Wii 9 times more reliable than Xbox 360, 4 times more than PS3

[Ausfalcon]

MikeB said:

Ausfalcon said:

MikeB said:

At launch many units were already dead on arrival, I believe nearly all launch units died by now judging from the people I know personally and people I talked to.

My, how unscientific. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_sample

 

If you prefer, an inside source:

"Q: So what do you think the real failure rate of the Xbox 360 is? Some have estimated it as high as 30%. I got my Xbox in early 2007 and so far so good but what do you think the chance is that it's going to die on me one day.

It's around 30%, and all will probably fail early. This quarter they are expecting 1 M failures, most of those Xenons. Some of those are repeat failures. Life expectancy is all over the map because the design has very little margin for most of the important parameters. That means it's not a fault tolerant design. So a good unit may last a couple of years, while a bad unit can fail in hours."

An unnamed and uncomfirmed source (outside a claim by the article writer) whose true motivations and position on the Xbox team are entirely unknown.  Its anecdotal evidence, just like your "I believe nearly all lauch units are dead" because of "people" you "know personally" and "talked to".

You leap pretty far in your statements based on the nature of what you have provided.