When the 360 was released, it was "doomed" to fail, and everyone called the PS3 the obvious choice for best system of the generation. And of course the Wii was looked at as a joke.
The 360 has improved dramatically the user interface, software, and network. I personally feel the 360 is an amazing piece of hardware, but it took me a while to get there. Not because I didn't give it a fair shot, I did. The improvements were what did it for me. I'm not impressed with Sony, and I'm not impressed with the games on the Wii. To me, the PS3 shouldn't have made it in the same league with the 360, and the Wii got where it is by being the cheapest, entry level system, while appealing to the largest market.
The Kinect, I believe, will sell a TON of systems for Microsoft, and this time next year everyone will talk about how amazing the "comeback" of the 360 is/was.
So why didn't the 360 sell more when the failure rate was higher? Well that's simple. The system wasn't as good then as it is now. Period.
As for bringing up the PS2, I only remember the first generation of PS2 having a problem, which Sony quickly addressed, replaced and fixed the issue. If you have more info about PS2 failure rates, I'm not sure where you got it. And regardless, that doesn't matter at all. You're bringing up another useless piece of info to try to detract from what I'm saying.
Finally, I don't plan on linking for you how warranty companies work. If you want to know, go look it up yourself. You pay them money to get a replacement if something goes wrong. If I walk into Best-Buy, and buy the Black Tie, and my system dies, I get a new one off the shelf. If you want "links" and "proof", go find it yourself. If you feel you can disprove this, feel free to try. I personally used this replacement when I bought my Game Boy Color from Electronics Boutique. My Game Boy "fell" out of a 3 year olds hands off of the 4th floor balcony while some family was visiting. They replaced it with one from their shelf. Anecdotal? Perhaps. But that's just how it works.
It's amazing how desperate fanboys are to defend their beloved system. But the funny thing is, I'm not even attacking them, or the system. I think the system is the best system out now, and perhaps that has ever hit the shelves, even ignoring the RROD problems. (And as I've said multiple times, I own 6 systems, 3 of which have died to RROD, 2 which can not, and 1 I expect will RR soon) What they've done is absolutely amazing, and I hope every system moving forward is smart enough to do what they did. The Wii needs/needed true net play, and I can't go back (other than to play classic games and such) to playing a game without a setup like X-Box Live.
So attack me all you want. I notice you still refuse to refute my facts. FANBOYS UNITE!
My apologies for placing the percentages on my numbers btw. The attach rate is how many pieces of software each 360 owner purchases. Meaning if the number is 9, and there are 90,000 systems sold, 810,000 pieces of software have sold. I understand how it works, I accidently added the percent signs when I was typing the post up. So ya got me on that one!
