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thranx on 01 April 2011
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ethomaz said:
RolStoppable said:

In the other thread that got locked I already pointed out that the 360 number is missing one quarter of its shipment data. What I didn't notice is that the same goes for the Wii. Only the PS3 has its calendar Q4 2010 data included. This sure is one credible analysis.

No. The numbers are not missing quarters... the numbers are active base.

Just active consoles count... broke consoles (RROD?) not count.

So makes sense PS3 was over 360 now... because the failure hate of PS3 is so much less than 360.

Using the VGC numbers for comparison:

PS3: 46.3m - 6.7% failure rate = 43.4m
360: 50.3m - 14.2% failure rate = 42.9m

Seems ok for me... 360 had a bigger failure rate with RROD and not everyone used the warranty.

Just remember, SHIPPED > SALES > ACTIVE BASE.


Just cause a 360 rrod does not mean its not still in use. See ms had this fantastic 3 year warranty so you send it back in and you get a refurb back. Yours is then repaired and sent to someone else. So in the end it had no net effect on loss of consoles. Only those not turned back into to ms would be lost, and even with those many people repair them and resell them. That point is moot.

 

Also where did you even get those percentages from?

 

I read the article here it did not state how they came to the active user base. Does anyone know?