The following link is the latest article which discusses the high failure rate of the coveted 360 consoles.

http://videogames.yahoo.c…ut-xbox-failures-/1245120


One expects first gen consoles to have some problems, but this just furthers my disgust with some of microsoft's policies. I guess this is what happens when a company becomes a monopolistic giant. I mean, knowling pushing your systems to market when 2/3's of the systems are knowingly defective? I must say Sony and Nintendo's failure rates of less than 1% are quite comforting. For more info on statistics for this problem, follow the next link

http://www.ripten.com/200…-33-sony-ps3-less-than-1/

Lets just say, the day I buy a 360 is the day I have plenty of money to spare, and have time to deal with returning it multiple times when it fails. That might be awhile, though I will say right now, I am NOT a 360 hater. Just an informed consumer, and since everyone and their mother has a 360 (half of which arent working currently) I can play whenever I want, just gotta make a phone call.