MS really need to get their hands on that PS3slim fan supplier! withat that humongous thing.. the 360 would never fail :)

@heruamon
And yet, the chart shown is an even larger aggregate of data, and thus even less significative

if you say...

So at which point will the failure rate of 360s match the failure rate of Square games on the 360? zing.

Square Enix?...there failure rate is like 100% isn't it...lol...but then, so again is every JRPG, imho.

btw...for all, the link on VGC's story has the link to the PDF file for download.  I've not had a chance to look thru it in yet, but it looks to be detailed in breaking down the numbers and different areas of failure.  It's also for 16,000 console that has come thru their doors, unlike that complete unverifiable survey from Game Informer.  This report kinda makes that like earlier 54% report look like a complete joke!

http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_Xbox360_PS3_Wii_Reliability_0809.pdf

Interesting.

Ha ha!  I bet alot of fanboys died a little today when they read this article.  Bookmarked for whichever fool starts on about 33 or 54% failrate.

Now can we finally drop the subject?

What should be noted about this chart is that it only shows data for failures due to RROD in the first year of ownership.  Notice the spike up to 10% approximately a year after launch.  If that trend of failing launch units continued, it could very well reach 30% or higher, but wouldn't be shown in this data.

Haha yeah 54% seemed to big.