Microsoft has responded to the findings that the Xbox 360 has a 54% failure rate with in a way which raises more questions than it answers…
An MS PR flack glosses over the failure rate, only saying that they have a good warranty and are trying to improve the design:
“Microsoft stands behind the Xbox 360 as a superior entertainment console with one of the best warranties in the industry. We are constantly improving the design, manufacture and performance of the console through extensive testing of potential sources of any problems.
Xbox 360 is pleased to maintain the title of ‘most played console’ and the vast majority of Xbox 360 customers have enjoyed a terrific gaming and entertainment experience since their first day, and continue to, day in and day out.”
Curiously, they don’t dispute the 54% failure rate itself…
Via Game Spark.
my xbox has been running for 4 years and ive had no problems at all and my ps3 which im typing this on is awesome too i had a wii but it broke cause my sis spilled chocolate milk into it
360 is just a shoddily built computer…
Why buy a 360 when all xbox’s exclusives come out on PC anyways? With all the money you’ll be spending on LIVE membership, you could just buy a new PC and play all the games for FREE!
Oh well, kids will be kids I guess. Bill Gates is happy to take your money.
You’ve never looked at the inside of an Xbox have you?
Damn thing is a VERY well built computer
It lacks storage but you can buy external storage drives
I converted my old Xbox into a linux PC and it’s better than my new HP elite for playing online games
People have built super computers by linking together only four xboxes and using freon coolant. SUPER COMPUTERS. As in s♥♥t you analyze ionosphere data with
Those are the old Xboxes. The new 360 is a bit buggy because they tried to put two old Xboxes into a space smaller than one old Xbox.
No breathing room = Overheat after 6 hours playing = RROD
The 360 is a piece of junk. I am not a PS3 fanboy, I actually owns all 3 consoles, but I regret doing business with M$.
People, Halo 3 and GOW2 aren’t what you call good exclusive. People should look at Uncharted, Valkyria Chronicles, Killzone 2, Resistance, Infamous, FFXIII Versus (and FFXIII, because the 360 version is gonna be horrible), White Knight Chronicles, God of War 3 (not released, but better then anything the Xbot has),
Gran Turismo 5 (not released yet, and makes Forza 3 looks like a piece of crap, really, it’s gonna be way better).
I could name more exclusives, but most of them are RPGs, which the 360 fanboys hates, cuz they only play sports and fps. All the 360 rpgs are being ported to the ps3. Star Ocean 4, getting an US release, Tales of Vesperia (There is 99% chances this is coming to USA as well). I bet Magna Carta 2 is coming to PS3. Infinite Discovery isn’t, it’s a Microsoft IP, but it really suck. The Last Remnant wasn’t a good game.
As for FPS, Uncharted, Uncharted2, Killzone >>>>> Halo 3 and Gears of War.
Not to mention Uncharted 2 is impossible on 360, it can’t do this much.
The PS3 is really the superior console. Yes there is PS3 failures too, the Yellow light or something, but the failure is so low, that anyone with a release model will probably never experience.
As for multiplatform games looking better on 360, well, except for the obvious Bayonetta, you are all wrong, they all look the same.
The 360 is a bit buggy because they tried to put two old Xboxes into a space smaller than one old Xbox.
No breathing room = Overheat after 6 hours playing = RROD
How? It’s a good console which fails when you use it more than just recreationally
The fact that so many people use it without stopping is the reason for the failure rate
XBOX sales have actually gone up in the last quarter of 2009, even with the recession
xbox most played console = the proof the man descends from monkey
well, i can’t speak since i’m Italian (that is to say, one of the most retarded country in the world).
The Xbox 360 isn’t the most played console, the Wii is.
“In this case, rag Game Informer surveyed 5,000 readers, asking them about the failure rates of the consoles they owned.”
5,000 dipshits now equals every single XBox 360 owner.
Great research there for your 54% failure