Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2%

Colonel Korn writes "The Seattle PI Blog is reporting that a soon to be published Game Informer survey finally shows the failure rate of XBOX 360s: 54%! The survey also shows the rates of failure for the PS3 (11%) and Wii (7%). Impressively, only 4% of respondents said they wouldn't buy a new 360 because of hardware failures."

Comments

Re:Wow, shocking news

[jpmorgan]

You need to learn what 'control' is in scientific terms. You can't 'control' your way out of a non-representative sample. The failure rate for PS3s in this survey is 10 times higher than other published figures (reports have the actual PS3 failure rate at around 1%, which is in-line with normal manufacturing expectations).

Re:Missing Details

[Bigjeff5]

I suspect that the crowd's doing the "ooh...shiny" thing and putting up with the unreliable things...

If that were the case, PS3 would be trouncing the 360, as it's the "Ooh...shiny!" console.

... because "it has the most titles". Sadly, most of the stuff on the X-Box is drek- and the bulk of the stuff I'm interested in has a version for PS3

Unfortunately, a few of the most popular games on the market are not available on PS3, but the opposite is only true for a few obscure games.

So if you've got less than $200 to spend, and you want to play all the games, what are you going to buy? You don't have to buy the stuff that's shit, all the good games exist for 360, and both the games and the console are cheaper. If you're willing to go used on the games, you could buy an Xbox360 plus three or four games (in addition to the crappy games it comes with) for the price of the PS3 Slim.

Most PS3 games don't even take advantage of the 1080p hi-def capability, and even then you need a really nice TV to tell the difference between that and the 360's 720p, so which do you pick? Unless you've got cash to burn on the TV and blueray, you pick the 360 even now. Here's a hint: Most people don't have that much cash to burn.

Re:Missing Details

[snowraver1]

I love my xbox. The games are awesome. I love playing from my recliner on my 52" LCD. I like to play split screen Halo with my friends in the same room. My xbox could go at any time, and if that happened, I would be a sad puppy. Luckly, I have a contingency plan in place for if/when it fails. It's called going to the store and buying another one. Slap the HDD on and I'm good to go. I'll send the old one in for repairs and then keep it as a backup.

Sure the console can croak at any moment, but I feel over the 2 years that I have got my money worth from it, even if they wouldn't fix it for free (which they would).

I think a lot of the people that bash consoles just have a shitty TV. If I only had a 27" CRT I wouldn't buy a console either.

BTW I NEVER sell games. You only get a small fraction back, unless you ebay the game right after release. For example, Tiger woods '09 - paid $65CDN, I could sell it now for about $10; $5 to EB games. I would rather have the game as part of my collection. Selling games is for suckers.