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Andrew said:

OriGin said:
Why not count people who have had 5 or 6 consoles fail??? it's still another 1 out of 1 that failed, it's a different console

If I own 6 consoles and 4 of them fail that's 4/6

If 6 people own 6 consoles and 4 out of the fail that's still 4/6

You should count people who have had MORE than one fail...

I like this thread, I just think it should take into account the REAL evidence rather than only taking 1 per person...

 

 

When you have that many breaking down its the persons fault not the manufactorer

I've had to own three PS2's.

Not that you would trust my word, but I can assure you that there was nothing I did to contribute to their level of failure. With the rise of multimedia giants aiming to get a piece of the gaming industry, we have seen a rise in lack of quality in hardware.

Gballzack-- It has pretty much been established that 360's problem is a design flaw. The cooling system runs right underneath the DVD drive, and the vast amount of heat produced by the units has a tendency to melt the solder an cause major issues; hence the red lights of death.

Thing is, not even the Elite fixed any of the design flaw problems and nor did any of its predecessors. Most concur that M$ won't forwardly address this issue due to concerns with a recall ( much like they dodged the accusations of the 360 scratching discs until recently), as the failure rate numbers often prove high enough to allow one.  With the likes of Peter Moore saying "Things break", I think we all can get a picture of what M$ thinks of this problem: They are some how banking on the notion that people will just continue to buy their lemons.