Ok, I have a bone to pick with corporate America, AKA Microsoft.

I don't see how this tyrant, monopoly corporation, Microsoft, can get away with a system in which 45% of the systems break and need repairs. Using the current poll on Gamespot, and a few equations, I've come to the conclusion that 55% of the purchasers of X360 have no problems with their system. Considering X360 owners make up 73% of that poll and 55% of that 73% have never had to get their X360 repaired, I'm confused as to how this could be allowed to happen, but I can relate it to game systems of old. The original Nintendo Entertainment System is my first example.

I don't remember how many pins that connector had, but I remember Nintendo repair stores existing, and making a killing. The main problem with the Nintendo was the way it accumulated dirt and dust as it worked its way into the connector. Also the connector would get banged up from the game cartridge being pushed into it all the time. Anyone remember how much it was to replace that huge connector? Well, I just so happen to know that nowadays I've paid upwards of $10 for the piece, which has, apparently, not rose in price since induction. So, a big, replaceable $10 piece of equipment was bent on making Nintendo repair companies a huge stack of cash.

Not to resurrect the cartridge vs. CD war but, I saw Nintendo fighting a losing battle on this when it first started. Not to gravitate off topic, the cartridges caused major hardware problems if the cartridges were forced into the console, slammed into the console, or dirty upon console insertion. The things also were so much more easily destroyed by shock, heat, cold, static, and your older brother sneezing on them. An accidental nudge while it was in the system could make the whole thing very unhappy and cause an uprising of smoking proportions - this event happened to me once.

I must say that PS3 had so far been the first Sony system to not have one staple problem early on. Playstation had its Laser and Spindle problem, which was fixed later on. The laser would become misaligned, which happened to me at one point and, the laser was not cheap to fix. Another problem was the plastic spindle breaking easily however; this was a $5 fix. PS2 had a laser problem as well, one which I still battle to this day with my release PS2. Blue-bottomed games and standard DVDs won't play all the time. Anyway, what I've been trying to get to is, all gaming companies have their issues.

Although all systems and companies have had their console issues I think 45% of customers having to return their X360s is a bit much and excessive. It just goes to show how much money Microsoft has to muscle the world around. Anyway, just really wanted to put this out there to hear some crazy system breaking stories and hear what people have to say about this blasphemy.