Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
And RROD aside, the typical console life cycle was only four years until this one... unless Del was talking about how long machines actually last, and Sony consoles definitely don't last no 6-7 years, at least not in my experience.
Didn't mean to turn this into a debate, but:

NES - released in 1983
SNES - released in 1990
N64 - released in 1996
Gamecube - released in 2001
Wii - released in 2006
Wii U - released in 2012

5-7 years.

PS1 - released in 1994
PS2 - released in 2000
PS3 - released in 2006

All 6 years.

XBox - released in 2001
360 - released in 2005

Only 4 years, but the XBox was such crap that it doesn't count.

I've had my PS2 for 12 years and it still works perfectly. Had my PS3 for 6 years and it still works perfectly. I think the trick is to not drop them.