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New Xbox Consoles Still have High Failure Rate Compared To PS3 and Wii

By: Daniel Chubb | January 20, 2008 | 22 Comments

New Xbox Consoles Still have High Failure Rate Compared To PS3 and Wii

Gaming site 8bitjoystick have apparently scored an exclusive interview with an Xbox 360 designer. In the tell-all interview, the designer spoke about the console’s stability. He also revealed that, shockingly, the new generation of Xbox 360’s still have a pretty high failure rate compared to it’s rivals the Nintendo Wii and PS3.

Q: How much more reliable are the current generation of Xbox 360 than the previous designs? Original Xenon, Zypher and Falcon.

I’ve heard that the failure rates for the current design is sub 10%. Much much better, but still too high imho. And those designs haven’t seen much life yet, so no one knows if that failure rate will hold.

So, it seems that the Xbox 360 is still the least reliable console out there. What do you think Xbox fans? Are you annoyed that the new, smaller and cooler-chipped consoles still have a failure rate of 10%?

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  • Michael

    I have had 4 XBOX 360′s, I dont dare do anything but play games on the one I have now, nope no DVD’s or anything else.

  • Michael

    I use my PS3 about 18 hours for every 1 hour on the 360.

  • blklacker

    Bottom line, ps3 is a better deal. Free Online, More/better exclusives coming, better built system, much better features, and its future proof. Not to mention the best HD player on the market. The only thing Xbox has is xbox live and you have to pay for it. Xbox is a rip off If is doesnt Brick you still pay more after all the Add ons its still more expensive than the ps3. I said it at the begining blu-ray is the better format and Ps3 would be #1 in the long run of the next generation. Nuff said.

  • ralph

    I got my 5th 360 last month =( so i don’t use it a lot anymore unlike before..i bought a lot of games on my ps3 now and always play them most often when i don’t have a work, my 360 is just seating on my room while my ps3 is in the living room, hope it don’t get another RROD cause if it happens again i will give that 360 to someone or just sell it on Ebay with free games…

  • wqwqwq

    But I thought Bill Gates recently said the new 360′s are the most reliable console? He cant have just been making that up can he? lol

  • bilbo

    I’ve had the one 360 for over a year. It plays great, does a great job for upscaling my dvds too, so it gets a good workout… plus it has a free 3 yr warranty if indeed it gets the RROD. Anyway, the dude said sub 10%, so what is it exactly?… something like 1% or 2%?

  • bilbo

    gates said they WILL be the most reliable. Emphasis on will, not ARE.

  • mit

    im on my 2nd xbox 360… first Ps3, and 2nd wii… but my wii was broken out of the box

  • http://ubisoft.com AC

    I went through 2 360′s before I just gave up and sold it and got a PS3… XBOX live is brilliant, but the whole sending it off and waiting for it, and then it returning and breaking down again… nah, screw that.

  • dc

    Still on first console from day one, never had any problems. Never even locked up on me…

  • Hell yeah!

    This news is up on vgchartz.com, the xbox fanboys on the site tried to shut down the thread and pretend nothing happened.

    This was a great story, shows how shitty ms and their products really are.

  • http://blog.myspace.com/orange6oy smoothn00dle

    yeah, what mean sub 10%? Less than 10% or minus 10 to the current failure rate 33% = 23%.

  • persianhero

    yeah i have had the ps3 since its lunch and it never had any problem. Its the most reliable console to get. xbox is fine but for a short time. ps3 is a long time investment!

  • Vii Fanboy

    My chintendo vii never broke

  • someonesouttogetme

    I am fixing to send off my 5th xbox 360 for the 6th.
    The first two were out of the box broken. The third played a piece of a game for 5 minutes. Then the fourth was fine for over a year, just out of warranty it broke. I spent 100 dollars to ship it to Microsoft.
    Now 7 months later, playing Fable 2 I hear a beep and the screen freezes. It does this time after time.
    My Xbox and power supply get plenty of air, so that’s not a problem, and there is no carpet to build up static to destroy circuit boards. Plus now its winter its cold everywhere.
    Turn it on again there is the red ring of death.
    The xbox is the SUCKIEST console on the market.
    NO one has made a worse console.

  • cabayo

    I just got my first red ring of death and I think I might trade it in for a PS3

  • boy

    i had 1 xbox 360(the elite version, black one)and it broke just past my years warranty. i paid £260 and it broke….
    i just went and bought a ps3 and im loving every minute i go on it. my friends had xbox which made me buy it but once theirs all broke aswell, most of us have switched to ps3.
    xbox-3/10 ps3-9.5/10
    ps3 is better in every way, and even if there not, they just keep updating.
    screw microsoft.

  • knightowl

    my english is not that good, but i hope you guys understand me!
    i have owned a ps3 console for about 2 years now, for the last 3 months
    i have been doing some research trying to find out which console is
    better (ps3 or xbox 360). Since my friends are xbox lovers
    they have been trying to convince me
    to buy an xbox 360…i found 100′s of posting showing graphics
    comparisons, dvd upscaling, games available and so on…
    i found out that they had been having problems with
    their consoles, one of my friend said that it’s the third one that had
    failed on him,. due to overheating problems! and they are happy because
    they send the unit back to microsoft and they take care of it, but they have
    to wait like 3 to 4 weeks(and they have to pay for shipping)…whow! i have seen them play and i dont see the
    difference in graphics or whatever people compare. I think! based on what i
    had read; i think they are both good, but i also think that the best console is the best built…(Just like pc and Mac)

  • Alan

    Knightowl,

    You’ll be surprised how good your English actually is, compared to some of the other people that comment on here! :)

  • machines 0f hate

    They could warranty it for 10 years but that’s not the point. The point is I’m tired of having to send it in every year or 8 months or whatever and then being without it. If I bought a car that had this many problems I KNOW I would have gotten a different one by now!

  • jpoozie

    Why wouldnt you just get a ps3 after about the 2nd one??? makes no sense

  • XBOX is crap

    My new XBOX 360 died tonight. I’ve had it for about 1 week. What a dissapointment. Only the red light comes on its power supply. Why did I buy this when I alredy have the awesome PS3??- I didn’t it was a late Christmas gift. Im glad I only have one game for it. I wont waste another doller on XBOX gaming. Lost any game progress I had if I exhange it for a new one I guess. Blah! Junk!
    jason