Survey Results for Failure Rates - Consoles 2010

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disolitude said:

psrock said:

disolitude said:

psrock said:

disolitude said:
They should add the following category...

Number of failures after 1st year of ownership that people had to pay for:

360: 0% (prolly around 15-20% actually for people who had the DVD drive die and they didn't want to lie and say its RROD)
PS3: 100%
Wii: 100%

Number of failures after 2st year of ownership that people had to pay for:

360: 0%
PS3: 100%
Wii: 100%

what ?

I only know 1 system that has 3 year of warranty for 2 issues which cause 70% of its failures.

But those two issues affect 40% of its buyers. That's no joke.

Agreed. Microsoft screwed up when making hardware (ATI screwed up as well)...but they made up for it the best they could.

And I am quite happy with what they did to fix their screwed up to be honest. I had a bunch of PS2s fail on me last gen and I even replaced the DVD drive myself on some.

But with the 360, I had a DVD drive fail on me in 2007, and I got it replaced for free...almost 2 years after I bought it.

I am on my 3rd and 4th 360s ( I own 2)...and I paid for 2....not counting the modded, banned, busted 360 I bought off a freind for 50 bucks which died in 3 months.

MS has done a great job at making sure those affected are taken care of, but it doesnt excuse the faulty hardware nor the excuses. No one should have 2, 3, 4 consoles replace in 4 years. Although I do think the newer version are very reliable.