I think its great that microsoft has the extended warranty but its something they had to do. Potiential customers would not even consider purchasing one and its reputation would be affected. I just can't believe people would actually buy a product that has such a horrible failure rate. I know all electronics have problems but the xbox 360 is a faulty product and as mentioned in a earlier post a rushed product. From reading some of these posts I'm not sure how people can be on there 4th xbox. Thats crazy talk. Some had to buy 2 of them and get others repaired twice. I think i wouldn't support a product again if it stopped working. I wouldn't spend more money on it thats for sure. I own a ps3 and wii haven't had any problems. Not worried about the wii. Sure its not as powerful as the other systems but at least its not getting shipped off in a box for repairs. Nintendo makes quality products that lasts for years. I think my 8bit nintendo was not working after the 5th year. Super nintendo still works. I'll admit the ps3 i'm more concerned about. no problems yet though.
I know one person whose second xbox broke down and another person whose on his third xbox. So people complained the ps3 was expensive when it launched but people don't seem to mind to purchase 3 or 4 xboxes. Which probably costed more than 800 dollars. On vgchartz, they have the sales totals for consoles. I would like to know how many of the xbox 360s sold are from repeat buyers. Some of these people are buying 2 or 3 consoles. That will affect total sales. I don't think wii owners are purchasing 2 or 3 consoles and there winning by alot. Ps3 maybe 2 consoles purchased and that would be a small number of people(not sure).
