Well, it did overheat once and I had to send it in to MS (that was five years ago, though). Honestly, I just take good care of it. Seeing as how consoles these days can't take much damage before they break, I've mostly kept in in one spot, on the TV stand in my living room, and I also keep the air around it well ventilated (learned that one the hard way). Too many people are dumb enough to think that they can drop their Xbox down the stairs and expect it to work. Okay, I kind of exaggerated there, but you get the point. People overestimate the durability of these consoles. Seriously, I once dropped my SNES down a set of concrete stairs and it worked fine. My friend dropped his brand new PS3 a foot and a half on to a wooden floor and it breaks.