No surprises there, although interesting to note the actual jump in failure rates for PS3s with multiple failures.

Basically, the Wii with the simplest tech combined with solid build it hugely dependable.

PS3 is okay but has a few annoying weak points and 360 remains high.

The failure rate won't affect 360 now, though. The extended warranty saw it through and of course if you're sitting on a huge collection of games you're not going to swap to PS3 because it's more dependable - you're going to stick with your friends and your collection.

I don't know why people post as if an active 360 owner is suddenly going to swap. I wouldn't if it was me.

Actually it's more like an AK47, if you think about it.

My question is how many Xbox owners will postpone buying the nextBox because of the high failure rate, and instead buy a PS3, Wii2 or PS4 if it will be available when that time comes?

If that was the case then Sony would have had been forced to do what Microsoft did with extending the warranty. A 40% failure rate of 125 million consoles would have been heavily publicised, far beyond what was publicised last gen. I don't doubt the number of consoles that failed was similar, but the % would have been lower. Even a 10% failure rate would have been 12.5 million failed PS2s. For that many failed 360 consoles the rate would be 25%.

I had to pay to repair my 360 after a year and a half (no RROD, the console would just freeze after being on for 1-5 minutes.

I did NOT have to pay to repair my PS3 when it failed after a year and 2 months (they quietly extended the warrenty on launch PS3s for a few extra months when a lot of them started getting YLOD).

So I guess, well, you're wrong.

Um...(man I sound like SDF)..I bought my PS2 on launch day (what was that, like 2001?) and still have it and use it today.  And I've used it a LOT.  More than any other console I've probably ever owned.  And as my primary DVD player for the first 4 or 5 years I owned it. (I realize this is probably not the norm, but I don't think you can say every PS2 was doomed to an early demise).

They certainly don't make hardware like they used to. Last year, i found my SNES, Mega drive (genesis) and Master System (google it, young whippersnappers), which had been sitting in my parents garage gathering dust, spiderwebs and wasps nests. All three systems and all games for them worked perfectly.

That said, I think my Wii is looking like it's going to break soon, sometimes when you put discs in it makes strange whirring/clicking noises and the lens doesn't seem to like dual layer or scratched discs, and I often have to eject and reinsert game discs. Although, I have put my Wii through tormet that no console should have to endure, my friends move it when it's turned on, and constantly pull it off whatever surface it is on due to using GC controllers, I've stepped on it numerous times.

GC works perfectly

My 360 never failed me, or maybe that's ecause I don't realy use it all the time

Thats your fault for not using the exchange system to your advantage...

You could have easily told them it freezes for a few minutes then it becomes RROD. They would have never checked as freezing is a symptom of RROD.

And as far as PS3 extended warranty for a few months, im sure you are a special case as there was no official extensions.

Hardcore gamers play too long on their HD consoles LOLZ

It's my fault for not lying?  It actually did RROD after I made the initial call, so I called back, after which time the fixed the RROD issue but not the freezing issue.  At that point the cancelled BOTH tickets and never sent me a box.  It took another 2 phone calls and speaking to a manager before they sent me a box.  All I can say is, from my personal experience with XBOX support, it was an absolute disaster.  I know its not like that for everyone, but for me, it was.

Sony told me on the phone that they had extended the warrenty's on all the PS3's released in the first couple months for a couple months because of a very specific problem.  I had to prove I bought it close to launch (with a receipt) and they fixed it for free.

Your stats aren't accurate, just admit it.  You're overgeneralizing to make your console of choice appear better.  It's obvious.