That way you'll buy a new one. People care more about profit than the quality of their product nowadays.

Unfortunately, it seems like every corporation in the world is practicing this method of making their product shittier for the sake of profit.

Auto parts stores are making their parts from composite metal.
Pizza places aren't hooking you up with the toppings,
Pharmacies are making drugs that simply mask symptoms instead of curing disease

I was at QFC (grocery store) yesterday and they only had the self checkout lanes open. They were too cheap to hire a minimum wage slave for a few hours a day to work the cashier and their service is shitty as a result, but hey, they saved about 700 dollars a month.

This applies to video games as well. Why do you think Xbox systems get the red ring of death after a few years and game systems from the 80's and 90's still work?

what they do now a days is creating junk out of cheap shit so they don't need to repair it but just replace
and mostly when the object is defect is always near the end of warranty and after
so you are nearly forced to buy a new one repairing would take time and money instead of replacing
just llike tv's, cellphones, consoles and so much more

From what I keep hearing, I feel as if I have one of the oldest Xbox 360's...

Mine has yet to break, and is actually not being made anymore...
And I do play it, sometimes at long lengths of time *cough* Skyrim/Battlefield *cough*.

Sad though that everyone makes stuff shittier nowadays.

I agree with you apart from the xbox part. The argument that an older system works better is pretty obvious as it is nowhere near as sophisticated. I could brag that my ball-in-a-cup from the 1920's still works but that doesn't mean it's better than an xbox 360.

A ball in a cup is not a video game.
Older systems do essentially the same thing as new ones.

The same comparison can be made with cars. Older cars tend to last a lot longer. My 1991 Toyota Corolla had 280k miles on it. I could have had it for a lot more, but I was dumb and neglected to change the oil. Anyway, those things were built to last 300k+ miles. There's no way in hell a car made in the last 10 years will last that long.

I used an exaggerated example, granted. But the level of technology still differs to an extent that would affect the durability considerably.

I don't think it would. Older Computers are just as durable as newer ones.

It's not about durability though, it's about longevity.

Well the main problem is usually heat. From my memory my N64 barely warmed up, let alone attempted to melt its way through the plastic and the floor.