So launch day systems. Does anyone still have one? I have to imagine the majority of these have bitten the proverbial dust by now. So curious if anyone still has a functional launch day system. Myself... I've gone through like 5-6 360's my launch system only lasted about 6-7 months.

I do, well I don't, my cousin owns it now. Still works though.
 
Edit: My first 360 died within 3 weeks from December 2005, this one was from January 2006 so still a launch model

I still have a launch day SNES and a launch day Playstation 2 that both work fine. I used to have an early 360, but that ate it half a year in. My current 360 is sounding dodgy as well.

Not I. I remember mine lasted longer than other people I know, though. Overall I have gone through 3(maybe four, but I think three). I actually am currently borrowing my cousin's Xbox because mine busted again. The two times before this one the Xbox was still under warranty, so MS replaced them for free. This time I'm going to have to pay the 100 bucks, which is why I haven't sent it yet and am borrowing my cousin's, so I can play my copy of Mass Effect when it gets here Tuesday.

It's not a launch model I don't think, but it is still the very first set of hardware. It has trouble running some games, and I'm still rocking a twenty gig hard drive. (My system also doesn't have an HDMI plug in, which is why I can't get a true HD signal without buying a doohickey.)

I've been looking at upgrading, but I need to do more research on how to transfer everything, and how to get everything set up.

My first 360 was a refurbished launch day system that I bought off a friend. The piece of shit's disc drive went out less than a year later so I replaced it with a launch Arcade unit. I went on to sell that and replaced it with a Xbox S.

I have a repaired launch day system. Probably just jinxed it by saying that... but oh well. That would justify finally buying one that doesn't sound like a piece of military hardware when it runs ;-)

Every launch piece of hardware that I still have (going back to the Colecovision) still boot up and function.

Yes, still have my launch 360

@Napalm: Yeah, why Microsoft didn't launch the 360 with HDMI ports or support for 1080p blows my mind. Granted almost everything right now is upcoverted to 1080p but hey..

Oh I was going to come in here and be all "Yeah, I totally have one." then I read functioning... You've got me there. mine hasn't been working for about 2 years. The thing just kept overheating and since my warranty expired and I was tired of doing it myself, I just scrapped it.

I've gone through like 5-6 360's my launch system only lasted about 6-7 months.

@Zenaxzd: Well, granted the 360-S that I have now I upgraded to voluntarily so... you could take that number down by 1 I suppose. Still, its way way too many...

@Zenaxzd said:

@Demoskinos said:

I've gone through like 5-6 360's my launch system only lasted about 6-7 months.

Holy crap, that is so many 360s. Every time I read something like this I get scared my Elite from 2008 is living longer than should have and it will break down any minute.

Elites are pretty safe from RROD, so not really any need to worry.

im only on my second, the first lasted 3 or 4 years, on the whole im really pleased thats the way its gone, might voluntarily upgrade to an S at somepoint though, 60GBs just doesnt feel enough in this day and age,

most of my friends have been through at least 3 in shorter time frames, i think i was the only one of us to buy from launch

I've yet to break a console. That includes a launch day Ps2 and launch 360, they have both worked perfectly since I got them.

I have a launch 360, never had any trouble with it.

I had mine for about 5 years, then the first case of LA Noire killed it :(

I never had a launch 360. I did buy an Elite, but that lasted only 2 years. However, I do have a launch PS3 and a launch Dreamcast and they're both still running smooth and quiet.

Nope. First system ran into an optical drive failure within about 100 hours of use (though it took about two years to reach 100 hours of use). This was not a "known issue" at the time, but later became one (just google it). Second system ran into an E74 problem. Third system was stolen in a home invasion. Fourth system ran into another optical driver failure (another known issue where you have to disassemble the system and work on the DVD drive to possibly get it fixed and it risks damaging your discs as well as being loud as fuck and not loading games 80% of the time). I'm on my fifth system. Plus, I've bought one for my brother. And my best friend. And a sick kid who had his shit stolen across the country. And for another friend.

I hope the next generation of consoles are more fucking robust out of the gate.

I have a Sega Megadrive with the Sonic The Hedgehog pack-in boxset from 1991 still working. Technically, not a launch date system, since it originally came out in 1989.

mine is launch-month. The dvd tray doesnt open when its vertical and its loud as fuck. Over heats and shuts down every so often too. I have a slim in my office though, and use the launch day one as a streaming deal in the living room, not really for gaming.

Had one until one month ago, it was its time to go :/

My launch system got repaired and in that time I bought one of the first Xbox Elite systems. The repaired one I sold to a friend who still uses it and my Elite also later broke down and got repaired, it's still operational now. If anything fails, also still have a spare newer xbox my wife used to use before we got married :p

I have had 6 xbox launch system but now i have a slim.

@Branthog said:

I hope the next generation of consoles are more fucking robust out of the gate.

You mean the next Microsoft console, right? Cause the PS3 and Wii have been pretty reliable.

I still have my original console, but I never had a launch console.

@pw2566ch said:

I never had a launch 360. I did buy an Elite, but that lasted only 2 years. However, I do have a launch PS3 and a launch Dreamcast and they're both still running smooth and quiet.

Dreamcast, quiet? Those words should never be together.

Edit: Oh man, old thread.

Nope! It first got the RRoD but I managed to fix that with the x-clamp fix and keep it away with a better fan. Then the disc drive decided to go crazy and destroy my Halo 3: ODST disc.

My baby broke down after a good 2 years of use, got it back, and then again after another 2, meaning my guarantee was finally out. Working with my Elite at this point. My PS2 had to be replaced no less than 3 times before I got one in a functioning condition.

@Branthog said:

I hope the next generation of consoles are more fucking robust out of the gate.

Amen to that, brother.

I sure do. It's sat red ringed in my cupboard under 5 more red ringed and drive failed boxes.

@Branthog said:

I hope the next generation of consoles are more fucking robust out of the gate.

Pretty much how I feel. I've sworn off being an early adopter of any of the next systems, I just can't risk the same bullshit.

PS3 yes (which is my dad's, so I have my own MGS4 Edition), 360 no; had to replace two, one of which somehow started working again months after I had thought it was broken. Flipped it vertically and it worked fine, but still not using it so it's in a box in my closet.

Yep, don't use it anymore but it works fine.

My original made it till Burn out Paradise. That game overheated her and I haven't played Burn out since. (out of fear) I'm on my 5th now. But my original fat boy PS3 works fine. Its the center piece of my entertainment station and I haven't turned it off for more than a few days all together, in years. The only time it's turned off if when the power goes out.

It's really disappointing that my original 360 is gone. Really wanted to keep it on a shelf with all my other greats. That shelf where the PS2 sits on the top next to my launch NES. I left that thing on for over 3 years. Over 1 year logged into Final Fantasy Online. It got so hot, the front panel's glue melted and the panel fell off and the memory card stuck inside the port. Still works fine today. I even dropped it down stairs outside, putting a massive crack in the side. You can shake it a hear plastic pieces hopping around inside and the disk drive grinds open and closed.

PS2 is a fucking bro!

Not "launch" but in that window. I picked up my 360 two months after release. It's red-ringed twice, but MS fixed it since it was still under the 3 year warranty. I haven't had any problems since the last RROD incident a couple of years ago. It's loud as all hell, but it works. I replayed Modern Warfare 1 and Gears 1 on it just last month.

do older models actually handle some games noticeably worse? i've never had a problem with my close-to-launch 360 (though it is loud), but now this thread has me paranoid.

My first xbox was plugged in roughly 7 minutes before red ringing.

I do but it's dead.

I sold mine to my brother about a year ago, it only red ringed once and is still going strong.

My cousin has 3 that he's collected from various people in his household (there were like 6 kids living there). I don't know where they are now, but at one point they were duct-taped together and used as a footstool...

I have a launch Wii, if that counts.

Nope...E74 on the launch day of Fable 2 (had to wait 2 more weeks to play it..ugh). Still waiting on this one to just die already so I can get one of the newer X360.

I didn't get a 360 until Christmas of 2011.

My brother still has a launch Wii, though, if that counts for anything. Had no issues out of it whatsoever.

@WilltheMagicAsian said:

@pw2566ch said:

I never had a launch 360. I did buy an Elite, but that lasted only 2 years. However, I do have a launch PS3 and a launch Dreamcast and they're both still running smooth and quiet.

Dreamcast, quiet? Those words should never be together.

Edit: Oh man, old thread.

Well, besides the disc reading. Other than that, it runs great.

I got my first 360 from my friend so I don't know when he got it originally but it still works... My PS3 still works perfectly, although I've had to delete a lot of stuff every now and then in order to install new games. And I presume my Wii still works although I haven't turned it on in a long time.

Nope, mine got junked after its second meltdown. Only video game system I've ever owned that crapped out (2600, NES, SNES, Genesis, N64).

Still have a launch day Wii. Works just fine.

I own a launch system that has not been sent in to get a red ring fixed. I wouldn't say that it is a picture of perfect health though. The disk drive doesn't want to open anymore, I actually have to press the open drive button while pressing it in towards the console until the system gives up. Afterwards if I try and open the drive again things work like they are supposed to. I have to do this every time I want to put a new disk in my 360.

I bought mine not long after launch and surprisingly it had worked fine until a few months ago. The December dashboard update turned it into a giant paperweight. I guess my luck couldn't last forever.