There's the problem that as things become more complex, they're more prone to failure. Take tools. A hammer is just about a simple a tool as you can get. You could toss one off the empire state building and it would probably be just fine. Even if it broke the handle, you could still hold the business end and hammer in nails with it. Drop an old game console just 6 feet and maybe if you're lucky it will must break the case a little, but still work. Drop a modern console6 feet and you can be pretty sure its not going to work anymore.BlackDS wrote:When randomly digging around through my basement, I found my moms old 2600 from when she was a kid. When I brought it up her eyes lit up and she hugged me. There was a bug tear in the power cable, and the console looked like a mouse shit on it, but it still worked. Damn, how come you hear all the time about new consoles breaking coughxboxcough and an atari that sat in a basement for at least 10 years still runs like a champ? Are companies making electronics (not just X-box, but cars, appliances, everything) designed to break 1 year after the warranty expires?
sorry for the rant out of nowhere.
Planned obsolescence and making things as cheaply as possible also factor into this as others have mentioned.
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