Well there's a shocker.

planetxbox360.com does a study essentially saying "360 RROD problem not so bad."  I can surely trust those results... just like those old Phillip Morris sponsored studies that show smoking isn't bad for you.

I think this is actually terrible news. I thought the failure rate was at 30-35% a LONG time ago. If it's STILL 33%, that means it was even higher before newer models were out there bringing the failure rate down.

I shudder to think how bad it was in the first production runs. I guess I got luckier than I thought -- or maybe not, since I still have to listen to my vacuum cleaner of a disc drive.

I thought it was 72% according to that student survey with 500 participants :D

I see it differently. If the number is 33% of all 360s sold have developed a RROD type fault then this tells me one of two things. The first that the problem initially was near 100% failure and that subsequent years have reduced this figure to maybe >5% or that the console had a high initial failure rate and was very slowly reduced to the current level of >5%.

In my case my Xbox purchased January 2006 failed July 2007 the return is still a launch item and has yet to fail. That said I am approaching the period of ownership when the last unit failed and as this unit technically still has the fault it will in all likelyhood fail again.

The other potential to inflate of course is the same sale failing repeatedly. This would also inflate the percentage overall failure rate and give the impression of larger numbers. The person who is fortunate to have 7 units fail is still only one sale.

That's your personal experience. My SNES, N64, PS2 all still work. Maybe try taking better care of your things.

30 and it seems to be going lower with the new hardware. The RROD shouldn't be as much as a problem as it used to be, that is if people try to buy newer systems instead of getting a deal on an iffy one.

So how many 360 owners on this site that experianced the RROD was contacted by Planetxbox when they were conducting this study. They can't just contact 1000 people and decide from those 1000 people that the failure rate is 30%

The other week on VGchartz someone was suggesting a 75 percent RROD fail rate.

You gotta love the fanboys.

Boots on the other foot now tho. I've seen PS3 "failure" rates for YLOD jump from less than half a percent WW to 5 percent now 10 percent. Where will it be in a months time ?

Thats the problem with the internet I guess. Hyperbole rules unchecked.

Probably in the thirties on he older machines...which is high, don't get me wrong, but M$ dedicated $1 bln to fixing the problem, and giving users a unprecedented 3-year warranty to repair the problems. It sucks for those who have had it, but 360 exclusives are worth it, as is XBL!