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TheBigFatJ on 24 April 2008
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elnino334 said:
TheBigFatJ said:

 

But Sony isn't doing Cell/hardware R&D for the PS3 anymore, so it wouldn't make sense to amortize that cost, since they didn't have to charge it back anyhow (it cost as they did it). Microsoft is still repairing tons of Xbox 360s all of the time. And they're still selling Xbox 360s that break/rrod.

The reason they charged it back, specifiically, was so they could start reporting profits to placate investors.

Do you have a link for that statement? rrod has been a non issue for a while though yes you will still have older ones break like some guy posted recently he had a 2 year old 360. MS went on record saying they messed up but that they resolved their issues and that was months ago. Seriously do you have numbers?links? or anything to backup that statement besides pulling it out of your butt? Yes some 360's may break but it should be more in the 3-5% acceptable rate now then it was before. Stop beating a dead horse unless you can come up with solid evidence that it is is still an issue.


I do. Look at the something awful forums "my xbox broked" thread and you'll see a lot of people still reporting failures from falcon consoles.  Right around Christmas time, several people reported that they got forza/marvel bundled consoles that were broken out of the box.  Further, the failure rate for refurbished consoles from Microsoft is insane -- people there report that their console broke, then they're sending it to MS, and they provide a timeline. If their refurb brakes on short order or is broken out of the box, they report that as well. The numbers are absolutely insane, and this is in a very pro-xbox forum.  Yesterday, a local guy was selling his Falcon refurb on Craigslist because he replaced it with a DVD player.  He barely played it, but his falcon (which he got as a Christmas present) got an RROD.

I don't have great satistics, and neither do you.  MS is the only company with great statistics, and all they've been telling us is that the RROD isn't a problem and that the failure rate for the 360 is not out of the ordinary.  Until, of course, they had to announce the 3 year RROD program.