Not sure about Falcon but Jasper definately. Microsoft has every incentive to make the Xbox360 as reliable as possible, they have a 3 year warranty to cover remember?

That's way too fanboyish. PS3's firmware updates always brick PS3 also. Check your news. 360 isn't the only one having problems, and yet, it's one that is pre-falcon era. As we speak, for over a year already, repair rates have been really normal and acceptable.  

16% xbox 360 VS 2% ps3

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh right.

Since Sony decided to strip the BC out of the PS3s...Fail rates have been higher than the ultra-reliable first batch of 20's and 60's.

Falcons are 4-5% for fail rates, and I'd imagine Jaspers are less than that. 80gb PS3s were reporting fail rates between 8-10% from what I've read.

I'll be getting an HD console in a few months, probably on Christmas... we shall see then. So far the PS3 is a more perspective purchase, as this generation is far from over and the PS3 has more potential+more games I want - the only thing I want on the box is Lost Odyssey, but on the PS - LBP, MGS4, GT5, RtoF 2, R&C: ToD, Uncharted... I'm still PS3 tilted.

360s are probably turned on for longer periods of times than PS3s are, which would lead to overheating. 360's games tax the hardware more than PS3s games, which would lead to more overheating. There are more 360s out there in the wild compared to PS3s, more systems with the potential of overheating. So in conclusion, it's really hot here in the United States. -_-

I would have to concur with that sentiment it is not uncommon for me to play six hour stretches with my 360. Right now I am working on Oblivion. Thus far I have wracked up seventy or so hours on the game. The game has to tip the scales at two hundred hours for a complete playing. I have finished the thief, fighter, and mages quest line. I am also probably a quarter of the way through the main quest line, and I have only done the first quest in the assassins line. I really want to polish this game off before Too Human comes out. Get all those achievements.

wow, the entire 100 person Japanese Xbox userbase must really want this game.