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

[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.