Failure rate for consoles - XB360 54%, PS3 10.6%, Wii 6.8%

[SPM]

A recent article on console hardware failure rates

http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/18/microsoft-exodus-insider/

In a survey of the print edition of Game Informer, nearly 5,000 readers were surveyed about the consoles. Here’s how console failure broke down:

¥ Xbox 360 has a 54.2 percent failure rate
¥ PS3 has a 10.6 percent failure rate
¥ Wii has a 6.8 percent failure rate

http://consumerist.com/5338852/xbox-360-failure-rate-is-542-percent-game-informer-finds

Xbox360 also has had a serious DVD scratching problem

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13225-Microsoft-admits-scratch-problem-with-Xbox-360.html

http://www.talkxbox.com/article2894.html

 

[Shifty Geezer]

This has already been raised in the sales thread, or some other thread. There's nothing that can be discussed intelligently beyond 'yes, these numbers report results for respondents, but we don't know how those respondents compare to the whole world.'

The likely outcome is cyclic and heated arguments with no progression of debate, so thread aborted.