Re: [News] [Rival] XBox Failure Rates (Very Grossly) Estimated at 61%

[Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Bailo wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> > 360 failure rates at 61%?
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Over at XBox 360 Gamer they have refused to buy Microsoft?s claimed
> > | 4-5% failure rates and instead opted to create their own poll which
> > | yielded shocking results. At the time of writing there have been
> > | 3780 submissions and 2355 comments resulting in claimed failure
> > | rates of 61%.
>
>
> The XBox 360 is not a gaming console.
>
> It is a PC with a high end video card that Microsoft rushed to put into 
> a glitzy box to compete with Sony.
>
> They made no innovations in power or cooling -- so of course the thing 
> will fry...it's the same as if I put duct tape on all the openings in my 
> PC chassis.

The G5 processor is one bitch to keep cool.  Either they put it in a big 
fan or have good software to control the heat via the fan.
Plus a big heatsink wouldn't hurt either.