@fairlanefastback

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All this tells us is that "everyone you know" is so enamored with playing with their Microsoft console that instead of being able to live without it for a while for it to be repaired, they gave Microsoft hundreds in cash more each to each have a personal backup unit. Not many products can boast such loyal consumer reaction in the face of such a widespread and widely publicized problem with the product.

One other stat reflecting the popularity of the 360 was a recent survey of 360 owners was done. One question was if they'd get rid of the 360 if it failed and ~7-8% said yes. 93% said they'd get rid of the 360 when it fails. That's a good level of commitment.

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But sadly my Xbox has been more reliable. My PS3 sometimes freezes if left on overnight. My Xbox has had zero issues of any kind so far.

My launch PS3 has a infrequent freezing problem. Some games crash the system. Also half way through a Blu-Ray the fan goes into turbo overdrive loud mode. Measures louder than my 360's loudest reading. Thus, while the PS3 is supposed to be the best Blu-Ray player I prefer my HTPC which is quieter.


@Lou
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Say what you will about MS, you can't knock a 3 year warranty.

My launch 360 RROD after 2 years of ownership. The exchange process took about 3 weeks. I think 2 weeks for people is not unheard of. One thing I learned is the 3 year warranty is per console. The exchanged console has a 3 year warranty from my receipt date. Really this is a 5 year warranty.

In the marketplace this consecutive warranty model is rare. I've had Western Digital and Seagate harddrives returned within their 3 year warranty. One only gets the remainder of the warranty on the drive, in one case this was 4 months, not another 3 years. The same for autos. When one gets a 5 year warranty if it breaks you only get the remainder of the warranty not another 5 years. My experience with Sony is that they don't do this. My PS2 broke in under 1 year of ownership. It was repaired. It broke again. But, the 1 year warranty was not renewed and this time the best option was to simply buy a new PS2. So, yeah extra Kudos for Microsoft for back to back warranty's on repairs.