Wed, Feb 27, 2008 | 17:53 GMT
360 failure rate is probably higher than 16%, says warrantee firm
According to this, SquareTrade, the company that made headlines earlier this month for claiming that Xbox 360 has a hardware failure rate of around 16 percent, has now made a statement saying the actual figure it likely to be higher.
Because of the date range studied, SquareTrade said it was unlikely that any modified 360s – announced by Microsoft in July to combat overheating problems – were included in the initial 1,000-strong sample of warrantees.
Because the report only tracked the sample for between six and 10 months after warranty purchase, SquareTrade said the failure rate may be low. If tracking would have continued for 24 to 36 months, the company said “the fail rate is certain to go up.”
See here.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Retail, Xbox 360
Tags: failure rate, red ring of death, rrod
3 comments
#1
Blerk
27/02/08, 9:38 am
It certainly seems to be much higher that 16% among forumites.
#2
patlike
27/02/08, 9:39 am
Mine’s still going. No problem with it at all.
*crosses everything*
#3
Blerk
27/02/08, 9:44 am
That’s torn it.