Xbox 360 Failures Actually On the Decline?

[Cryo84R]

Out of 500? Hell, GameInformer had 5000, at least 1/3rd of those had to be 360 owners.

You didn't need a 360 to vote that your 360 had died in the GI survey.

And you don't need a PS3 or Wii to vote in that either, you point? However distorted the data was on that, 5000 people is still much bigger than a meager 500 probably cherry picked as well.

My point is that I would trust someone who actually works with warranty fulfillments over a gaming magazine survey, despite the numbers involved.

But hey, don't let me get in the way of fanboy stuff.

 

[Jumplion]

My point is that I would trust someone who actually works with warranty fulfillments over a gaming magazine survey, despite the numbers involved.

But hey, don't let me get in the way of fanboy stuff.

Oh pish posh, don't go off saying I'm saying "fanboy stuff", I'm just saying out of everything that everyone's ever said about the freakin' RRoD, we need a better universal survey or something. Handling warranties or not, 500 consoles is a little meager compared to 5000, skewed results or not.

 

[Harlemura]

This is nice to hear.
If they keep this up, flame wars are going to run out of ammo. No ammo means no wars. No war smeans actual discussions about consoles can be had.
This scenario isn't likely, but one can hope.

 

[Aardvark]

If my PS3 broke and Sony didn't pony up a warranty replacement, I wouldn't bother getting a new one. I've already replaced my 360 once and would replace it again without a moment's hesitation if the new one ever did catch fire and explode. I'm not the only one who feels this way, either.

I'm convinced Microsoft has some kind of mythical beast chained up in the bowels of Ford Redmond, extracting the blood of it to add to the 360 to ensure people experience a level of pure joy that can overcome the hardware gremlin frustrations. If Sony could steal it, the PS3 would suddenly win the generation, save the planet from annihilation, then be crowned President of the Future.

 

[Uncompetative]

When will we know that no new 360s aren't based on the Jasper motherboard?

 

[FallenRainbows]

This is nice to hear.
If they keep this up, flame wars are going to run out of ammo. No ammo means no wars. No war smeans actual discussions about consoles can be had.
This scenario isn't likely, but one can hope.

You fool they will just call the PS3 and oven and the Xbox360 weak. And then even if they were the exact same console with different names, They would say the 360 isn't a sphere and the PS3 isn't a space station, You cannot stop the fanboys they are coming for your soul. RUN

 

[Sassafrass]

great timing...i only broke 3 before this was published. ah well, at least i have an Elite now =)

 

[dwoo21]

Man that sucks, i hope microsoft doesn't go out of business... what am I saying?!?! Microsoft will make some new "next best thing" that gamers will waste there money on... again

 

[andrat]

Logically, it makes sense that the failure rate is going down as tech improves.
Personally, I've never known a 360 to red-ring.

Lucky son of a...

*Points to xbox in the corner*
There, that's an example of RRoD

 

[Sparrow]

My point is that I would trust someone who actually works with warranty fulfillments over a gaming magazine survey, despite the numbers involved.

But hey, don't let me get in the way of fanboy stuff.

Oh pish posh, don't go off saying I'm saying "fanboy stuff", I'm just saying out of everything that everyone's ever said about the freakin' RRoD, we need a better universal survey or something. Handling warranties or not, 500 consoles is a little meager compared to 5000, skewed results or not.

Yeah, but Jump...

You ARE a massive fanboy.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

yeah i'm doubting that stat is wrong, they are too varied really

i wish we could get access to the actual data from m$ but we won't and i'm pretty sure that EB/GS won't release the return on dead console stats they have

 

[Dioxide20]

Good for Microsoft, but they should have got it right the first time.

 

[Rathy]

Its sad that they need to put out info like this, but I'm not really surprised. Its Microsoft though, they always need an attempt or 2 to put out a quality product it seems, but when they get it right, it tends to be pretty solid.

 

[B0BX]

I read this article, went to turn on my xbox and had it red ring. I wish this was a joke.

 

[LtFerret]

K, Microsoft fixed the RROD..... NOW FIX THE GODDAMN E-74 ERRORS

 

[scotth266]

There have been so many speculations about the RROD failure rate that I doubt the truth of the matter will ever be uncovered.

 

[Jumplion]

My point is that I would trust someone who actually works with warranty fulfillments over a gaming magazine survey, despite the numbers involved.

But hey, don't let me get in the way of fanboy stuff.

Oh pish posh, don't go off saying I'm saying "fanboy stuff", I'm just saying out of everything that everyone's ever said about the freakin' RRoD, we need a better universal survey or something. Handling warranties or not, 500 consoles is a little meager compared to 5000, skewed results or not.

Yeah, but Jump...

You ARE a massive fanboy.

Be that as it may, you can't deny the bullshit of Microsoft's failure rate of their console. Besides, what's so fanboyish about wanting a clear survey with no smudges on the "how" they got the votes? Everyone wants the RRoD to go away, or at least decrease from the insane amount of 33%/50% (at least, everyone but the extreme Microsoft-Haters anyway (and there's a difference between Sony-Fanboy and Microsoft-Hater, learn it!))

I'm starting to worry that I'll be like Indigo where people dismiss my comments simply because I'm a "fanboy" (which one person *coughcoughAceDiamondcoughcough* already does sadly).

I'll fully admit that I tend to favor the more extreme percentages (54.6% or whatever), but whatever Microsoft does to get rid of the RRoD, or if not that than just drop it to a much more acceptable rate (10% I suppose), then I'd have no problem with it and I'd congratulate Microsoft for doing so.

However, that doesn't remove the huge zit they've gotten from this RRoD fiasco. As a customer, if I start expecting my console to break down on me every time I turn it on, something is wrong. The same thing applies with every other electronic manufacturer I purchase off of, if Dell expects me to continue using their computers after I've been through 6 of them in 3 months they are dead wrong. Similarly with Sony, it's the 3 strike rule for me (3 crashes, you're out (though to be fair, I'd probably be a complete hypocrite and keep on repairing it anyway >_>))

 

[AceDiamond]

My point is that I would trust someone who actually works with warranty fulfillments over a gaming magazine survey, despite the numbers involved.

But hey, don't let me get in the way of fanboy stuff.

Oh pish posh, don't go off saying I'm saying "fanboy stuff", I'm just saying out of everything that everyone's ever said about the freakin' RRoD, we need a better universal survey or something. Handling warranties or not, 500 consoles is a little meager compared to 5000, skewed results or not.

Yeah, but Jump...

You ARE a massive fanboy.

I'm starting to worry that I'll be like Indigo where people dismiss my comments simply because I'm a "fanboy" (which one person *coughcoughAceDiamondcoughcough* already does sadly).

You know usually people who don't have anything to fear from labels tend to not act so damn butthurt about it, and considering that I actually agree with what you're saying here: that the RRoD problem needs to be solved and we need much better ways of measuring just by how much it has been since Jasper came out and so forth, I'm confused as to why I'd be called out now.

Personally my problem here is that I don't think people are ever going to be happy with any improvement Microsoft makes on the problem, because they'll be expecting a 0% failure rate, despite that being unrealistic and impossible.