Microsoft truly does give the word "unacceptable" an all new layer of meaning. Despite the company's endless assertion that the "Red Ring of Death" problem is all but eradicated on Xbox 360, evidence nevertheless continues to prove MS wrong. A new survey demonstrates that the 360 is still a big box of fail, with current expiration rates standing at 42%.
The poll quizzed 500,000 people, which is a pretty notable sample size. This far removed from the system's launch, such a figure is simply unbelievable. By comparison, the survey reports that 8% of PS3 owners have experienced hardware problems, while a mere 1% of Wii owners needed their systems replaced. And if you want an even more shameful statistic, 55% of those who suffered 360 failures have had to repair or replace their system more than once.
Truly amazing. As it stands, I don't think there's a person left on staff who has owned a 360 more than a year and not had it die on them. It's never a case of "if" a 360 breaks, but a case of "when", and there's absolutely no justifiable reason for gamers to fear turning their console on every day for fear of it falling apart on them. What an absolute farce.
Survey Shows that 42 percent of all Xbox 360’s Fail [Digital Trends]
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11:20 AM on 04.15.2010
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You've gone too far this time....
Wait... Jim Sterling PS3 fanboy...hold on let me try again.
Jim Sterling you fucking PS3 fanboy...
Wait no still doesn't sound right.
as long as you take people's money gradually they wont realise how much theyve spent
1. Did your 360 RRoD?
2. When did it RRoD?
To me, it'd be almost impossible to tell if newly manufactured 360's were breaking. Add to this the fact that you don't receive a new 360 when you send it in, and it makes a pretty useless poll.
I realize that, beyond taking care of your system, RRoD is still a problem.
"That Jim Sterling, always ripping on the PS3!"
hee hee hee
what an incredible selection of words jim, the result is certainly not offensive in the slightest
this guy is certainly a king among trolls
*doing the evil laugh*
Offensive.
OFFENSIVE.
Videogames. Serious, OFFENSIVE, business.
Drama queens.
Also, the only actual correct information is from the support centers. Not from surveys.
There are a few launch 360s haven't RRoD'd yet. And there's still plenty of early model 360s out there that haven't either. Asking when the RRoD occured doesn't indicate whether or not the new hardware is effective.
No RROD here ... yet.
But seriously, that's just sad. Microsoft really screwed the pooch with this hardware.
You know what's offensive? My XBox failing three times in three years. Microsoft's product design division can suck my balls. I may even get Jim's likeness tattooed on them first, for added humiliation.
In other news, my friend is bald so it must be true that no humans have hair. Any poll saying humans can grow hair is completely bullshit because my friend said so.
Honestly, I expected better from you. Read the frickin article before you misuse it to make it sound like something its not. Isn't that what you yell at other press for?
Then I can decide whether to hold out, whether the last two models really are safer, or if I should buy someone's old failbox and take my chances. I still think $299 is too much to pay for something so prone to failure, and I really just find the mandatory pack-in games obnoxious rather than generous.
Thought I read something last year that put the failure rate for 360s over 50% though, so perhaps this is "progress"?
FAiL TrOll. BIAS!!! PS3 fagtart!!! UR arse is huge!!!
Seriously though, MS needs to get their hardware reliability issues squared away.
It's not acceptable, and it will kill them if their next gen console has similar issues.
Ironically though, I actually had to send my Wii in for repairs once. I didn't need to replace it, but it makes me feel lousy that I'm one of the few people who has had that happen <_<
OFFENSIVE.
Videogames. Serious, OFFENSIVE, business.
Drama queens."
"We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else."
right below the comment box, read before you post jim