| Reasonable said: ^^ We know no such thing. An anecdote on the internet = PS3 fail rate has gone up? Right, that sounds definitive. All we know is 360 had an above average fail rate and that it 'may' still have an above average fail rate. As for PS3 we know it's fail rate is above Wii but apparently within the acceptable range for electronics. As for the slim we know nothing yet, despite the OP. Given it uses less power, etc. I see no reason for the fail rate to change, because while smaller it's using less juice and so far the evidence I've seen is it runs to roughly the same temperature at the heat exhaust. |
So tell me this... what is the "standard" for determining what is an acceptable MTBF rate for electronics? Specifically consoles, considering that different electronics devices tend to have different failure rates.
That's right... there aren't any such magic numbers. No reasonable person (no pun intended) would argue that the 360s failure rate was too high, particulary in the earlier units, but what is "acceptable" is very subjective. A pacemaker needs an extremely low failure rate to be considered "acceptable".
As far as seeing no reason for the failure rate to change, that's not a very supportable argument. Any time an electronic device that produces significant amounts of heat is re-engineered to reduce size, etc., there are all kinds of new failure risks introduced. This isn't to imply that the failure rate has to go up, but saying there isn't any reason for it change flies in the face of modern electronics design.
