Xbox 360 Failure Rate Reaches 54%

[DinoLast]

If this were the Wii with a 54% failure rate, people would go ape sh_t.

That's another part that I liked about the article

It said the reason it has low fail rate, is because most people don't play it enough, which in my case, and I'm sure in most others cases, is true.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

here's my question though. does it mention how many people surveyed have a 1st release 360?? or did they just lump everyone together?? i bet the results would be different if they just surveyed people with new consoles and people with the older ones (before the re-design)

 

[FQRizzo]

Realistically, I imagine the true failure rate to be around 20-30% which is still too high for a (originally) $400 console. Has anyone here had a 360 for more than two years and not had it fail (with regular use)?

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Realistically, I imagine the true failure rate to be around 20-30% which is still too high for a (originally) $400 console. Has anyone here had a 360 for more than two years and not had it fail (with regular use)?

me. i've owned 2 systems for 2 years with no failures. i had a launch console without problems until i traded it in for a 1st release Elite which is still running flawlessly...and its quieter than my PS3.

 

[occulum]

... hey Wookie ... how is the noise your XBox makes compared to the PS3?












......

 

[Toast]

Ive had mine for 3 years and no problems

 

[CynGod]

I wonder if any of the elites have failed like the regular 360's.........

 

[Chargersfan57]

I wonder if any of the elites have failed like the regular 360's.........

They have. My third xbox just stopped working last week. My first was a regular, and my last 2 where elites.

They all had the Rrod.

 

[My Lord]

Well my Elite took a dump two weeks ago. It's not even two years old, and I thought I took all measures to insure it wouldn't RROD.

I took it to a local guy who fixes the RROD, so I wouldn't have to deal with MS and the down time. It worked all but 30 minutes before it died again. Hopefully the 2nd time is the charm, if not I have no choice but to deal with MS.

 

[occulum]

overall I'd bet that number is exagerrated.
Just like with SS product, when some pieces go wrong, it could be less than 5% bad product, but those 5% would make up 90% of the posts in a thread about that product with complaints while the people happy with theirs sit quiet.

At least id like to think that fail rate isnt anywhere near that number....

 

[Valfar]

Realistically, I imagine the true failure rate to be around 20-30% which is still too high for a (originally) $400 console. Has anyone here had a 360 for more than two years and not had it fail (with regular use)?

aye!!! *raises hand*

 

[Darth_Fatso]

My 360 Arcade is still less than a year old from it's manufacturing date and though I usually don't play my 360 much more than 3 or 4 hours at a time (though admittidly I have been playing Soul Calibur 4 quite vigorously the last few days) I'm still paranoid about it RRODing on me. Luckily from what I hear, the Arcades might be dropped to $149 so it will be fairly cheap to replace plus I still have the 3 year warranty in effect, not to mention with the PS3 dropping a $100 I'm hoping to pick on up later this year.

Has anyone had a Jasper 360 crap out on them yet?

 

[darthviper107]

Most of us who burn out a console probably do so because we play the living crap out of it. My PS3 will probably last forever because I only average maybe 2-4 hours of use per week. The 360? Easily 30 hours per week, minimum. You ride your horse hard enough, it'll eventually die.

Mine died last september, and I don't actually play it that much, like an hour at a time at the most and maybe once a day if at all so it's not like I overplayed it. It was an Elite too and had some of the newer hardware. But so far with my current one it's been fine.

Kinda considering getting a PS3 though, not really for games, but I want a Blu-Ray player and since a good one is like $150-$200 anyways, might as well spend $300 for the PS3.

 

[-jay-]

aye!!! *raises hand*

+1

My lauch console is still going strong and it gets used everyday for gaming/dvd watching and i also have an Elite that has never had a problem.

My brother has had 2 broken 360's and a PS3 HDD die on him.

 

[BadMoon]

Realistically, I imagine the true failure rate to be around 20-30% which is still too high for a (originally) $400 console. Has anyone here had a 360 for more than two years and not had it fail (with regular use)?

I have had two with no issues.

 

[FQRizzo]

I have had two with no issues.

The clock is ticking, my friend. :emperor

 

[hairlesswookiee]

i bet the RROD is really a ploy by MS to embed a trojan into the 360s (like order 66 in revenge of the sith) so when they release their new system all they have to do is send out a new update so they cause every 360 to die, rendering us to have to buy the new MS system. the only problem is that they made a mistake and now the 360s just randomly die off after updating.

 

[drunk_leprechaun]

Realistically, I imagine the true failure rate to be around 20-30% which is still too high for a (originally) $400 console. Has anyone here had a 360 for more than two years and not had it fail (with regular use)?

I've had my 360 for over 2 and a half years now with no issues. but i havent bought many new games for it recently as im very paranoid Ijus wait for exclusives . I sometimes play on it for over 20 hours a week and even 3 - 6 hour stints . anyway i use the ps3 more these days. i like the browser - i'm typing this post on the ps3 riight now

 

[THX-182]

Realistically, I imagine the true failure rate to be around 20-30% which is still too high for a (originally) $400 console. Has anyone here had a 360 for more than two years and not had it fail (with regular use)?

I've had my 360 since launch day and never had it fail yet. I have a Resident Evil 5 Red Elite and it hasn't failed yet either. It is my number one gaming console and gets played many times a day and every day.

 

[KitFisto]

aye!!! *raises hand*

Same here. still have my launch system and my elite and both are going strong w/o ever failing ( knocks on wood )