Xbox 360 Failure Rate is 54.2 Percent

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Black RL said:
@CGI, yes the price is lower than the PS3. But how about the installed base? PS2 and PS1 CRUSH the installed base of XBOX1.

And although the 360 dies it stills outsells the PS3. SONY did something WRONG. I have my opinion about that (I'm a PS1, PS2 and PS3 owner, but I spent my time and money in the 360) but I will keep it for now.

Fanboys (the name people use in the internet) can say what they want, but the 360 will continue to sell and we will continue to love it.

I advise people to TEST LIVE, to grab some friends and test it for a couple of months. Then you can talk about the PS3 (if you still use it by then).

We are attached to friends, we are attached to LIVE, we are attached to our games. The hardware it's just an interface. If it's broke it has to be fixed, that's all.

 

Everything is an interface from that point of view.  I understand why you could feel that way, but its not good in an open market for a mass market product to be allowed a terrible failure rate (not that I think, as I said earlier, that the 360 failure rate is as high as recorded in this survey).  That's allowing your desire for something to override other concerns I'd argue.  For example:

I love driving, my car's just an interface, but I wouldn't want it to break down that often.

I love cinema, my DVD players just an interface, but I wouldn't want it to break down that often.

I love talking to my friends, my phone is just an interface, but I wouldn't want it to break down that often.

 

Sorry to sound harsh, but putting up with too much because you can't do without something it gives you access to is not in everyone's best interests.  I don't want 360 to fail, but I do want MS to figure it's better to avoid huge write offs, worry about potential lost sales and bad PR and make sure next time they balance speed to market vs reliability a little more in favour of the consumer than their own goals.