• Registered: 2007-04-27
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Topic: Does the Xbox 360's 'lack of longevity' matter?

Kaz Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO, told Official PlayStation Magazine in its latest issue that the Xbox 360 "lacks longevity."

He went on to say that "unless things go really bad, there's no way that at the end of a life cycle, our competition is going to have a higher install base."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10146849-17.html

  • Registered: 2009-07-15
  • Posts: 110

Re: Does the Xbox 360's 'lack of longevity' matter?

I know a total of 27 people with xbox 360s (I've counted em) and six so far have been sent back for repair. I only know 6 people with PS3's and one of them has had a warranty repair (me). That's probably in line with what the actual warranty statistics are yet I hear constantly people saying that they've gone through five, ten, fifteen xbox consoles. Well I'm not going to call anybody a liar but if the probability of a console failure is a truly random event and even if the xbox failure rate is as high as 30%, the probability of failing five in a row in a short time is a small fraction of 1%. So if you go on to fail your sixth xbox it's time to go out and buy a lottery ticket... or maybe stop playing with it when your momma forces you to take a bath.