Next Gen Consoles Will Need Fewer Repairs

BroadWayWorld: Haunted by the memories of your PS3 giving you the dreaded yellow light of death aka YLOD? Or, seeing the clock in the upper right hand corner of your PS3 spinning and spinning without your discs loading? Chronic issues such as the yellow light failure and blu-ray failure still haunt PS3 gamers to this day. The PS3 was a popular console that needed frequent repairs and as a result, repair shops across the country sprouted up.

SquareTrade, a third party insurance provider, was quoted saying that 10% of PS3 consoles failed within 12-24 months. Sony in rebuttal was quoted saying that only less than 1% of all manufactured consoles developed the"yellow light" failure.