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Reasonable on 26 June 2009

No idea, but I'm on my fourth PS3! Yup, I'm someone who stands out from the crowd, who's different... and who burns out PS3s better than anyone else...



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nightsurge on 26 June 2009

If we are going with the most recent hardware revisions I'd say your numbers are more than accurate. The 360 failure rate could be even lower now.

Granted it's only been about 7-8 months since Jaspers launched, but I haven't heard of a single one breaking yet which is a positive sign!



Kantor 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%

The Squilliam failure rate is also increasing!

Do you have warranty?



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V-r0cK on 26 June 2009
Reasonable said:
No idea, but I'm on my fourth PS3! Yup, I'm someone who stands out from the crowd, who's different... and who burns out PS3s better than anyone else...

Geezzz wat do you do with your PS3?! XD



Reasonable on 26 June 2009
V-r0cK said:
Reasonable said:
No idea, but I'm on my fourth PS3! Yup, I'm someone who stands out from the crowd, who's different... and who burns out PS3s better than anyone else...

Geezzz wat do you do with your PS3?! XD

No idea - but glad I have 'Continuous Play' cover in UK, so no big repair bill yet.



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haxxiy on 26 June 2009

I was googling the net and it seems that (talking about consoles launch models) PS3 failure rate was 40% and X360 failure rate about 84%. Wiis... well, you can't go wrong with a chip smaller than your smallest nail.



 

 

 

 

 

yo_john117 on 26 June 2009
haxxiy said:
I was googling the net and it seems that (talking about consoles launch models) PS3 failure rate was 40% and X360 failure rate about 84%. Wiis... well, you can't go wrong with a chip smaller than your smallest nail.

Lol wow that is horrible!



Munkeh111 on 26 June 2009

from experience:

PSP: 0%
PS3: 66%
PS2: 66%
360: 0%

More general, overall:

Wii: 2%
PS3: 5%
360: 15%



BxN on 26 June 2009

Wii: 1-2% at the most. Rarely heard stories about Wii dieing.

PS3: 3-5% Some problems here and there with the YLOD, but I've never personally heard anyone who's ps3 died.

360: 20% at the very least, I've heard so many stories and complains, I can't see it being under 20%. A friend of mine had to return it a grand total of five times. Even if the newer models are more reliable, you can't just ignore the millions that broke during the first two years of it's lifespan.



ironman on 26 June 2009
perpride said:
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.

lol, what thread were you reading? This thread is about console falure rates, not Wii vs. PS3 failure rates.



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