said the game couldn't be read? Or the game was removed or something)... And it only happened on a specific save slot... So I dunno what was up with that...

My PS2 on the other hand did develop one of the problems everyone talks about (Won't read CD-based things... Music CDs, PS1 games, or the few PS2 games made on CDs)... Although more people complained about problems with PS1, and I never had any problems with mine... Guess I just got lucky like Jonbo with his NES

[Jonbo298]

By working, I meant that its still playable. Hell, the infamous blinking occurs here and there, but just do a little trick and its back to working.