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yo_john117 on 26 June 2009
Aj_habfan said:
Wii: 0% - don't own one or know anybody that owns one
PS3: 100% - Mine broke once
360: 300% - My friend had one that broke 3 times. You do the math.

Lol epic post!!



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Squilliam on 26 June 2009

I would say that the PS3s tend to die outside of warranty whilst the Xbox 360s tend to die inside of warranty, so the rate of unwarranted failures are:

Wii 1%
PS3 8%
Xbox 360 3%



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yo_john117 on 26 June 2009
Squilliam said:
I would say that the PS3s tend to die outside of warranty whilst the Xbox 360s tend to die inside of warranty, so the rate of unwarranted failures are:

Wii 1%
PS3 8%
Xbox 360 3%

Lol, thats a crafty way of looking at it.



Epke on 26 June 2009

Squilliam funny, you forgot to mention that the Xbox 360 once it dies it will be suicidal when it comes back. :p



yo_john117 on 26 June 2009
Epke said:
Squilliam funny, you forgot to mention that the Xbox 360 once it dies it will be suicidal when it comes back. :p

Yes but it will still be under warrenty.  After it dies 10-12 times it will learn its lesson and stop committing suicide (at least hopefully!)



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ironman on 26 June 2009
yo_john117 said:
Epke said:
Squilliam funny, you forgot to mention that the Xbox 360 once it dies it will be suicidal when it comes back. :p

Yes but it will still be under warrenty.  After it dies 10-12 times it will learn its lesson and stop committing suicide (at least hopefully!)

XD thats almost quotable!



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perpride on 26 June 2009
yo_john117 said:
perpride said:
To all the people in here (which seems to be everyone) who is claiming that PS3 has a higher failure rate than Wii, care to share where you are getting this information from? Or are you just making wild estimations out of nowhere?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yellow+lights+of+death&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g2 

Check it out...YLOD

I know what the YLOD is, but I am just wondering where everyone is pulling out these estimations. We've heard about the YLOD. We've also heard about RROD and Wii's failing. RROD has always been kindof in the spotlight especially since MS extended the warranty. But how are people automatically assuming there are more YLOD on PS3 than failing Wii's?



kiefer23 on 26 June 2009
Aj_habfan said:
Wii: 0% - don't own one or know anybody that owns one
PS3: 100% - Mine broke once
360: 300% - My friend had one that broke 3 times. You do the math.


It's nice to know that you think of yourself as the only person in the world.



kiefer23 on 26 June 2009
perpride said:
yo_john117 said:
perpride said:
To all the people in here (which seems to be everyone) who is claiming that PS3 has a higher failure rate than Wii, care to share where you are getting this information from? Or are you just making wild estimations out of nowhere?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yellow+lights+of+death&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g2 

Check it out...YLOD

I know what the YLOD is, but I am just wondering where everyone is pulling out these estimations. We've heard about the YLOD. We've also heard about RROD and Wii's failing. RROD has always been kindof in the spotlight especially since MS extended the warranty. But how are people automatically assuming there are more YLOD on PS3 than failing Wii's?


Because you never hear about Wii's breaking. I haven't heard anybody say their Wii has broken untill this thread, whereas I have heard lots of users say they have the YLOD and even more who have the RROD. RROD is on the decline and YLOD is on the rise.



perpride on 26 June 2009
kiefer23 said:
perpride said:
yo_john117 said:
perpride said:
To all the people in here (which seems to be everyone) who is claiming that PS3 has a higher failure rate than Wii, care to share where you are getting this information from? Or are you just making wild estimations out of nowhere?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yellow+lights+of+death&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g2 

Check it out...YLOD

I know what the YLOD is, but I am just wondering where everyone is pulling out these estimations. We've heard about the YLOD. We've also heard about RROD and Wii's failing. RROD has always been kindof in the spotlight especially since MS extended the warranty. But how are people automatically assuming there are more YLOD on PS3 than failing Wii's?


Because you never hear about Wii's breaking. I haven't heard anybody say their Wii has broken untill this thread, whereas I have heard lots of users say they have the YLOD and even more who have the RROD. RROD is on the decline and YLOD is on the rise.

Ever feel as if that might just be your personal experience? Just because you have heard something more than another does not mean it's true.

As for your second point, I don't even see how YLOD rising and RROD declining has anything to do with Wii vs. PS3 failure rates. Yes, RROD is on the decline. Down is the only way it can go from the initial 33% failure rate that some sources were reporting. But YLOD on the rise? That's another point that I think you simply made up and are using as a fact.