Study Finds Wii 9 Times More Reliable than Xbox 360

[TheMailMan78]

I just like to rub these kinda things in Anyway take any study with a grain of salt.

Study Finds Wii 9 Times More Reliable than Xbox 360

Most Xbox 360 failures in first two years due to RROD

With any consumer electronic device that is manufactured be it a mobile phone or a game console, there are bound to be some of the devices that fail for one reason or another. This is particularly true of game consoles like the PS3, Xbox, and Wii.

While some failures are to be expected with game consoles, it came to years ago that the Xbox 360 was failing at a very significant rate with the so called RROD failure. DailyTech reported details of the failures due to RROD previously. Microsoft acknowledged the failure rate of the console and extended the warranty for RROD failures to three years.

Microsoft, however, has not denied recent reports that the Xbox 360 has a 54.2% lifetime failure rate.

SquareTrade has released the results of a study (PDF) into the failure rates of game consoles on the market today. The three major consoles were included in the study. SquareTrade looked at failure rates over the first two years of ownership and found that the most reliable console of them all was the Nintendo Wii with only a 2.7% failure rate. The PS3 was next with a 10% failure rate, and the Xbox 360 has a 23.7% failure rate over the first two years.

The major catch with the SquareTrade numbers is that the company acknowledges that it believes the failure rate of the Xbox 360 to be much higher than it is posting because many consumers reported the failure to Microsoft directly and SquareTrade wasn't notified of the failure. It would be wise to assume that the failure rate on the other two consoles is probably a bit lower than the actual numbers as well.

Despite the fact that the numbers in the study are admittedly skewed on the low side, the Xbox 360 still failed within two years for 1 in 4 consoles. That is nearly nine times the rate of failure for the Wii. SquareTrade reports that a bit more than half the reported Xbox failures were due to the RROD issue. When the RROD failures are taken out of the mix, the Xbox 360 failure rate dropped to 11.6%, still making it more likely to fail than the PS3 and the Wii.

SquareTrade expects the failure rate for the Xbox 360 to decline significantly with the Jasper update. The study acknowledges that the amount of use a console gets is related to its failure rate, The Wii is used on average 516 minutes per month, the PS3 is used 1053 minutes per month, and the Xbox 360 gets used 1191 minutes per month. That makes the Xbox 360 the most commonly used of all three consoles.

Xbox consoles fail for reasons other than the RROD issue with the second most common failure being disc read issues followed by display issues. SquareTrade found that once the Jasper update for the Xbox was released the percentage of RROD failures dropped dramatically after spiking post Falcon update.

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[Marineborn]

the failure rate is lower, cause they dont get played. LOL!!! if i buy a 360 and never turn it on itll never fail! hahahahahah.....

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I have yet to replace my xbox 360 and I got it around the time Gears of War was launched. *knock on wood*

 

[TheMailMan78]

I have yet to replace my xbox 360 and I got it around the time Gears of War was launched. *knock on wood*

Honestly I think Nintendo learned its lesson from the first NES. Some of you guys are to young to remember blowing into cartridges until you were blue in the face and wadding aluminum foil into the front to force the game to stay in place during game play. FYI replaying an NES at the time was out of the question. If your console broke your parents would throw a party back then. They still believed in "playing outside" the fools.

 

[Marineborn]

lol!!! *Blows violently into cartridege jams it into slot and slams it down and smashes the power button and see a half logo and colorfull artifacts* *throws controller and kicks the console*....lol! i loved my nes hahahah

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Wasn't just the NES, but the SNES & Game Boy - still have to do it with the DS carts sometimes.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

i my super nes, ill never give u away for anything

 

[TheMailMan78]

The NES was by far worse than any RROD. The only difference is WE older guys figured out how to fix it out of necessity.

 

[95Viper]

I do know that our Wii has been going almost everyday( 2 to 4 hours ) for over a year with no trouble and for us mature people, it is great for exercise and less complicated to use.

I do hope they make a 1080p version, I wiill get one.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I do know that our Wii has been going almost everyday for over a year with no trouble and for us mature people, it is great for exercise and less complicated to use.

I do hope they make a 1080p version, I wiill get one.

As will I.

 

[CDdude55]

SquareTrade expects the failure rate for the Xbox 360 to decline significantly with the Jasper update

Hope this is true.^(cause im getting another one)


But of course it's going to be the most reliable, the hardware in the Wii isn't going to generate much heat. And Nintendo is known for being the console makers with the least amount of problems.

 

[CDdude55]

Honestly I think Nintendo learned its lesson from the first NES. Some of you guys are to young to remember blowing into cartridges until you were blue in the face and wadding aluminum foil into the front to force the game to stay in place during game play. FYI replaying an NES at the time was out of the question. If your console broke your parents would throw a party back then. They still believed in "playing outside" the fools.

I mostly remember doing that with the N64 (i still have it, and i still love it.)

 

[KainXS]

lol!!! *Blows violently into cartridege jams it into slot and slams it down and smashes the power button and see a half logo and colorfull artifacts* *throws controller and kicks the console*....lol! i loved my nes hahahah

I was just about to say that lol

 

[MilkyWay]

the pins on the NES were a problem eventually you will have to replace them and sometimes you would have to jam shit in the console to get the game to stay down because you loaded it in and down not like the toploader NES 2

hate on the xbox 360 all you want doesnt mean it wont sell millions more does it?