consumerist.com writes:
"The Xbox 360 breaks five times as often as often as its closest failure-prone competitor, the PlayStation 3, a print edition-only Game Informer survey found.
The poorly manufactured, red ring of death-prone console has a 54.2 percent failure rate, compared to 10.6 percent for the PS3 and the Wii's 6.8 percent.
The magazine surveyed nearly 5,000 readers to get the data. And while the 360's rate is alarmingly higher than the others, it's still bafflingly low because it blows the mind to imagine that 45.8 percent of the consoles have not broken. Also, Microsoft's numbers are inflated because 360s are used the most of the three consoles. Results said 40.3 percent of 360 owners use the console three to five hours a day, compared to 37 percent of PS3 owners. Meanwhile, the plurality of Wii owners (41.4 percent) play their consoles less than an hour a day.
Microsoft also seized the gold medal for unhelpful customer service, taking nearly a month to repair or replace a console, while Nintendo and Sony stuck closer to a week. Only 37.7 percent of Microsoft customers found the company's customer service was "very helpful," compared to 51.1 percent fo Sony and 56.1 percent for Nintendo.
The most shocking number from the survey - and frightening from a consumer perspective - is only 3.8 percent of Xbox 360 owners said they'd never buy another Xbox because of hardware failure."
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
Damage control on the way.
Edit:
@ Nitro below. Yeah I'm having a hard time with those numbers too. Who ran the survey for GI? Nintendo.
@ Ultimolu. It's one of the reasons I have gone with PC and PS3 gaming this gen.
where did GI get there info from?
all those number seem to allot higher since before
54.2? that is a bit to big, i mean that half a chance a 360 will rrod on me. wtf that should not happen
@below, didn't see that 5000 reader part, but is that truly accurate?
360 54.2 percent failure rate, compared to 10.6 percent for the PS3 and the Wii's 6.8 percent.
those number are from GI survey
Keep buying this system guys!! It will show MS quality control is no issue! /s
I think a recall, a class action law suite and a boycott should be in order for this failure of hardware.
This is why I do not own one. Please spin this and tell me I am wrong. I need a good laugh today.
they interviewed 5000 people and they make the conclusion for eveybody?
rrod is a problem indeed but it's not at 54.2% world wide.Its somewhere around 30%
even if currnet 360s dropt so much i still wouldnt buy one cause of rrod. id rather wait till a hardware refresh. i still dont get why people still buy these things when eventually in a few years they will die.then people complain about ms and there ways,but yet people still buy there shiite and put up with it