PackAPunchedMick
Member
1 versus 100 gave my Xbox 360 the red ring of death.
My 6th and last Xbox 360. Fuck you Microsoft.
My 6th and last Xbox 360. Fuck you Microsoft.
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Games capable of physically destroying the console
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friskykillface
Banned
Batman Arkham Asylum killed one of my 360s in the weirdest way
I was just playing the game and I had to sticky bomb a wall and after setting it up and activating it the entire screen basically blew up lol.
The image became scrambled and the game kept running, thought I could just turn it off and turn it on but the scrambled image remained, even when not playing that game
I tried on and off for the week to see if it would fix itself but it didn't so i declared the console dead
I was just playing the game and I had to sticky bomb a wall and after setting it up and activating it the entire screen basically blew up lol.
The image became scrambled and the game kept running, thought I could just turn it off and turn it on but the scrambled image remained, even when not playing that game
I tried on and off for the week to see if it would fix itself but it didn't so i declared the console dead
GTA V got my slim Blu-Ray drive but I've managed to Frankenstein that sucker. I thought about doing a write-up on how I got my PS3 back from the dead but I don't know how many people would want to do what I did.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
My theory is Ninja Gaiden 4 will do this. For evidence, see how each entry in the modern series gets proportionally worse
NG1/B: 9/10
NG2: 6/10
NG3: 3/10
NG Yaiba: 1/10
At this rate, NG4 will probably give you cancer, and your console will explode
NG1/B: 9/10
NG2: 6/10
NG3: 3/10
NG Yaiba: 1/10
At this rate, NG4 will probably give you cancer, and your console will explode
Zombegoast
Member
Every time I play a graphically intensive game on my launch PS3, I use the AC. The only time my system overheated is when playing Uncharted 3 once during Summer without the AC.
I feel like MGS5 can kill the Ps3 after crashing multiple times and seeing a bunch of graphical glitches.
foxdvd
Member
Yars' Revenge...
My older brother got a copy of this for the Atari 2600. He was an ass to me, and never let me play his games. My friend was over and we went into his room and grabbed it while he was out...he came home and caught us playing and we got into a big LOUD argument.
My mom worked over night shifts...she was sleeping at the time and came out of her room screaming like a mad lady...she grabbed the broom and smashed the atari 2600 over and over while (I still remember to this day) I screamed with tears coming down my face "You're killing it!"
My older brother got a copy of this for the Atari 2600. He was an ass to me, and never let me play his games. My friend was over and we went into his room and grabbed it while he was out...he came home and caught us playing and we got into a big LOUD argument.
My mom worked over night shifts...she was sleeping at the time and came out of her room screaming like a mad lady...she grabbed the broom and smashed the atari 2600 over and over while (I still remember to this day) I screamed with tears coming down my face "You're killing it!"
I've had multiple crashes on my PS4 playing Rocket League, but I don't think it's ever crashed the whole console.
old manatee
Banned
Not necessarily kill, but I remember hearing people talking about one of the Devil May Cry games on PS2 having issues on the old model but not the slim. I also remember hearing that some Xbox games had issues because the console changed it's disc drive at various points in it's life so the different speeds had an impact.
With the PS4 I'm worried practically everything is killing the device. The fan is so stupid loud with the worst offender being Dragon Quest Heroes. I can pause the game and literally hear the fan going from a roar to basically silent. As soon as there's any movement on screen though...
With the PS4 I'm worried practically everything is killing the device. The fan is so stupid loud with the worst offender being Dragon Quest Heroes. I can pause the game and literally hear the fan going from a roar to basically silent. As soon as there's any movement on screen though...
That was Starcraft 2 wasn't it?
mrmickfran
Member
I have a fat PS3 that has survived both The Last of Us and Final Fantasy XIII.
It is the chosen one.
It is the chosen one.
Heaven Shard
Banned
Has science gone too far?
3D mode in Shadow of the Collossus used to freeze my fat PS3 every time. You could still move the camera around, but other than that nothing. Bizarrely, it could handle playing Crysis in 3D without any issues.
mrmickfran
Member
Screen protectors are a gift from the gaming gods.
I can't even begin to imagine how my 3DS' touch screen would be without a screen protector after 300+ hours of Theatrhythm.
killatopak
Gold Member
My CD drive got destroyed while playing Red Alert 2.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
I finally got around to Uncharted 4 the other day. The opening sequence made my PS4 whir up a storm, and just yesterday during the shootout at the jewel heist, the game straight-up crashed and gave me an error message.
Elite Beat Agents permanently created numerous circle-shaped scratches on my DS Lite screen. Totally worth it.
Don't think TWEWY helped much either.
Elite Beat Agents permanently created numerous circle-shaped scratches on my DS Lite screen. Totally worth it.
Don't think TWEWY helped much either.
TheAdmiester
Member
Weren't there some games that could make a PS2 more Disc Read Error-prone?
On a similar note, some games just never worked for any PS2 I had. I think my family has had four PS2s at different points and God of War would never load up on any of them. Disc was new and in perfect condition but it just wouldn't play for some reason.
On a similar note, some games just never worked for any PS2 I had. I think my family has had four PS2s at different points and God of War would never load up on any of them. Disc was new and in perfect condition but it just wouldn't play for some reason.
Probably. I haven't played the game in over a decade but it was some guy telling stories.
Rogue Leader on Gamecube would have to be a potential drive killer if you played the game a lot with audio commentary enabled. The amount of noise the drive makes when doing it and streaming level data is something that you can tell is not good for the console.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
MVP Baseball 2005.
After playing all the spring training games, playing the entire 162 game season, playing a NLDS of 4 games, playing a 7 game NLCS. I got swept in the WS playing as the NY Mets against get this...the Oakland A's.
Now some of you may have quit the games before losing but I'm not a cheater so I stuck with it. After it sunk in that I spent all those hours playing all those games, I broke my ps2 with a baseball bat.
I have never raged that hard over a game since.
On another note, my ps3's disc drive crapped out on me while playing Motorstorm.
After playing all the spring training games, playing the entire 162 game season, playing a NLDS of 4 games, playing a 7 game NLCS. I got swept in the WS playing as the NY Mets against get this...the Oakland A's.
Now some of you may have quit the games before losing but I'm not a cheater so I stuck with it. After it sunk in that I spent all those hours playing all those games, I broke my ps2 with a baseball bat.
I have never raged that hard over a game since.
On another note, my ps3's disc drive crapped out on me while playing Motorstorm.
It nearly killed mine. Only time I've ever seen the heat warning on that or any console. Was actually worried for a bit I might have YLOD it. Still kicking, even if it always sounds like a jet engine.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Kill zone 3 killed my og 60 GB.
Pyrrhus
Member
Probably, but my first PS3 died while I was playing through Folklore as well. The section with the WWI/Hell motif.
Isn't this why the Japanese title screen says "Visualshock! Speedshock! Soundshock! Now is the time to the 68000 heart on fire!"?
Secret Character
Member
LOL, it's possible. All I know is that I've seen some insane stuff on Alien Soldier, but would never attempt a high-level game on my Genesis. I own the Sega Ages Treasure Box, so that's where I typically play it.
wait, I thought you were joking.
Surely there aren't actually reports of a Genesis CPU overheating, right? All sorts of games run with slowdown, after all...
Iorv3th
Member
That's what all of these are. A certain game isn't going to cause your ps3 to melt your GPU or overheat. If that does happen it's because your system already had problems.
Correlation does not equal causation. I still have my fat PS3 and played GTAV, all Uncharted games and The Last of Us and it never broke. If the game were responsible it would have broken all fat ps3.
It's like when people put their systems on a 'wine cooler' and then blame gears of war for breaking the system.
I think some drives had trouble reading dual layer discs. They either needed cleaning or re-alignment.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Brawl and xenoblade made the lens on my wii go kaput, it was a relase day console and on its last year it sounded like a plane taking off. Had to finish xeonblade on my wiiU.
Smash bros for 3ds broke my circle pad because the game is not meant to be done with those type of controls.
Smash bros for 3ds broke my circle pad because the game is not meant to be done with those type of controls.
Secret Character
Member
Nope, being very serious. It isn't widespread because the game was never released in the US, so you probably didn't hear about much of it. It has happened though.
That's the joke... lol
Pwnedkiller
Neo Member
Saints Row 2 when causing extreme amounts of havoc on the PS3 would make the system run really hot and suffer from extreme amounts of stutter and other graphical issues. Me and my buddy would play that game just to see how far we could push the console to destruction. Never broke one but we got very near to it I think.
goldenpp72
Member
My old 360 died while going for the survivor achievement in the original Dead Rising. I think it took something like 14 hours to get it, and I had left the system on overnight a couple days so I could take breaks.
My Xbox elite broke during Resident evil 5 for no real reason. Capcom giveth and taketh I guess.
My Xbox elite broke during Resident evil 5 for no real reason. Capcom giveth and taketh I guess.
tallbroski
Member
This
tallbroski
Member
Then explain why my PS3 only sounds like a jet when paying The Last of Us yet every other games plays ok.
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
That reminds me, my original Wii had a weird GPU corruption error, and it happened around the time of Brawl. It starting having small spots of bright flashing colors sort of randomly arranged around the screen. Apparently it might have had something to do with overheating due to standby mode? Nintendo replaced it for free I think, and I don't think it was Brawl's fault directly, but it was weird.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Ouendan 1 on DS had nigh-broken spinner segments that practically required scratching your touch screen.
I remember a PC game that I had with a die-cut, unusually shaped CD-ROM (the outer edges were just plastic, the data was on a mini-CD in the center). It worked OK on older computers with slow CD drives but turned into a vibrating buzz-saw of doom when used in more modern computers with faster CD drives.
ChaosZeroX
Banned
I know LA Noire destroyed my fat PS3. Had to get a slim.
Altered Juice
Member
Not even close but ok.
Diablohead
Member
Half of these console killing games sound like they fell at a bad time, my first launch day 360 had a tv-out failure after playing geometrywars 2 but I don't class that game as a console killer.
Rocket League, at least it did on PS4.
Oh yeah, I remember those discs. Would be fun to read about every accident that happened with those, I imagine opening the disc drive with the disc still spinning is a sure way to get hurt.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Guitar Hero 3's max difficulty red ringed my first xbox 360. ( ._.)
Call of Duty: World at War is the shadiest fucking game I've ever experienced on PC.
This game killed my laptop and melted the graphics card (despite being able to run CoD4 fine), and even on my 750ti + i7-4790 computer it freezes up all the time, and sometimes it even causes my pc itself to stop responding.
This game killed my laptop and melted the graphics card (despite being able to run CoD4 fine), and even on my 750ti + i7-4790 computer it freezes up all the time, and sometimes it even causes my pc itself to stop responding.
Netherscourge
Banned
GTA 5 Red-Ringed my Xbox 360.
That thing was blowing hot air out the back like a freaking space heater.
That thing was blowing hot air out the back like a freaking space heater.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
You know now that you mention it, I was house sitting my friends launch Wii for summer vacation years ago and had been learning how to get good at Guitar Hero 3. I had finally beat Raining Blood on expert and the system froze. I then tried to turn it on and it was bricked, and they didn't believe me
Was probably unrelated but it still sticks with me.
