Study says Jasper Likely Solved Xbox 360 RROD
Xbox 360 still 435% more likely to fail than Wii
US company SquareTrade calls itself "the largest independent warranty provider in the world". It's just released its survey of console reliability. Within the report is the sentence: "SquareTrade's data shows that the introduction of the "Jasper" chipset in late 2008 has likely solved the well-publicized "Red Ring of Death" (RROD) problem..."
Along with this satisfying piece of information is the fact that the Xbox 360 has "435 percent the failure rate of the Wii."
Yes, the Wii came out as most reliable with the PS3 (with 1.75 times more likelihood of failure than Ninty's console) came in second.
Some additional stats were also reported:
- "During the first two years of ownership, 2.7 percent of Wii owners reported a system failure to SquareTrade, compared with 10 percent of PlayStation 3 owners and 23.7 percent of Xbox 360 owners."
- "Excluding RROD failures, which are covered by Microsoft's three-year warranty, 11.7 percent of Xbox 360 owners reported a failure."
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Along with this satisfying piece of information is the fact that the Xbox 360 has "435 percent the failure rate of the Wii."
Yes, the Wii came out as most reliable with the PS3 (with 1.75 times more likelihood of failure than Ninty's console) came in second.
Some additional stats were also reported:
- "During the first two years of ownership, 2.7 percent of Wii owners reported a system failure to SquareTrade, compared with 10 percent of PlayStation 3 owners and 23.7 percent of Xbox 360 owners."
- "Excluding RROD failures, which are covered by Microsoft's three-year warranty, 11.7 percent of Xbox 360 owners reported a failure."
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DaveBG 2 Sep 2009 12:46
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You left out the Jasper paragraph.
Jasper has a failrate of under1% (one tenth of the PS3 rate, by the way)
“Since Microsoft introduced a new chip in the Xbox 360 last year, SquareTrade said complaints about the red ring of death problem have begun to abate. On over 500 Xbox 360s purchased by SquareTrade customers in 2009, fewer than 1% reported a red ring of death problem as of August, according to SquareTrade.”
Link to SquareTrade report PDF
www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_Xbox360_PS3_Wii_Reliability_0809.pdf
Jasper has a failrate of under1% (one tenth of the PS3 rate, by the way)
“Since Microsoft introduced a new chip in the Xbox 360 last year, SquareTrade said complaints about the red ring of death problem have begun to abate. On over 500 Xbox 360s purchased by SquareTrade customers in 2009, fewer than 1% reported a red ring of death problem as of August, according to SquareTrade.”
Link to SquareTrade report PDF
www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_Xbox360_PS3_Wii_Reliability_0809.pdf
Phutt 3 Sep 2009 06:49
2/3
while it's now bad (certainly note 23.7%!) the 10% PS3 failure rate sounds higher than anecdotal evidence I've seen (as in all 20+ folks I know with PS3 that have never had a problem)
BIGGUN 24 Jan 2010 07:03
3/3
i bought a jasper around christmas 2009, had it till about january and it died. i was psyched about the new jasper...while i may have just had a dud none the less there i was without a game system....so while the xbox has more titles to choos e from im with ps3 guy....dont waste your money on something that has supposedly been fixed 4 times...jasper has only been out for a couple of months.