360 failure rates at 61%?
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| 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%.
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| There is no avoiding the fact that there is likely to be a negative
| skew to the poll, angry gamers are more likely to vent than satisfied
| gamers. That said 61% is a huge number and even if its half that 30%
| is a far cry from the 4-5% Microsoft would like us to believe.
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http://www.quicksavejunkie.com/2007/05/23/360-failure-rates-at-61/
Bear in mind that:
* Microsoft said malware rates are around 0.2% or 2%. Studies show
something like 75% or even 90%.
* Microsoft has lost well over $5 billion in the XBox division,
despite the sales. This money must be going down the sewer
at one part of the 'production line'.
* Some people have had 3 XBox 360's, all of which got broken/fried.
* Microsoft got caught by television channel for defects which
it consistently denied.
What did EA say?
Gamers Say Microsoft Understates Xbox Problems
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| An insider from Electronic Arts, Inc. is saying that the failure rate
| of Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console is actually ten times higher than
| what Microsoft spokespeople have admitted.
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| Game Daily BIZ, a gaming industry publication, reported that the
| anonymous source tallied that of the 300 consoles EA has received,
| 30-50 percent of them have failed.
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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/xbox_gamers02.html
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