Just found out an article from Gamespot for a coverage which compare the reliability between Wii, PS3 & XBOX360.

Some interesting quore as below :-
- the study found 10 percent of PlayStation 3s surveyed failed within two years of purchase, as did 2.7 percent of Wiis.

-the Xbox 360's failure rate was far higher than its rivals. Some 23.7 percent of those surveyed failed within two years of purchase: 12 percent from the infamous "Red Ring of Death" and 11.7 percent from other problems, including the "E74" error.

- the Wii is the least played of the three major consoles, being used for only 516 minutes per month. By contrast, the Xbox 360 is played over twice as much (1,191 minutes per month), with the PS3 lagging slightly behind it (1,053 minutes per month).

-the Falcon introduction had an adverse immediate effect, with the first two quarters of 2008 seeing first-year 360 failures spike to 10 percent. However, the study points out that a sell-off of older consoles in the fourth quarter of 2007, which then met their maker the following year, could also be a factor.

-Xbox 360 quality has improved dramatically since the third quarter of 2008, shortly before the 65nm CPU/GPU "Jasper" model was introduced. Since then, first-year failure rates have plummeted to below the 4 percent the company projected. Looking at 500 units purchased in 2009, SquareTrade found that less than 1 percent had suffered the Red Ring of Death.

-SquareTrade's analysis of recently purchased 360s appears to back up statements made by Xbox 360 and Xbox Live director of product management Aaron Greenberg.

A shot for the failure timeline.


A shot for historically failure rate.


Screenshots are cortesy of gamespot.com
People should now have a sense of relieve that their console are now more reliable for both falcon & Jasper

This post has been edited by navigator: Feb 23 2010, 10:54 AM

Interesting find navi

RROD jasper below 1 %

thats because the jasper is just 1 year old...

"Some 23.7 percent of those surveyed failed within two years of purchase"

Really? How many of those are Xenon? Xenon probably has 23.7% survival rate, instead of failing rate.

In case you missed the magical keyword, here's the highlight as above.

and yes, they did not specifically mention there're how many Xenons but it's just a reference but not accurate figure.

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Added on February 23, 2010, 1:37 pmehem....... that one hell of a fact....but historically, probem takes place at 9months and not 1 year after launch.

This post has been edited by navigator: Feb 23 2010, 01:37 PM

+1 quote for the truth!

ehem....... that one hell of a fact....but historically, probem takes place at 9months and not 1 year after

This post has been edited by navigator: Feb 23 2010, 04:41 PM

my xenon still alive and kicking
just getting banned last year..


other than dat...
still playable

zhiyung's console is also a Xenon.

3RRoD onced and survive till now.

dah penah kene 3ROD kan?

tapi tak mati terus..
hahahahaha...

artikel tu pasal failure rate termasuk 3ROD and E74, bukan pasal mati terus dol.....

same with me xenon 11/05 surviving till today. e74 several times