| Barozi said: Microsoft offered a 3 years warranty. So most consoles that broke where covered and got either repaired, replaced or even both. While I believe that many people would rather just buy a new one than pay for the repair, I don't think that many would just ignore the warranty. On the other hand, many early PS3s broke due to YLOD and that only recently (a few years ago). None of them where covered. Now you have lots of broken 360 where a high percentage was covered by warranty vs. a lower number of broken PS3s that had no warranty left. They probably offset each other. |
That all sound very true and plausible at first sight, but there's one very importing thing you didn't consider:
Microsoft's warranty was null and void as soon as someone modded his 360. And modding the 360 has been possible almost since the 360 got released and has been extremely popular ever since (No wonder since it doesn't cost a single penny). And that not only affected people who have modded 360s that suddenly get broken - it also affected millions of users whose working 360 suddenly got banned from XBL. I remember back in the days there were reports that Microsoft had banned over one million 360s in a single week, and endless postings from users saying how much they're pissed by this, but that in the end they's simply buy yet another 360 and hope that the next ban wave is another year away.
So yes, when it comes to actual install base, PS3 has long surpassed the 360.
