MS preys on Consumer Ignorance with Xbox 360/One

[d21lewis]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Do not compare a console that had 10 percent (or less) hardware issues to one that became historically known as the console with the 60% failure rate. Your experience with the Playstation is your own, but in all its failure not the same. 10% failure rates are typical for technology. Microsoft rushed the 360 to beat Sony to the punch and risked a huge batch of  unsuable consoles.

Now the Xbox 360 was in a failure class by itself but, even before the internet, the PS1's issues were big enough to be covered in gaming magazines and the PS2's issues were big enough to be the target of a class action lawsuit.  I went through two PS1's and three PS2's myself and I treat my consoles like royalty.  That's one of the reasons I went with the Xbox 360 first last gen.  I said there was no way I was paying $600 for a Sony console if it was just going to break.  Joke was on me.  My 360 broke twice AND my Phat PS3 broke (but it lasted six years).  The problems were real.