I assume the point of the thread was to speculate how many more systems could Nintendo have sold if they had failure rates comparable to Microsoft and Sony.  They are missing out on sales due to their systems being more reliable than their competitors. 

Amazon has had several problems with Nintendo.  And it has nothing to do with returns.   Amazon stopped selling certain 3DS models, colors or the entire hardware catalog at one point or another in the past 2 years.   Each time it seems to have been an issue with inventory distribution levels, shipping issues or debate over retailer margins.   Hardware itself was never a concern.   It was only speculated by some media outlets.

My SNES still works great, i wouldn't want to count the miles on that thing.  Knock on wood, none of my systems have ever failed, and that includes 4 Nintendos, 2 XBoxes and 3 Playstations.  Statistically speaking, however, I guess market research for the current gen had Wii fail rates at less than 5% while PS3 was at around 10%.  XB360 was at a dismal 20% during RROD, but after that was fixed it went down to a more respectible and PS3-like 10%.  Some anylists point to Nintendo using older, more proven tech in their systems, but some of their systems have been more state-of-the-art than Wii was.  Who knows, but even the GC had rock-solid reliability with fail rates less than half of competitors.

Yes they did. It was for some babies that had scratches on their screen from the bottom screen pressing on it... or something...

Now I have those scratches...

i agree, they always make reliable systems whether they were technicially week systems like the Wii or WiiU or strong ones like GC and n64. also didnt the 360 have a 30%+ failure rate? 

You could be right, I'm pulling those numbers out of my head.  I did find the stats a while back, and I think it was what i wrote but I could be wrong. 360 was definitely way higher than acceptible. I can't believe people would buy a system with a 1/5 chance of failing.  I did pick one up, but only after the reliability was improved substantially.

my crotch crash more often than any of my nintendo console...

not sure what your on about here. i had 5 N64s, 3 DSs, 2 Wiis
as for Sony stuff i had 4 PS2s... nothing else of theres has broken yet.

I've never had to repair/replace a Nintendo console/handheld yet. I still have a working NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, DS (the original blue clamshell, no problems with the hinge), & 3DS. I've been burned by every Microsoft console. Between my brother and I, we had the RROD three times on 2 - 360's. Finally, I got the Black Wifi 360 slim. My original XBox broke as well (power button). My PS1 broke the day after I bought it (stopped reading disks). The one I exchanged it for held up better. PS2 I had better luck with, although the av cable that came with it is shot.

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