PS3 outselling the 360 already?

[Veldt Falsetto]

I read on Gamespot that 360 failure rate was around 40% and just over 50% of that 40% has had it fail more than once, the Ps3s failure rate was down at just over 20% and the Wii was at 7% but how reliable this is I don't know.

Also my 360 has failed twice but my Wii and Ps3 haven't failed at all

 

[malestrithe]

I'm officially out of the console war because I am rich and white enough to afford 5 of the six viable gaming systems. I do not own an I-phone because I refuse until it becomes mandatory in my life, but I have the other 5.

Anyway, I did a quick google search and I found failure rates to be anywhere between 16.4 percent all the way up to 60% for the 360. Who you believe depends on which side of the console war you are on. 360 owners will go for the lowest and the ps3 owners will pick high. Again, I have 5 of the 6, so I really do not care which one is more borken than the others.

As for ps3, Sony claims that it is a 1 percent fail rate, but I am dubious of that number. I would guess that it is closer to 10 percent failure rates. For the record, because it is still part of this generations software, the Wii boasts an 2.7 failure rate.

The failure rates tend to be higher with 360 than PS3 because the 360 players tend to play their systems a lot more than the PS3 owners. Then again this does not matter because the Wii gets played with 2x the number of hours in a week than the 360 and it boasts the lowest failure rate of them all.

For the record: yes, because you sent it in means you got a defective one, so it would count as a broken one. Also if the fail rate is 1 in 3, that does not mean every 3rd person has a broken 360. It really means that out of 100 people, expect 33 people to have a broken 360, with either the RRoD or the Error 74 issue.

 

[Baby Eater]

Awesome.

Finally PS3s getting recognition and being seen for the wonderful console it is.

Internet high fives!(typing on my ps3)

Spoiler

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Too bad my PS3 can't connect to the goddamn internet.

Oh well it still has all the best games.

Awesome! High five instructions!
what's wrong with it?

 

[Julianking93]

Awesome! High five instructions!
what's wrong with it?

I'm pretty sure its just because my grandmother has about 50 firewalls on her computer because she thinks everything is out to get her even though she clicks on everything that says "FREE VIRUS SCAN NOW!!! YOUR COMPUTER IS AT RISK"

Its best that way. I don't want my PS3 getting viruses or anything.

 

[GraveyardTricks]

My 360 hasn't broken yet, but i dreading the day that it does. Because i know its gotta be soon.

Woot. 100 posts. Go Me.

 

[auronvi]

off topic... isnt it weird that the newer the console is, the more problems it has??

nes, atari, snes, playstation1... all ofthese are working fine, and have always worked fine, hell even the xbox1 was better than this generation overall.

My SNES stopped working after playing for about an hour on Christmas morning. Had to go to toys r us and get myself a new one so... I would say failure rates are not new.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/136054/sony_claims_ps3_failure_rate_of_less_than_1_percent.html

Sony says a failure rate of less than 1% while the xbox is closer to 33%. I also read an article stating that the PS3 was the most reliable system ever built with the lowest failure rate! I have to find it but I can believe it.

As far as your article goes, I think you have something there. With a failure rate as high as 33%, you can assume a good chunk of those who were unable to get it fixed would buy a new one. Since PS3s are less than 1% (according to Sony) that would be a negligent issue. But even with that, the XBOX still has more consoles out there imo.

Now I went a quickly looked at what recent sales figure were and the PS3 boasted over 1.7 million during November and December. I could not find ANY sales information about XBOX. I did however find information about a certain xbox representative who said that they were going to sell the XBOX 3 to 1 versus the PS3 this holiday. My guess... is they didn't and that is why I can't find the sales numbers.

So in conclusion, I think the XBOX market has been saturated for the current price point and now everyone who doesn't already have one is going for the PS3. I have been a proud PS3 owner since launching year and just bought my XBOX in 2009. I still use my PS3 more and think it truly is the better system just set back by a huge launch price and was up against a system with a year head start. Lesson learned hopefully by Sony. I love my XBOX too, don't get me wrong. Just I love me my MGS, LBP, Killzone, Infamous, and Uncharted.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I don't care about sales figures, seeing as I have my console, and people can buy their own, but I'd be interested to see how many went from the PS2 to the Xbox 360, as opposed to sticking by their daddy Sony.

 

[Idlemessiah]

Well from my experience alone the 360s failure rate is 66%. As in I had 2 RRoD on me and I'm now on my third.

EDIT:

I don't care about sales figures, seeing as I have my console, and people can buy their own, but I'd be interested to see how many went from the PS2 to the Xbox 360, as opposed to sticking by their daddy Sony.

Yeah I did that. I stuck with my PS2 for years, right up until sepember 09 actually. And I got a 360 cause preowned Premiums are only £129 in the UK. I did upgrade to the Elite on my last replacement tho to reduce risk of RRoD, but that was still only £199. Its the perfect finance friendly student console So what if they break. Like I said, I'm on my 3rd one now but they get replaced for free if you're insured so what does it matter?

 

[Enzeru92]

If i remember right the 360 failure rate is pretty high 50% or little higher and honestly it piss me off since i got two RRoD already
And the PS3 i haven't heard any failure rate on the console but i have heard about that download mess up that effect only 1% of PS3 sold at the time

Edit: the failure rate for 360's is about 54.2 % so says the escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94106-Microsoft-Responds-to-360-Failure-Rate-Survey

 

[Timotei]

My PS3 is over 2 years old and it's done me proud without fail of error.

On the other hand, I acquired one of the first 360s, and I ended up going through 5 of them before I bought the special Halo 3 edition when it came out. That version hasn't failed me either.

I can sort of testify to the 360s failure rate. And I remember a lot of my friends on one of my old accounts skipping out on a week of play time because they got the RRoD.

 

[jboking]

1) Whether that's an accurate failure rate at all,
2) Whether the units sold takes into account failed consoles,
3) What the PS3's failure rate is like.

1) With the new chips being released and some patches, the failure rate is dropping rapidly and likely well below 40%, the number I heard exchanged quite often was much closer to 16% for the current day issues.
2) If the consoles are refurbished at retailers and resold, yes. If MS is directly fixing them, then no. You may want to consider this as a sales issue as well. MS is repairing numerous units, wasting manpower, and occasionally being forced to actually give out new consoles all for free(warranties: Great for consumers, a ***** for companies).
3) The PS3 failure rate has always floated pretty gently around 1%. It went up for a while there with a few firmware updates that bricked a few consoles, but I can't tell you of a time when it was 2%. I'm not sure how Nintendo is doing honestly.

Also, if you wanna know where the boost in sales for Sony products is coming from check out this

I don't care about sales figures, seeing as I have my console, and people can buy their own, but I'd be interested to see how many went from the PS2 to the Xbox 360, as opposed to sticking by their daddy Sony.

Why are you interested in that. Nice Avatar btw.

My PS3 is over 2 years old and it's done me proud without fail of error.

I have a launch system and have only just recently experienced some lag problems. (though I admittedly haven't been taking care of it like I should have.)

 

[Zing]

well, the PS3 has a failrate too. It's not as bad as the 360s, but it's there. They're not infallible machines.

I also think 40% is a bit high. It may have been 40% over a year, at launch, but it's far lower now. better chipsets have been introduced in every SKU of the 360 released, so the failrate on the newer ones is probably about 15%... which is pretty close to what I'd imagine the PS3's is.

Microsoft also has better tech support for their failed 360s (at least RRoDs), and have a 3 year extended warranty for RRoD. Considering the large % of failures are RRoDs, and those are usually replaced by Microsoft for free, the actual "must buy a new 360" failrate is actually a lot lower then that.

PS3's doing fine. They have some great exclusives now. 360's doing fine as well. They too have some great exclusives and reasons to buy the system.

It's time for the console wars to take a breather. It can commence again once there's another clearly superior system.

I hear about a RROD from every couple of IRL friends, i've never heard about a failing PS3 irl once. =\ Just throwing that out there.

 

[Axle_Bullitt_19]

Well I am on my third PS3. I had a 60 that had the disc drive go on it and a 80 that overheated. And here I got it for its reliability ha, but I'm still happy with it.

Also about the sales climb I wish it wouldn't because the online community is getting more and more clogged with idiots and little kids. Damn price drop.

 

[Altorin]

well, the PS3 has a failrate too. It's not as bad as the 360s, but it's there. They're not infallible machines.

I also think 40% is a bit high. It may have been 40% over a year, at launch, but it's far lower now. better chipsets have been introduced in every SKU of the 360 released, so the failrate on the newer ones is probably about 15%... which is pretty close to what I'd imagine the PS3's is.

Microsoft also has better tech support for their failed 360s (at least RRoDs), and have a 3 year extended warranty for RRoD. Considering the large % of failures are RRoDs, and those are usually replaced by Microsoft for free, the actual "must buy a new 360" failrate is actually a lot lower then that.

PS3's doing fine. They have some great exclusives now. 360's doing fine as well. They too have some great exclusives and reasons to buy the system.

It's time for the console wars to take a breather. It can commence again once there's another clearly superior system.

I hear about a RROD from every couple of IRL friends, i've never heard about a failing PS3 irl once. =\ Just throwing that out there.

I've had a similar experience, but that's anecdotal evidence..

I only know 1 person irl with a PS3, and I know 30 people with 360s.