Am I getting old?

Video games have been around for 20 plus years dating back all the way to Atari pong. Before, video game systems were allowed to play its course before the newest and greatest gaming system came and took $200 from our pockets. If people didn't have the money they could wait and still play their older gaming system with it working as new. Now a days, it seems that gaming systems aren't meant to last like the older gaming systems. I for one still have my Super Nintendo that dates back probably early 1990's and it works without a problem. Recently my Xbox 360 gave me a world of problems with the hard drive becoming damage and then the system itself crashing.

This made me wonder, Are gaming companies just putting systems together to make money? Speaking with a few of my close friends, my question seems to be true. They had similar problems with there gaming system mainly Xbox. So, I question Xbox support to see how much it would cost to repair out once $300 system. According to them repairs would aim upwards to $100 or more assuming we didn't have the warrenty. Now it seems that our $300 system now turned out to be $400 or more. The warrenty would have been great to have right about now, but it seems that when people the warrenty the system doesn't have one problem, but after it expires everything goes to shits and falls apart.

So I decided to go and trade in my games and Xbox parts to Game Stop for a whopping $112.50 a fraction of what I spent including the system and video games. I looked at it with a sad expression knowing I had over a thousand dollars in once mint conditions goods now a dismal few hundard dollars. So I browsed around and seem to be drawn towards a $29.99 Nintendo Game Cube along with a few games.

Call me old or a nerd, but I figure that older systems have more enjoyablity with nostaligic game play and memories that arise from late night game play with friends and family that will stay close to your heart. With all of this said and done game systems do not hold their value and the price for these newer systems just aren't worth it anymore. Those $400 dollars or whatever price can be put to better use unless these newer generation game systems prove that they will last 20 plus years like the older systems have done then, and only then will I purchase a new game system.