There are a lot of ridiculous statements in this thread, starting with the preliminary assumptions of the OP.
The number of shipped 360's that are replacements for already purchased RRoD's would be MINISCULE!!!
Here are the facts as well as we can know them:
- All Xbox 360's come with a three year warranty, retrospective to those that purchased them before the three year warranty.
- Microsoft repairs Xbox 360's, or offers refurbished ones (repaired ones others handed in). They do NOT hand out brand new Xbox 360's.
- Reliability rates had DRASTICALLY improved by the time we were three years from launch, to the point that you now hear less cases of recent Xbox 360's failing than you do PS3's and Wii's.
Ultimately, virtually no Xbox 360's from the first three years of the console's life would be represented TWICE in the shipped number. After the three years, there is no reason to suppose that the number represented twice is any higher than that of PS3's and Wii's. In FACT given the PS3 and Wii only have a one year warranty a piece, it is not unreasonable to assume that more PS3's and Wii's have been replaced (and hence reflected twice per household in shipping numbers) than Xbox 360's.
RRoD has cost Microsoft a LOT of money, but it's reflection in shipping numbers would be close to non-existence. If anyone has a reasonable, logic-based refutation of anything I said, I welcome it.
But frankly, this thread should die with this post.
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