Xbox is dead, share your console death stories

[Caedus]

I had a white Xbox 360 (2nd generation I think) that served me faithfully for a few years.

The one day, without warning, as I started a game, it made this horrible soul-freezing sound. As if Satan's anus itself had come from Hell to eat and grind to dust the game inside my console.

Fearing some kind of satanic possession, I unplugged it. Tried again, same noise without the game in. "Well, time for an Xbox Slim then!".

The slim had just hit the shelves and I wanted to play online without needing to drag 15meters or cable to the router.

Not even mad. Just kind of nostalgic.

 

[dmv]

I've never had a console die, but my old PS2 was a major criminal when it came to the eye getting dusty. So I'd have to take the top off the console to expose the eye so I could clean it every so often.

That's actually the only problem I've ever had with a console. I got my PS3 Christmas 2010 and it's still running real smooth-like.

It's funny that you mention that, I've come to think of my ps2 as a representation of a completely different kind of console generation(more than just the generation it's in), the damn thing hasn't broken down once. I remember going through 2 broken original xboxs that would no longer read the discs, but this ps2 is the fat ass launch model and it hasn't shown any signs of aging. If it's still around in 10 years I may have to just throw some garlic on it and borrow a few wooden stakes.

 

[dmv]

When my SNES died... that was a sad, sad day.

I was feeling nostalgic and thinking of getting Star Fox: Assault for the Game Cube. So I look up reviews and what I saw I really didn't like, it actually made me want to play the original more than anything. So I dig out my old SNES, hook it up, put in Star Fox and flipped on the power... and nothing. I took the cartridge out, blew in it tried it again and nothing.

So I looked up the problem I was having and what it sounded like was that the pin connector for the cartridge went bad. so I bought the parts I needed, opened up the console, cleaned it out and took the pin connector out... just to find out the one I had was not compatible with my model. It was actually heartbreaking that after everything i tried, there was just no saving my first console.

Though that SNES lasted me a good 14-15 years... so I definitely got a lot of enjoyment out of it.

1992-2006

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I also had my old Xbox 360 die on me... it lasted a good 6 years though so I should consider myself lucky it lasted that long.

2006-2011

Your story of a fallen SNES saddens me greatly. May it rest in peace. Hopefully someday you'll find a way to resurrect or replace it.

I know I would be devastated if I one day went to play my Mega Drive, slotted in Sonic 3, turned that power switch on, and it was dead. Fuck I'd have to have a funeral for it...

Mine fell victim to a beagle. But it actually had one last gift to give, I sold the games on ebay and one of them went for 150, and the other for 80. I believe the 150 one was megaman x3. Financed my ps2. Good times, back when games weren't riddled with checkpoints and qtes.

 

[DarthSka]

I was playing xbox and then I stopped. I eventually came back to play it, and it red ringed. That's pretty much it. No exciting plot twists here.

 

[tehroc]

I had some kind of power failure inside the main unit. Lost my XCOM Classic Ironman save. I was a good 3/4ths of the way done with four deaths and two nations lost. Haven't been able to survive the first UFO crash since then. Now I can't bring myself to play it.

 

[The White Hunter]

When my SNES died... that was a sad, sad day.

I was feeling nostalgic and thinking of getting Star Fox: Assault for the Game Cube. So I look up reviews and what I saw I really didn't like, it actually made me want to play the original more than anything. So I dig out my old SNES, hook it up, put in Star Fox and flipped on the power... and nothing. I took the cartridge out, blew in it tried it again and nothing.

So I looked up the problem I was having and what it sounded like was that the pin connector for the cartridge went bad. so I bought the parts I needed, opened up the console, cleaned it out and took the pin connector out... just to find out the one I had was not compatible with my model. It was actually heartbreaking that after everything i tried, there was just no saving my first console.

Though that SNES lasted me a good 14-15 years... so I definitely got a lot of enjoyment out of it.

1992-2006

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I also had my old Xbox 360 die on me... it lasted a good 6 years though so I should consider myself lucky it lasted that long.

2006-2011

Your story of a fallen SNES saddens me greatly. May it rest in peace. Hopefully someday you'll find a way to resurrect or replace it.

I know I would be devastated if I one day went to play my Mega Drive, slotted in Sonic 3, turned that power switch on, and it was dead. Fuck I'd have to have a funeral for it...

Mine fell victim to a beagle. But it actually had one last gift to give, I sold the games on ebay and one of them went for 150, and the other for 80. I believe the 150 one was megaman x3. Financed my ps2. Good times, back when games weren't riddled with checkpoints and qtes.

Well something good came out of it if nothing else. I always find it sad when a console dies. I also find boxed games that are unopened from 20 years ago sad. Play the damn game!

Some good profit there though and it bought you a great console.

I'm all for regular and fair checkpointing, but QTE's can go die in a fucking hole. Arbitrary instant death for missing a button press in the middle of the cutscene? Sorry but I thought cutscenes were my chance to kick back and enjoy the story.

 

[joshthor]

my original xbox is alive and kicking still. had it for over 6 years....what a piece of crap. it has red ringed once. i left it for a day then turned it on - it was still doing it so i hit it and it worked (im apparently fonzie) occasionally all the lights on the front go out and occasionally it takes 5 minutes to boot.

 

[dontlooknow]

Sorry to hear about all those saves gone. My 360 RRODed about a year after I got it - it was out of warranty and before they'd extended it - I was deep in the rigmarole of arguing to get it replaced when some kind soul burgled my flat, relieved me of my dead 360 and cleared the way for me to claim the money from the insurance, which I promptly used to buy the PS3 that has lived happy in my living room ever since.

 

[dmv]

Well something good came out of it if nothing else. I always find it sad when a console dies. I also find boxed games that are unopened from 20 years ago sad. Play the damn game!

Some good profit there though and it bought you a great console.

I'm all for regular and fair checkpointing, but QTE's can go die in a fucking hole. Arbitrary instant death for missing a button press in the middle of the cutscene? Sorry but I thought cutscenes were my chance to kick back and enjoy the story.

I came to think of it as the tree from the "giving tree". All that was left was a stump and it gave me a place to sit. My only complaint about check pointing is that it greatly shortens a game. My favorite system was the one available in dmc, namely dmc3se that allowed players to have check points or have extra lives.
My issue with QTE's isn't so much that they can kill me, i remember them working pretty well in resident evil 4. But it seems like every game since then(and their mum) throw arbitrary QTE's in an attempt to jump onto the band wagon. A band wagon that at this point looks like a clown car. They also deprive the player of doing something awesome.

 

[EvilMaggot]

Well... Time to start over

Captcha: That's Enough

okaaay....

 

[The White Hunter]

Well something good came out of it if nothing else. I always find it sad when a console dies. I also find boxed games that are unopened from 20 years ago sad. Play the damn game!

Some good profit there though and it bought you a great console.

I'm all for regular and fair checkpointing, but QTE's can go die in a fucking hole. Arbitrary instant death for missing a button press in the middle of the cutscene? Sorry but I thought cutscenes were my chance to kick back and enjoy the story.

I came to think of it as the tree from the "giving tree". All that was left was a stump and it gave me a place to sit. My only complaint about check pointing is that it greatly shortens a game. My favorite system was the one available in dmc, namely dmc3se that allowed players to have check points or have extra lives.
My issue with QTE's isn't so much that they can kill me, i remember them working pretty well in resident evil 4. But it seems like every game since then(and their mum) throw arbitrary QTE's in an attempt to jump onto the band wagon. A band wagon that at this point looks like a clown car. They also deprive the player of doing something awesome.

Neat.

I like checkpoints just because I hate losing tonnes of progress at once because of tiny mistakes, relatively short levels but more levels are a better way to do it in some instances though.

Resident Evil 4 does QTE's in a good way, they're well telegraphed and give you ample time to complete them, they only ever occur in parts you'd expect them to occur. Resident Evil 5 did them very poorly. Very poorly indeed.

Edit: I was playing something recently that had dreadful QTE's but I can't remember what the hell it was. I think it was Resident Evil 6 where the buttons for QTE's are inconsistent so as a result I'd die on the third or forth press, then accidentally press the wrong button and die because they're inconsistent.

 

[Anathrax]

I had a long vacation. So I fired up Megaman legends 2. At that time I didn't know that you had to save otherwise you start from the beginning. I reached that area with the 100 question quiz, and after 4 hours(mind you I was 6 years old at that time, and I used about 3 full pages attempting to write down the questions and their answers) I finally answered all 100 questions and received Zero's Sword. "Zero's Sword?" I thought. "I LOVED Zero in MegaManX 5, this sword will be great!". I tested it out on a nearby cave, ended up dying. My older brother was watching me play and enjoying it since he never got used to the controls and I was actually good at the game. So imagine the rage I had when I figured out we had to start all the way from the beginning. He gave me a motivating hug when suddenly my PlayStation started smoking. We got it fixed eventually but that memory will never leave me. In the end I finished the game and laughed over how ridiculously easy "Easy mode"(That was an unlock able) was with the extremely overpowered weapon they give you.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

I've had to go through about 5 xbox 360's before I had to common sense to move over to the PC.

 

[Zanderinfal]

Worst for me was when I was a child. I ran from my PS2 to greet my parents who just got home, still holding onto the controller...

Nobody was happy that day.

 

[Xeromorph]

My first xbox 360 died on me in 2010 as soon as I finished dragon age origins . I had it for 3 years before it happened .

 

[natster43]

Both my xbox and my brother's broke from not being used. I got the MW2 elite one for Christmas, and when my brother moved out in like October I finally got to use it... For about a week before the disc reader stopped working, and recently since my brother moved back he went to use his at a friend's house, where apparently the same thing happened, disc reader was broken.
Also our older systems (nes, N64, Gamecube) all stopped playing or reading games, and the Wii has had some problems reading discs lately. I apparently just have a problem with the disc readers in my consoles.

 

[WWWLUCIFERCOM]

None of my console have ever just died but I myself have murdered 3 Xbox's I feel stupid for the reasons but the first time was because Black Ops 1 pissed me off (really ashamed by that). Second time because I got trolled so hard that it deserved to die. Lastly when I moved it melted (sort of) in my car so accidental murder.

 

[SageRuffin]

I was showing a friend some customs that I made in SCIV (that is, Soul Calibur IV). Everything was going well and good until I moved my 360 down to the "day room" (it was a dorm). Next thing I know, I switch on my 360 and that bastard red ring shows up to kick me in the dick.

I was able to salvage the hard drive with no problems, so there's that at least.