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Originally Posted by G
Systems are more complicated and have more shit in them than a fucking SNES and N64. They are not just a hollow shell with a motherboard anymore
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One thing I'd note is that when the XBox's 54.X failure rate was "reported," the numbers for even the most reliable system, the Wii was nearly double what the electronics biz considers an acceptable failure rate.
Okay, so those numbers are likely wrong, simply because of the way the poll was done. But the console market really does seem out of step with normal electronics in a lot of ways, including price, marketing, and acceptable hardware.
I think it's more than just "systems are more complicated." I don't disagree that this is a portion of it, but really, there's a lot of other problems that go into it. Not the least of which being the still relatively niche market makes it easier to get away with higher than normal failure rates. As is evidenced by the PS2 last gen and the 360 this gen. Even if the 360's failure rate was only 10%, and in all probability it's much higher, that's most than three times acceptable standard. But there's no recall, no inquiry, and no boycott on any meaningful scale. Most other businesses can't do that.