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8-bit_Biceps
07/31/18 9:56:47 AM
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Why is the Switch's HDMI cord so fat and...idk the word I'm looking for...less malleable/flexible? stern? It's fat af. They want you to knock it over so you can buy another one.
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eston
07/31/18 9:58:35 AM
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l Dudeboy l
07/31/18 9:59:58 AM
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I'm pretty sure there have been worse design flaws.
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KillerKhan420
07/31/18 10:00:09 AM
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I think the one that does the most damage in history was the virtual boy. It legit hurt your eyes, and that is worse than anything before or since.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
07/31/18 10:01:34 AM
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Whatever caused RRoD on 360
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DarkChozoGhost
07/31/18 10:03:17 AM
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Yeah, it's the virtual boy or RRoD.

Special mention to things like propriety memory cards on the Vita, or no charger packaged with some versions of the 3DS
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Solar_Crimson
07/31/18 10:03:56 AM
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8-bit_Biceps posted...
Why is the Switch's HDMI cord so fat and...idk the word I'm looking for...less malleable/flexible? stern? It's fat af. They want you to knock it over so you can buy another one.

I'm pretty sure it uses any HDMI cord you have lying around, so you can easily get a new one for cheap.

And I second the Virtual Boy. It wasn't even in a completed state when Nintendo released it.
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mistalightbulb
07/31/18 10:04:32 AM
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the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck
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Questionmarktarius
07/31/18 10:04:58 AM
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Lead-free solder.
Actually, that's a critical design flaw in pretty much every electronic device from the past dozen years.

D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
Whatever caused RRoD on 360

Not enough heatsink over the GPU, and a woefully adequate method of holding the heat sinks in.
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CableZL
07/31/18 10:05:04 AM
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RRoD has to be by far the worst that I can think of.
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UnholyMudcrab
07/31/18 10:05:53 AM
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ALIEN_WORK2HOP
07/31/18 10:06:38 AM
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mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


better than the original xbox ones made for giants hands
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PoopPotato
07/31/18 10:07:26 AM
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Putting the charge port on the bottom of the switch sucks. I know its for the dock but it blocks you from charging when in portable TV mode
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CruelBuffalo
07/31/18 10:07:32 AM
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mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


Wrong. For certain games the GameCube controller really is the best controller, platformers especially.

Fighting games on the other hand....
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Perascamin
07/31/18 10:07:52 AM
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It's a toss up between:

Virtual Boy
Red Ring of Death
699 us Dollars
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l Dudeboy l
07/31/18 10:08:03 AM
#17:


mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


Gamecube controllers are one of the best ever.
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Twin3Turbo
07/31/18 10:09:25 AM
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l Dudeboy l posted...
mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


Gamecube controllers are one of the best ever.

It worked well for certain games (thing seems like it was practically made for Smash Bros) but the Z button and C stick could be improved.
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Musourenka
07/31/18 10:09:54 AM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


Wrong. For certain games the GameCube controller really is the best controller, platformers especially.

Fighting games on the other hand....


Shoulder buttons are my guard buttons.
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thelovefist
07/31/18 10:12:09 AM
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RROD and Virtual Boy are the winners in this contest, but honourable mention goes to the Power Glove.
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NeonOctopus
07/31/18 10:12:47 AM
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Red Ring of Death is probably the worst one. I think Microsoft lost over a billion dollars from that >_>
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AlabamaLove
07/31/18 10:13:00 AM
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mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


it's like you never picked up an N64 controller lmao
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HypnoCoosh
07/31/18 10:13:07 AM
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buy one of these

tGqMMLZ
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Pogo_Marimo
07/31/18 10:13:35 AM
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eston posted...
RROD >>>>> a big cord

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Foppe
07/31/18 10:14:52 AM
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The original PS3 boomerang controllers looked really bad.
You had to remove the battery in the N-Gage to switch games.
The original PSP Square button loved to get stuck.
The Saturn had 2 CPUs and 2 GPUs at a time when nobody knew how to handle multiple cores, so only Sega and Capcom used more than one.
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HypnoCoosh
07/31/18 10:15:59 AM
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Foppe posted...
he Saturn had 2 CPUs and 2 GPUs at a time when nobody knew how to handle multiple cores, so only Sega and Capcom used more than one.


Yeah but all that 2D goodness.
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mistalightbulb
07/31/18 10:19:51 AM
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AlabamaLove posted...
mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


it's like you never picked up an N64 controller lmao


at least you could use it as a sex toy
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GunmaN1905
07/31/18 10:20:34 AM
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Only console failure I had was 60gb PS3.
And it wasn't even BSOD, but blu-ray drive failing. <.<
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Master_Bass
07/31/18 10:21:59 AM
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Yeah, a replaceable cord isn't even close to the biggest design flaw ever.
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DarkChozoGhost
07/31/18 10:22:31 AM
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Oh actually, I take that back. Here is the list, from least bad to worst:

Unnecessary propriety hardware
Easily overheating 360
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Virtual Boy's eye damaging screens
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Sony's decision to use shapes instead of letters for their buttons
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HypnoCoosh
07/31/18 10:23:37 AM
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Asherlee10 posted...
I had 3-4 360s with RRoD - I'm still bitter.


Same.

I member my first 360 on launch day RRoD in live 30 minutes out of box... Was like wtf...

Luckily they had another for an exchange.

To be fair my PS4 on launch was DoA as well and again luckily they exchanged it.
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Tropicalwood
07/31/18 10:24:27 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Not enough heatsink over the GPU, and a woefully adequate method of holding the heat sinks in.

The motherboard flexed because they thought it was a great idea to vent the hot air onto the motherboard.
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Balrog0
07/31/18 10:24:57 AM
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the 32x as a concept was a big design flaw imo
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HypnoCoosh
07/31/18 10:35:21 AM
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Balrog0 posted...
the 32x as a concept was a big design flaw imo


32x was a monstrosity that should have never been released unto this realm.
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K181
07/31/18 10:37:09 AM
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Clearly the RRoD. I don't think that any other console flaw cost a company literally and tangibly a billion dollars.
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Coffeebeanz
07/31/18 10:38:32 AM
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Atari 5200 controllers

Broke within minutes. Almost impossible to replace.

End topic.
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Questionmarktarius
07/31/18 10:42:35 AM
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Balrog0 posted...
the 32x as a concept was a big design flaw imo

It's not so much a design flaw as it is a gigantic clusterfuck.
"Design flaw" implies that someone intentionally designed something, instead of duct-taping some components together and attaching craptons of shielding and three or four cables to get it to work.
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Balrog0
07/31/18 10:53:02 AM
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_PrincessZelda posted...
Atari Jaguar controllers, anyone?


I didn't think they were too bad. They look weird and have redundant buttons for like 99% of the games but it doesn't feel any worse to hold than a dreamcast controller
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Gafemage
07/31/18 10:54:46 AM
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Turbografx-16 only having one controller port was a huge fuckup, even with the existence of the Turbotap.
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rexcrk
07/31/18 10:54:57 AM
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Great thing about HDMI cables is that you replace them easily because theyre universal.
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Coffeebeanz
07/31/18 10:57:45 AM
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The launch XBOX 360 was, in retrospect, absolutely terrible.

No HDMI
No HD DVD player
No WiFi
20 GB proprietary hard drive
RROD

And yet Sony got slammed for charging more for a system with HDMI, Blu-Ray, WiFi and a user replaceable standard laptop HDD.
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8-bit_Biceps
07/31/18 10:58:06 AM
#47:


CruelBuffalo posted...
mistalightbulb posted...
the gamecube controllers

like someone must've been high as fuck


Wrong. For certain games the GameCube controller really is the best controller, platformers especially.

Fighting games on the other hand....


Smash
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Kolibri X
07/31/18 11:00:15 AM
#48:


RROD wasn't a design flaw but a way to sell more units.
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Sada_Pop
07/31/18 11:00:17 AM
#49:


Perascamin posted...
It's a toss up between:

Virtual Boy
Red Ring of Death
699 us Dollars


@Perascamin

Thinking that you don't understand the topic.
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HypnoCoosh
07/31/18 11:00:23 AM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
The launch XBOX 360 was, in retrospect, absolutely terrible.

No HDMI
No HD DVD player
No WiFi
20 GB proprietary hard drive
RROD

And yet Sony got slammed for charging more for a system with HDMI, Blu-Ray, WiFi and a user replaceable standard laptop HDD.


When you put it like dat...
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