I am glad to hear someone saying this. I am planning on getting a MBse and AFMce in the next month, and some of these posts are giving me anxiety!

I decided to go with remakes instead of clean originals at the same price thinking it was the most rational course of action; the subtle differences in feel don’t bother me and I simply can’t wrap my mind around the idea that a 25 year-old used game at the same price could possibly last longer than a brand-new remake with no wear and tear, even if I found a pristine example and even if the original WPC platform is more desirable (I am not convinced it is for a variety of reasons).

Based upon your experience, do you think the criticisms of the CGC hardware being less reparable and more likely to be obsoleted than WPC are valid? It would seem to me the opposite is true, given that they appear to have specified through-hole parts in the more failure-prone positions and built their system upon the BeagleBoard platform (which is open-source and industry-standard, and will be amenable to emulation long into the future). Also, there seem to be minimal reports of board problems with CGC in the forums, so it appears at this point several years into the remakes that the system is inherently well-designed and durable.