Xbox 360 failure rate now comparable to PS3 failure rate

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The Xbox 360's most infamous Achilles heel, the Red Ring of Death, appears to have finally been curbed to respectable levels. The results of a new survey of 500,000 Xbox 360 owners conducted by No Fuss Reviews indicate that the current Xbox 360 failure rate is now no higher than the failure rate of its closest competitor, the PS3.

The “Red Ring of Death” was reportedly the result of an engineering flaw in the original launch design of the Xbox 360, which caused the unit to overheat and warp its motherboard. At one point, Microsoft wrote off $1.05 billion as the cost of replacing defective original units through an unprecedented customer service warranty program. The problem was allegedly solved by the design of the Jasper circuit board, which tolerated heat better, and then Xbox 360 Slim design, which took design steps to help solve the overheating problem.

Data released as part of the No Fuss Reviews survey indicates that the Xbox 360 Slim has the lowest overall failure rate of any Xbox 360 model, followed by the Elite, Arcade, Pro, and then Core models. In short, the newer your Xbox 360 model is, the less likely it is to go belly up due to overheating. Buyers coming to Xbox 360 late can now pick up reliable systems that will play the 360's large software library for years to come.

Will this lesson be carried into the next generation of hardware? Let's hope so.

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Source: http://www.oxmonline.com/report-xbox-360-failure-rate-now-comparable-ps3-failure-rate

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SmurfsPosted:

Kex My xbox hasn't had any problems :P


You are very lucky. With my regular 360 the disk tray broke 3 times and once on my slim.

the_hillbillyPosted:

@Kex - this is not saying that your Xbox 360 and/or PS3 will have problems it is simply just an analyst that compares the Xbox 360's failure rate with that of the PS3's failure rate

MawderzPosted:

My xbox hasn't had any problems :P

FrogPosted:

Abs About time Xbox always has problems but I will always stay with it :)


Yeah same as, until my friends move to something else!!

AbsPosted:

About time Xbox always has problems but I will always stay with it :)

SmurfsPosted:

CartmanisPhat
Phracture Never had any problems with the pro

The kind of console like arcade elite or pro doesn't really matter. It's the mother board that matters. I have the pro and the disk trey always goes bad.(They are normally lite-on Drives :( )

Yeah same with my regular xbox

Android_Posted:

SovietRussia
Emazing-Lights
Amp_
CartmanisPhat
Frog
CartmanisPhat
Kex
PoZe Well to be fair iv'e had 3 xbox's get the Red Ring so it was only time until xbox had more faults.


I don't know how people go through so many Xbox's


Most of the time they leave them on all night, or they play on them all day in a hot room.


I've never had to re-buy an Xbox and I used to play MW2 for like 5 hours straight :oops:

Only 5 hours? I used to play for like 12. I guess I wass a no life :/


I play like 10-12. Don't feel bad.

Lol I play like 4-8 hours.


It depends when it comes to me. I can play for 2 hrs then the next level up maybe 6 hours in a day. Then for like tournaments I can reach up to 12 hrs a day. When skyrim came out I played it 3 DAYS. Yeah thats 72 hrs get off me :D


jeze i got bored of skyrim in about 4 hours. i can play mine craft for dayz.

SovietRussiaPosted:

Emazing-Lights
Amp_
CartmanisPhat
Frog
CartmanisPhat
Kex
PoZe Well to be fair iv'e had 3 xbox's get the Red Ring so it was only time until xbox had more faults.


I don't know how people go through so many Xbox's


Most of the time they leave them on all night, or they play on them all day in a hot room.


I've never had to re-buy an Xbox and I used to play MW2 for like 5 hours straight :oops:

Only 5 hours? I used to play for like 12. I guess I wass a no life :/


I play like 10-12. Don't feel bad.

Lol I play like 4-8 hours.


It depends when it comes to me. I can play for 2 hrs then the next level up maybe 6 hours in a day. Then for like tournaments I can reach up to 12 hrs a day. When skyrim came out I played it 3 DAYS. Yeah thats 72 hrs get off me :D

EmazedPosted:

Amp_
CartmanisPhat
Frog
CartmanisPhat
Kex
PoZe Well to be fair iv'e had 3 xbox's get the Red Ring so it was only time until xbox had more faults.


I don't know how people go through so many Xbox's


Most of the time they leave them on all night, or they play on them all day in a hot room.


I've never had to re-buy an Xbox and I used to play MW2 for like 5 hours straight :oops:

Only 5 hours? I used to play for like 12. I guess I wass a no life :/


I play like 10-12. Don't feel bad.

Lol I play like 4-8 hours.

MoanPosted:

CartmanisPhat
Frog
CartmanisPhat
Kex
PoZe Well to be fair iv'e had 3 xbox's get the Red Ring so it was only time until xbox had more faults.


I don't know how people go through so many Xbox's


Most of the time they leave them on all night, or they play on them all day in a hot room.


I've never had to re-buy an Xbox and I used to play MW2 for like 5 hours straight :oops:

Only 5 hours? I used to play for like 12. I guess I wass a no life :/


I play like 10-12. Don't feel bad.


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