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New Details on 360 Failure Rates Report

A few weeks ago 1UP reported that warranty service SquareTrade had compiled its console system warranties to arrive at a 16.4% failure rate for Xbox 360 systems. Today, 1UP got more details on the statistical breakdown. Put on your pocket protectors, kids: it's time for some math.

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Silellak - 672 days 10 hours ago

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So, in other words, this was a really awful survey that told us absolutely nothing for a couple of reasons:

1) It only counted 360's returned through a certain warranty company - not one sent directly to Microsoft
2) It only tracks up to 10 months after the warranty purchase. Many consoles will fail AFTER this period of time

I always thought that the 16.4% failure rate sounded incredibly low, and now I know why. Most people who get a RRoD are going to contact Microsoft directly due to their 3-year warranty on the issue. This theory is furthered by the article mentioning that only "60%" of the failures were the RRoD, and the rest were "disc read errors, video card failures, hard drive freezes, power issues, and disc tray malfunctions." Clearly, overall, more than 60% of the 360 failures are RRoD related. This means that if all, or even most, people with this warranty who got the RRoD were going through the company (instead of through Microsoft) then the percentage would be far higher than 60%.

I'm not sure if anyone could follow that little mini-rant, but the bottom line is that the survey is next-to worthless, and that the failure rate is almost certainly closer to the original 33% estimate at a MINIMUM. My guess is that it's much higher - there's one or more designs flaw that *will* cause a RRoD in all 360's, given enough time.

Say what you will about the PS2 RDE days, but it's nothing compared to this. Nothing. A billion dollar company with the size and resources of Microsoft should never, ever release a product this faulty - and that's the bottom line.

It's a huge, ugly stain on what would otherwise be a very solid console. You should never have to tell a friend "Well, I'd recommend this game console, but, uh, it will probably die before you have it for a year. I mean, they'll fix it for free, but still..."

Such a shame.

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gamesR4fun - 672 days 10 hours ago

1.1 - totaly agree bubble m8

this is only a small percent of the actual number and ya its a great console just wish they had built it to last...
that and free online for the love of god.... ;) and a standard hd i mean after the original had one wth?!!!

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Douchebaggery - 672 days 10 hours ago

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Funny thing is if I was to make a survey out of the people I know it would be 17 out of 17 (including myself), so 100% failure rate.

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Silellak - 672 days 10 hours ago

1.3 - @1.1

Yeah, as I've said before and stand by, the two big mistakes MS made with the 360 were the RRoD and the lack of a standardized HD in all models.

They took one of the few things the original XBox did right and "corrected" it. It's a shame, because they really did fix most of their other mistakes from their first attempt at joining the console world.

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Silellak - 672 days 10 hours ago

1.4 - @1.2

It's sad, but entirely believable. Most of my friends aren't into gaming, but of the few I know who own 360's, all of theirs have died, my own included. I think I know one person online whose hasn't yet.

Actually, now that I think about it, there are two friends of mine whose 360 hasn't died, but he just got them in November and December, so that doesn't really count.

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scottie2521 - 672 days 9 hours ago

1.5 - i'm tired of these stories

i'm a big sony supporter, i've had to replace 2 360s, but enough is enough!

everyone knows the 360 is the most unreliable system ever built. we know that, everyone knows that. we all know MS lied about the failure rates, what do you expect them to say?

why do we have to keep reading the same thing over and over? if people are foolish enough to keep buying and putting money into a faulty system, let them.

i'm tired of reading about how everyones 360 breaks down. MS doesn't care and neither do i. i want to hear about games, not the % of broken 360s. i already know how many........alot.

sorry for the rant

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Deadlyhifi - 672 days 9 hours ago

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I agree, it is a shame. Mine has died once, my friends has died twice and another friends has died once. However it's only a couple of weeks without it until it comes back fixed again.

I don't think the RROD is adding to sales figures though as people speculate. I can't see that many people just buying another without getting Microsoft to do something about it first?? Maybe I'm wrong...

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 672 days 9 hours ago

1.7 - @scottie

i disagree.

lots of people aren`t aware of the seriousness of these problems.

the more the better, this problem need to STOP someway,somehow.

and this kinda of MEDIA attention is the only way, since MSFT won`t write it on the box.

2nd thought.

MSFT should be FORCED to write something on the box about it, at this point.

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TheTwelve - 672 days 9 hours ago

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Such a post is worthy of bubbles. Here you go.

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scottie2521 - 672 days 9 hours ago

1.9 - @Anego Montoya FTMFW

i know, but i've put the 360 behind me. i enjoyed a few games, and enjoyed the features i offers. but i refuse to put up with this bs. i won't get another until this is completely resolved, and maybe never.

i don't think anything short of the government or better business bureau mandating a 360 recall will make MS move their feet on this issue.

they're already planning for the 720 or whatever. its a done deal and i plan on doing most of my gaming on PS3 and PSP for the next few years.

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rawg - 672 days 9 hours ago

1.10 - Agree with you

The methodology used for the survey makes the results useless. I'm sure if they'd published these facts with the original 16% number no one would have taken them seriously.

+bubbles

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TwissT - 672 days 9 hours ago

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It is such a shame that will all the money Microsoft has the basically the only thing they did was extend the warranty, it is such a shame indeed.

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mikeslemonade - 672 days 4 hours ago

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Looks like a very ambitious project and if done right this will be the PS3's more exciting version of Fable 2 and Alan Wake. And no wonder this game has been under wraps for a long time and this would be a nice surprise for late 2008.

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Douchebaggery - 672 days 10 hours ago

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The fact is only MS knows the real numbers and it's in their best interest to keep people in the dark.

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 672 days 9 hours ago

2.1 - thank u.

bubbles for that.

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OC Shock Value - 672 days 9 hours ago

2.2 - Last Man Standing

Absolutely True..

I have ONE friend whose 360 didnt break yet.. He calls himself "The Soul Survivor" I think that shyts pretty damn funny.. But he will soon meet his awaiting Doom.. plus he got it used

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Tru_Blu - 671 days 23 hours ago

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I went through 3, then sold it to my bro for 150. Mallard5000 for those who doubt. Got all the achivements from Oblivion and had some from NHL 07 and COD3. I rented COD2 also so should have some from that. Although that made me buy that POS COD3, so I'm not proud of those.

Never again MS, Never again

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heyheyhey - 672 days 9 hours ago

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man when that 3-year warranty ends people are screwed

i refuse to buy a 360 until the failure rate is at 3% MAXIMUM

sort it out M$- your losing customers thick and fast like this

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 672 days 9 hours ago

3.1 - someone i know......

can get 360s for $100 thats the only way i`d get one in the near future.

i`ve given MSFT my $$$, i won`t happen again at retail.

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EZCheez - 672 days 8 hours ago

3.2 - I'm just glad

That mine did break within four days of puchase. That way I never really got my hopes up, and it saved me the time of trying to send it in for repair.

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LJWooly - 672 days 8 hours ago

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I don't think people are actually relising how ridiculous the failure rate is. Seriously, how the hell are Microsoft getting away with this? The PS3 and Wii both have failure rates well within 1%, but the 360? Oh, man. I thought consumers would have learned enough by now to not buy second-rate hardware, but obviously not. Well, more fool them. I no longer own a 360, so I no longer have to worry about my console crapping out on me whenever I play it.

EDIT: I just realised I called myself a fool, since I bought a 360. Ah, nevermind.

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Deadlyhifi - 672 days 9 hours ago

4 - Not on topic so I apologise...

BUT... I'm fed up of reading people say this:

I could care less

There are two reasons for this.

1)It is I couldn't care less. If you could care less the point you are making makes no sense. If you couldn't care less then I understand what you are saying.

2)If you couldn't care less then why bother entering a post just to say so.

The only reason I posted this is because it really annoys me each time I see it.

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etownone - 672 days 9 hours ago

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so you care enough to rant on? but you want to convince yourself you dont care.

makes sense

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Deadlyhifi - 672 days 9 hours ago

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I didn't say I didn't care. In fact the opposite. I DO CARE.

Language is a precious thing. Do you say I could care less... Mmmm :)

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deeznuts - 672 days 9 hours ago

4.3 - All that frustration ... for not!

Please apply your wonderful logic to such statements as, "I should be so lucky."

It's called sarcasm buddy. I could care less is now, rightfully or wrongfully, widely used and essentially accepted.

EDIT: Since I got a disagree for just that one example ( I could care less about disagrees :P btw., I find them amusing). "Fat chance." "Thanks a lot" while rolling your eyes.

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Deadlyhifi - 672 days 9 hours ago

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I accept I couldn't care less is accepted. But I could care less makes no sense and is totally incorrect. What you are trying to say and what you are actually saying is two different things.

I should be so lucky makes sense.

just for info I didn't disagree with you... also.. the examples you are now lisitng are sarcasm. We brits know a lot about this. However I couldn't care less is not such an example. It is just a phrase meaning I don't give a sh1t...

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deeznuts - 672 days 9 hours ago

4.5 -

"I could care less" when you coulnd't care less.
"I should be so lucky" when you feel you really would never be so luck."
"Fat chance" when you really have no chance.
"Tell me about it" when you don't want them to, because you already know about it.

See a pattern there? Anyways, we're off topic, so let's get back on topic. WE know the real travesties of internet language. It's when internet users use "loose" instead of 'lose' my god that kills me. Oh and it's "might as well" not "mind" or "mine"

See what you've started! Grrrr

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Deadlyhifi - 672 days 9 hours ago

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Agreed .. see this is fun.. Or your instead of you're..

Lets all get it of (off) our chests....

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cartman313 - 672 days 5 hours ago

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Deadly has a point. When I see/hear "I could care less" the idiot flag goes up immediately. When taken literally, if one could care less, then one must care at least a little. People really don't think anymore. They seem to just go with the flow, following those around them.

Hehe...People use these a lot too.

Alot - It's a lot.
There stuff - It's their stuff.
Spelt - It's spelled.
They always mess up then and than.
To, and too.

Yes, I am bored. :(

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faiizow - 671 days 17 hours ago

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hey hey i'm the real Deadly , even though i don't post much.

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herculese1 - 672 days 9 hours ago

5 - thats what they get

for pushing out a system just to beat the release date of its competitors.

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etownone - 672 days 9 hours ago

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either way you want to look at it, they had to rush it out ahead of ps3. and for all intent purposes, their plan worked.

you do realize the 360 is going into this gen race against the past 2 gen leader, Sony. And when there is a difference of 100 millions consoles in last console race, getting to the market first was their only option.

do you really think the 360 would have stood a chance against ps3 is they would have released on same day? hell no.

did they convert alot of sonyfans, sony exclusives and developers? hell yeah.

beleive me, M$ went into this next gen with the mentality that they would lose, just without that HUGE gap in sales this time around.

Last gen they learned... they need to own the design
This gen they learned... dont rush the design
next console?

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moparful99 - 672 days 7 hours ago

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Look I see where you are coming from but considering the horrendous quality of this console and the consistentency with which microsoft has ignored this issue do you really think people are going to buy the next one? Even if they launch a high quality console years before sony releases their next do you think people will forget the travesty that was the 360? All of the gamers in this generation that bought the 360 despite these issues just basically funded their next console. In my opinion microsoft just slapped all of their consumers in the face, and considering they actually have competition in this market the consumers have alternatives.

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etownone - 672 days 6 hours ago

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what you dont realize is that M$ is in it for the long haul.
They got deep pockets, they are smart guys that wont be making the same mistakes and there will be a next console with awesome exclusives that wont be found on the ps4, just like this console.

For that reason, gamers will buy the next console, for the games. there will be more Halo's and more Gears, my two fav IPs.

sony held the #1 spot for 2 gens, with the ps2 at almost 100milion more sold than xbox, so for the 360 to be beating the ps3 at this point is a win no matter how you look at it.

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Rice - 672 days 9 hours ago

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PRetty high still...

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crck - 672 days 9 hours ago

7 - What cracks me up are the fanboys that defend MS

Guess what? If people didn't complain about its horrid build quality you wouldn't have gotten the warranty extended to 1 year (people seem to have forgotten that the original warranty was a lousy 3 months in the US. I believe Europe has a law in place that forced MS to give them 1 year to start with) and then later to 3 years. You should be thanking the people that complained and got you a 3 year warranty against the RROD for your precious 360, not flaming them.

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Jenzo - 671 days 19 hours ago

7.1 - What cracks me up is...

that this thread should be full of 360 fans, since they are the ones having to deal with it. But it's not.

Instead, It's clearly dominated Sony fanboys trying to turn up the heat and doing everything in their power to blow the thing out of proportion.

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BLUR111 - 671 days 19 hours ago

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oh well i guess the 360 failure rates story's just keeps them entertained they need something i guess. I guess blu ray isnt good enough.. idk

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chaosatom333 - 672 days 9 hours ago

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they had 2 something years to fix the problem! more and more people are going to have problems. And this isn't just RROD issue but other stuff too like disc scratching.

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PATRIOTS 27 - 672 days 8 hours ago

8.1 - THE TRUTH!

Must be told the 360 has alot of issues= RROD,Disc read error's,disc tray problems,lock-ups and MS is still selling systems new with the XENON MOBO a friend of mine bought one at Gamestop we looked inside the vents it has the 2nd heat sink but not the bigger one and it has the 203 watt power supply the falcon boards have the 175W power supply and its very loud and gets hot real fast. People who have not bought one need to know the truth and then they can make the choice!! Read the report at 8-Bit joystick.com "Inside source Reveal's the truth about XBOX 360 Red Ring of death. I had 2 die one RROD and one Disc error and my son had 1 die RROD.The 360 has alot of great games but the hardware is a major problem and so now I own a PS3 and so does my son that was My choice after my hardware failures and research @349.99 these consoles if taken care of should last 3 to 5 yrs without issues my son still has his PS2 6yrs old no problems, take the time to read this article and then decide for yourself.

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EZCheez - 672 days 8 hours ago

8.2 - Even the new ones are susceptible

I bought one with the HDMI port in the back and it crapped out after four days. This was last week, and it didn't even get the RROD. It just started freezing to the point of where it wouldn't even load up the dashboard.

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crck - 672 days 7 hours ago

8.3 - Yep MS may even be selling refurbs as new.

My friend works for a drop ship company and I get stuff from him cheap sometimes. I bought a sealed 360 that I'm positive was a refurb. There were marks on the back from someone opening it. It had an extra heat sink added when I looked through the vents. It had a new warranty sticker placed over the still sticky area of where the old sticker was. And the warranty sticker also had a black marker dot on it. I think thats how MS lets their technicians know its a refurb. Yet there was no labeling on the console or box that said it was a refurb. I believe thats actually illegal.

@EZCheez

Yeah that 360 would have red-ringed soon. When a 360 freezes with graphic glitches like that the 3 red lights aren't too far behind.

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Covenant - 672 days 9 hours ago

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I have friends who are still on their launch systems, and others who, like me, have gone through multiple systems.

Truthfully, we may never know the real numbers.

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Silellak - 672 days 9 hours ago

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Is there any difference in how much you guys use the console and what you use it for?

Not being a smartass or anything, I'm just curious if there's any obvious differences between consoles that break and consoles that don't besides "luck".

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FungLip - 672 days 8 hours ago

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Consoles should be made for 6+ hours of play; so while it might matters, the time length of playing shouldn't be an excuse for the hardware failures.

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Silellak - 672 days 8 hours ago

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Oh, no argument here. I completely agree.

I was just curious.

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Covenant - 672 days 8 hours ago

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Well, I can't speak for my friends, but I've always babied my consoles. I had to replace one NES, but until I bought a 360, I'd never had so many systems die on me: I'm on my fifth since Oct. 2006.

360 #1 was DOA out of the box (bad HD); exchanged for 360 #2, which red-ringed in mid-February 2007; exchanged for #3, which red-ringed in early July; exchanged for #4, which never red-ringed, but lost controller connections, scratched a disc, locked up, and made a RACKET; exchanged in September for #5, an Elite; so far, so good. It's loud, to be sure, but runs much cooler than my defective Pros. I shudder to think of how much time I would have wasted sending them in if I didn't have a Best Buy replacement plan.

So, the question is, did I do anything to speed their demise? I don't think so, though judge for yourself: I keep my 360s upright, with large amounts of space on either side, plus 18 inches to two feet of space behind it for the exhaust fan. I don't play long, marathon sessions; I usually play for an hour or two before turning it off. My systems have always been plugged into a Monster-brand power center, one designed to minimize spikes and surges and to "clean" the incoming electricity. I keep the area around the system dust-free, and use canned air on the 360's vents from time to time. I have never moved my system while in play, and I keep my discs clean and lint-free.

Like I said, I baby my systems. My PC, too.

Of all my 360-owning friends and acquaintances, I'm the only one who's even been through more than two; many of them are on their launch systems, or have only had to replace theirs once.

Maybe I'm just cursed. :)

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tudors - 672 days 9 hours ago

10 - WTF is this...

Some kind of RROD party? or a bunch of Sony fanboys? count me out of this RROD trend, every time it is mentioned we have a new thread with all the same BS, all the friends who I know to have Xbox-360's some of which have had to have replacements have no problems now, the only time I hear about this now is on the internet.

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herculese1 - 672 days 8 hours ago

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then dont post , your just making the topic hotter

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gamesblow - 672 days 10 hours ago

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Unheard of...

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eagle21 - 672 days 9 hours ago

2 - Is it still 2007?

I know it's 2008 for Sony and Nintendo...lol

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heyheyhey - 672 days 9 hours ago

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holy sh!t that's still huge

completely unacceptable by today's hardware standards

sort it out M$ and i might buy a 360

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PSWe60 - 672 days 7 hours ago

4.1 - LOL

Kaz, never leave Sony man, if you ever do htne just stick around here.

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pogibaldy - 672 days 8 hours ago

5 - Xbox 360 Sucks

The failure rate is an embarrassment. Its no wonder PS3 has now outsold 360 for two months and gainging speed.

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madestar - 672 days ago

5.1 - simple

you break you buy.... you buy you break
in this case i bought and it broke
never again xbox360.. never again
f microsoft.. i'm chillin at home with a mac
it works wonders
and xbox is a piece of s
their percent rate is just ridiculous
ps3 80gb with mgs4 bundled here i come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Premonition - 672 days 8 hours ago

6 -

This comment is getting old, "Most of the problems are probably caused by people not leaving it out in open areas, or just not taking care of the system". Comments like that need to stop because its people like that that just cover up the real problem out there, its not the owners fault im sure theres tons of hardcore xbox360 guys out there that are very careful with their system, if this were the case PS3 would be getting just as high of rate as xbox360 with these "overheating" problems and such, either that or theres tons of (not to be rude) dumb xbox players out there, which i doubt because you spend 300+ and then some and Im pretty sure people would take care of it, so at the end of the day its MS's fault for building a fualty system, and people need to do something about instead of being like my friend down here who has been through 9 xbox360's and still for some reason needs to game on one, I dont see how anyone can take going through all that just to play games or enjoy them for that matter.

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sabbath420 - 671 days 15 hours ago

6.1 - well dude

I highly dought that your friend has been through 9 boxes. But You sony fans need to understand that the reason people keep buying into xbox is the games are freaking awesome and the online service is also awesome. Why else would people buy another console after there first or second broke. And why would people go through the hassle of warranty returns over and over like they claim to? Its the games man the games. I dought that people would do the same if the Waitstation had the same problems. There just are not enough great games to keep people hooked.

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InYourMom - 672 days 7 hours ago

7 - RRoD blah blah

blah blah blah blah blah blah M$ Sucks blah blah blah blah blah M$ kills babies blah blah blah blah M$ kills the game industry blah blah blah blah blah blah Crapbox3fixme blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

In the words of Eric Cartman "God, I hate you guys"

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robbo918 - 672 days 6 hours ago

7.1 - lol

Sorry but you have to give it to InYourMom on this one, I laughed at the Cartman crack.

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Z501 - 672 days 6 hours ago

8 - RROD does in-fact

suck.

Haha!
Maybe im just one of the lucky ones.

Who bought a PS3.

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ikiru3385 - 672 days 5 hours ago

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one of the 10+ million lucky ones (myself included)

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akaFullMetal - 672 days 3 hours ago

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rrod is a huge embarrassment for microsoft, they must be realy kicking them selves in the butt for coming out a year early

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Oilers Fan - 671 days 23 hours ago

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Im not saying RROD is in any way, shape or form acceptable. But you guys do realize that if the 360 had launched side by side with the ps3, it would have gotten absolutely demolished. I know if they came out at the same time a year back, i would have definately bought a ps3.

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ApocalyPS3 - 671 days 22 hours ago

12 - failures are failures

Nobody can truly appriciate what it means to have to go through this arduous task of ordering warranty replacement than those who have endured it. I own a 360, and have owned one since 05/06. Drive errors drove me to finally replace it back in Jan08, but that's over a year and a half later. But it's time to put to rest Spoony Fanboys' silly overuse of this as some sort of justification of their choice of console.

Hoo-ray, you own a PS3! You know what? That doesn't mean that us 360 owners should in any way be jealous! There is NO devision between us gaming bretheren, except for the opposition on either side against either side. When you guys lay rest to the grudges that needn't exist, you'll see that a 360 Xbot or Sony Fanboy doesn't have too much difference. I'm still happy to have played great games and that won't change as long they keep coming. I'm on the wave, and lovin it!

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PATRIOTS 27 - 671 days 14 hours ago

12.1 - WOW!

You got a whole year and 6mos. that special don't you think it should have lasted longer with out issues. My son has a PS2 he has had for 6yrs no problems at all, 6yrs dude and you got 1 and a half that rocks!!!!

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BLUR111 - 671 days 19 hours ago

13.1 - ^^ ^^

playing plenty of games and caring less about the media.

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butterfinger - 671 days 16 hours ago

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It's so fun when our daily or weekly dose of RROD numbers comes out. I am a PS3 owner and even I am sick of this. It's not really news, and if people are choosing to buy a 360 still they should have heard about the redrod a while ago. Either buy a Wii or PS3 for reliability or buy the 360 for games. All of this RROD news is not going to fix the problem. MSFT has made it pretty apparent that they don't give a crap. I think they are putting all of their cards in the 720, which will undoubtedly have to be more reliable.

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Superiorrior - 671 days 16 hours ago

15 - This just in

Update: Xbox 360 still sucks, and still no one cares.

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sabbath420 - 671 days 16 hours ago

16 - flamers!

I have been playing on my console for years, and have enjoyed 115 games on it so far. I have always had my console in a place that gets good air circulation and make sure not to move the console when it's on. duh! Also you gotta give MS a little break, they did extend the warranty in a huge way. And they have not been making hardware for long at all. Expecially compared to sony who has made hardware since what? the 60s.

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PATRIOTS 27 - 671 days 14 hours ago

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Listen I did the same with mine had it standing up in a AC room in a well vented area and it still RROD on me in 4mos and it was a ELITE with the Falcon board with the 65nm chips and the new bigger heat sinks so please explain this to me WHY?? and before the RROD I started getting DISC READ ERROR'S I took good of it and it still BROKE!!

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PATRIOTS 27 - 671 days 14 hours ago

17.1 - NOT GONNA HAPPEN!

MS will do no more R&D on the 360 they don't need 2 people keep buying 360's right now even with all the issues as long as they can keep selling them things will never change.

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sabbath420 - 671 days 14 hours ago

18 - I'll say it again

You sony fans need to understand that the reason people keep buying into xbox is the games are freaking awesome and the online service is also awesome. Why else would people buy another console after there first or second broke. And why would people go through the hassle of warranty returns over and over like they claim to? Its the games man the games. I dought that people would do the same if the Waitstation had the same problems. There just are not enough great games to keep people hooked.

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PATRIOTS 27 - 671 days 13 hours ago

19 - THEIR HERE!

The XBOTS have arrived I see the disagree on my post, why don't u guys grow up!! The truth hurts there fore you lash out and strike back!!

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sabbath420 - 671 days 12 hours ago

19.1 - have arrived?

What is this topic about little fella? XBOX huh. why do you think we are here? Why are you here starting crap?

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shadowghost752 - 671 days 11 hours ago

20 - Do the count the EU?

do these numbers count the EU? Austrailia or Japan (scratch Japan there are none there)

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jinn - 671 days 10 hours ago

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y not just make it the daily failure report

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