The Xbox 360 failure rate on ILX: How does it stack up?

Because I'm curious. MS said 10%, retailers said 30%, and some analyst said 70%. Let's make a completely useless statistic of our own!

no but only had it for a few months and haven't been hammering it.

I've had RRoD twice

I;m not buying one until any of my friends can get one to last longer than six months. One friend is on his seventh unit since launch.

ps3 rules - and you all know it

RRoD under warranty. Replacement unit stopped outputting video out of warranty and since it wasn't RRoD, I had to pay $100 to get it fixed :(

For what it's worth, out of the people I personally know with xbox 360s, only one hasn't had his die at least once on him (and weirdly enough, that's a launch 360). I'm inclined to believe the 70% or higher figure. Nobody is believing 10% - that's impossible. It does make me a little mad that one kind of hardware failure is covered under a three year warranty, but other kinds are only covered for one year. Doesn't seem right. That said, other than dealing with the absurd automated customer service computer dude, getting a 360 repaired is fairly painless. And they're so inexpensive right now, one can't really complain too much.

rrod once; my brother bought ours the same day and his hasn't gone down yet, though I've played mine a lot more than his.

one temporary red ring. just never stand them upright.

or feed them after midnight.

I'm still pissed that mine went down while playing Civ Rev instead of something beefy like GTA4.

no problems, but hardly ever switch it on. also, its stood upright.

Don't own one myself, but I know three people that own 360s, and two of them got RRODs. I'm really surprised there hasn't been a greater consumer outcry over it, frankly (and I mean outside of gaming blogs and press).

outside of gaming blogs and press = rioting in the streets? most gamers are fat and don't go outside much :(

I don't have a 360, the RRoD is the main thing that's been putting me off buying one.

when it fails do you lose your saves & downloaded games?

Just once for me so far.

once for me. My mate fixed it doing this: http://www.squidoo.com/xbox_360_red_ring_of_death_fix-how_to_guide123

E74 is now covered under warranty, too; and if you've had it repaired for that fault, M$ will refund you retroactively

jordan, nah cos those are saved on your (detachable) HDD or as part of your online profile

you lose them if you try to save them onto a cunting microsoft memory card though AARAGHGHAHATRH£RHGH

euler i was playing tales of vesperia when mine crashed so

1 time btw

hopefully killing a dragon or something instead of just zooming around on the map like I was

Nothing yet.

fallout 3 killed mine, but i think it was just the final nail in a coffin built upon six months of grindy, crunchy noises.

I don't own one but flatmate has had this happen so I voted accordingly for the X-Box i live with.

ya red ring twice

1st was geometry wars 2

2nd was something on the orange box

never had a problem in the ~20 months i've had mine.

im think about getting a system? should i get a 360?

refuse to answer directly because of superstition

xpost: def the most enjoyable content ive found in the current generation /bitterwiiowner

I haven't sent mine in for repair yet, and I'm only really missing it coz we use it to play movies and shit on tversity on it

one rrod, it got better.

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after totally jonesing for my xbox while it was broken i really haven't been arsed to play it since I got it back. Then this evening I decided to play a bit of pro evo and had such a frustrating game (lost 6-3, every shot the guy took went in, he had no other chances and it had gone in to extra-time at 3-3) that I had a screaming at the telly fit and nearly threw my pad off my screen.

feels good to be back.

Yeah, had one recent fail myself, only had the machine a year and a bit though. The replacement I've been sent is dodgy (power button feels mushy instead of clicky, optical drive button doesn't work half the time so need to use the remote for openng/closing) so I kind of expect another fail some time soon.

But hey, I work in videogame retail analysis! And our numbers say the fail rate is runnng at around 35%.

mine hasn't failed yet

3 RRoD since launch for me

no rrod yet but i've never been able to play a game off disc w/o it crashing at some pt (after loading the new UI anyway, it was fine before). gotta do everything off the HD.

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50% ILX FAILURE RATE CONFIRMED
more if you count the multi's.

even more if you count the people who don't even HAVE xboxes.

it's 100% if you also count people whose xboxes are fine!

this does not allay my fears for buying a 360 anytime soon

if it is really is even near 35% that is absolutely atrocious

come on die young

has this always had an SP in the title or do I only read properly when steaming?

yep, typo since day one. THANKS WILL M!

oh hey magic mod edit invoked

I've been having a problem lately where I put a disc in and the console just can't seem to read it. It will try to load it but not see a disc, or will see the disc and will just freeze after a few moments, or freeze right away, or start and then say "Disc unreadable". This happens with old discs and brand new ones alike. It struggles to read DVDs. Any idea what my options are? I'm sure glad I bought Gay Tony right before I found out I can't play it!!

I had 3rings before the "fix," sent it back, and haven't had a problem with the new/fixed one since.

Poly, that happens with me to "backups" but bought games still work fine. It's a problem with the laser. It either needs to be recalibrated or replaced. Either way it wouldn't be expensive to have done if you have a repair shop nearby.

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that.

;_;

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so, is it worth it getting a new 360 or not. will it just fail in 5 years again?

Five years is a pretty long time.

mine still going strong, okay only been 1.5 years.

360 won't be around at ALL in 5 years, surely.

ten year product cycle iirc

if you already have the library, might as well get the slim

either I'll get the slim or never play 360 games again :(
so expensive

Most important for me is to get Skyrim when it comes out but maybe instead of getting a 360 I'll start making a gaming computer (and will hopefully be able to afford it). I should do that for Skyrim and Diablo 3

time to look at the prices