What would it take for you die hard Sony fans to switch over to Microsoft?

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Squilliam on 14 June 2009

Torillian said:

Are you going to provide evidence? I'm fairly sure that PS3 has low enough occurance of problems to qualify as "reliable"

The sample size of 80 PS3s that twesterm mentioned which had a 10% failure rate in the first year is a statistically significant enough sample to say that theres a pretty good chance that the 40GB PS3s were around the 10% failure rate mark for the first years use.

Tease.

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yo_john117 on 14 June 2009

Damn my brain just about exploded from the amount of stupidity in this thread >_>

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Sephiroth357 on 14 June 2009

If Sony starts charging for PSN.

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Torillian on 14 June 2009

Squilliam said:

Torillian said:

Are you going to provide evidence? I'm fairly sure that PS3 has low enough occurance of problems to qualify as "reliable"

The sample size of 80 PS3s that twesterm mentioned which had a 10% failure rate in the first year is a statistically significant enough sample to say that theres a pretty good chance that the 40GB PS3s were around the 10% failure rate mark for the first years use.

Where did Twesterm mention this? And what sources is he using?

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Darth Tigris on 14 June 2009

yo_john117 said:

Damn my brain just about exploded from the amount of stupidity in this thread >_>

You know, I usually wouldn't agree with such an inflammatory post, but I just can't help it this time. This is a sad, sad thread that makes the much larger MAJORITY of PS3 owners that are a lot more sensible look bad. Really bad.

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Squilliam on 14 June 2009

Torillian said:

Squilliam said:

Torillian said:

Are you going to provide evidence? I'm fairly sure that PS3 has low enough occurance of problems to qualify as "reliable"

The sample size of 80 PS3s that twesterm mentioned which had a 10% failure rate in the first year is a statistically significant enough sample to say that theres a pretty good chance that the 40GB PS3s were around the 10% failure rate mark for the first years use.

Where did Twesterm mention this? And what sources is he using?

He mentioned it a few weeks back and the source being himself.

Tease.

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Torillian on 14 June 2009

Squilliam said:

Torillian said:

Squilliam said:

Torillian said:

Are you going to provide evidence? I'm fairly sure that PS3 has low enough occurance of problems to qualify as "reliable"

The sample size of 80 PS3s that twesterm mentioned which had a 10% failure rate in the first year is a statistically significant enough sample to say that theres a pretty good chance that the 40GB PS3s were around the 10% failure rate mark for the first years use.

Where did Twesterm mention this? And what sources is he using?

He mentioned it a few weeks back and the source being himself.

Oh well there we go. lol

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Squilliam on 14 June 2009

Torillian said:

Squilliam said:

Torillian said:

Where did Twesterm mention this? And what sources is he using?

He mentioned it a few weeks back and the source being himself.

Oh well there we go. lol

I don't see anyone else with a knowledge of the fate of 80 consoles of the same year/model whom I trust as a source. Is there anything wrong with taking his personal experience as a strong indication of the reliability of the 40GB PS3? I haven't really seen any real source that beats it really.