thismeintiel said:
Squaretrade, a big warranty provider, calculated it at 24% percent. Of course, considering MS was basically forced by public opinion to provide replacements/repairs free of charge, Squaretrade didn't see a lot of those. Game Informer calculated it at 54% based on a survey of 1000s. So, the real number is somewhere in between. Game Informer calculated the PS3 at 10%, so the real number is probably lower. Again, inferior reliability. |
I obviously can't provide the actual failure rate of the 360 in a worldwide context, but I can reliably relate the failure rate of my 360s, which was 80%. Every single non-S 360 I owned died, including a launch console that died so quickly that MS had yet to institute the extended warranties, and that the customer service kindly suggested that I had caused to red ring, even though I give my consoles space and still have a working SNES, N64, ps2, Genesis and launch ps3. I know stories like mine aren't the be all end all, and there are likely more fortunate people who never had a 360 die, but all 4 of the 360s I either bought or received as a replacement for a faulty system red ringed. The 4 gb S I eventually bought still works just fine, however.
