About 30% of Xbox 360's Fail

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#1 shaunwoz6
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now before replying to this calling me a ps3 fanboy, i do not own a PS3 i do own a 360 that has not failed yet and i love it but here it is

From the article -

"According to a new Smarthouse survey of electronics retailers, about 30 percent of Xbox 360 systems die prematurely and leave the users with the infamous "red ring of death" around their power button signifying that one or more components are not working properly."

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10158.cfm

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#2 odamkevin
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yup mine failed, painful 2 week wait, but i still think 360 is awesome and feel thats a small price to pay for a great console
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#3 miguelpaco
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i love the 360, but im on my 3rd one, definately a faulty machine
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#4 jacksheets
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Already been posted a few times. Thanks, drive through.
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#5 miguelpaco
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Already been posted a few times. Thanks, drive through.jacksheets

lol, so u went ahead and bumped it..

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#6 xRuNnIngShaDoWx
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So what? What does that prove? That the PS3 is better?Nope. 360 software>PS3 software. 360 online service >>>>>PS3 online service. Funny thing If have 8 other friends who have had 360s since they came out and none have failed. But by this articles "statistics" 2 or 3 of them should have failed or at least had problems which they haven't. I believe the 360 has a higher than normal fail rate but 30% hell no. More like 5-10%. 5-10% may not seem like a lot but thats a very high failure rate.

PS. Im not calling you out on this, I'm just generally speaking.

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#7 Cedmln
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[QUOTE="jacksheets"]Already been posted a few times. Thanks, drive through.miguelpaco

lol, so u went ahead and bumped it..

The ownage has been delivered. :P

BUt yeah. It is very unreliable.

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#8 MrMe1000
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its alot more than 30% its more around 90-100%.
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#9 BrianLittrell
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I'm on my 4th. Oh well. things in life break and we go on. the warrenty was made longer and I still love Microsoft. Halo 3 is my baby
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#10 Gen007
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this is old but i believe it im waiting for ms to send me my third
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#11 BrianLittrell
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The 4th is the best
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#12 limpbizkit818
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its alot more than 30% its more around 90-100%.MrMe1000
You really think it's 100% :?
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#13 Benny_is_here
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I wouldn't exactly call a Smarthouse Survey undeniable evidence, but there's no doubt that the 360 has a bigger failure rate than most other consoles. I'm just lucky that my launch console has been working perfectly so far, even though it won't eject the disc tray without a fight...
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#14 KurupSoldr
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this friggin topic been posted so much its taking up like 30% of the xbox 360 forum
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#15 wergfwefwef
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lol 30%? so about 3.3 million out of the 11 million sold have failed? that doesnt sound right... ok so your xbox 360 breaks, you send it to microsoft and get a new one back in about 1-2 weeks. big deal. I worked at gamecrazy for a while, and I got broken consoles to take home all the time. One time microsoft sent me a 20 gig hard drive along with the new console, and another sent me a copy of Gears of War. Its really no big deal when the console breaks.
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#16 Polarskill
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damn ps3 fanboy.... lol
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#17 xRuNnIngShaDoWx
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Who ever believes that article is... Im done trying... Im done.... Im so sick of the morons who believe anything they see.

"lyk omg im on my 13897th xbox 360, but i luv da 360 its graate. im definatly not a Ps3 fanbuy. so dunt acuse me."

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#18 carpon
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I'm still using my launch 360, and I've never had a problem with it. No red rings, no disc scratches, none of that. The only game that has even ever had a freeze was Oblivion, and that was the game itself. Could the failure rate be as high as 30%, perhaps, though i doubt it. And to whoever said it is 90-100%, well i just proved that it isn't 100%, so you might want to redo that guess.
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#19 DJ_Xbox
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now before replying to this calling me a ps3 fanboy, i do not own a PS3 i do own a 360 that has not failed yet and i love it but here it is

From the article -

"According to a new Smarthouse survey of electronics retailers, about 30 percent of Xbox 360 systems die prematurely and leave the users with the infamous "red ring of death" around their power button signifying that one or more components are not working properly."

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10158.cfm

shaunwoz6


But I dont need 100 Xbox's.
If I buy 1 how many will fail.
:|
Honestly, the dumb joke is just an opening to tell you we dont really care.
We have the 360's.
Thats why we're here.

Interesting Fact:
30% of posters are fanboys.