Game Informer: Xbox 360 at 54.2 percent failure rate

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The latest issue of Game Informer contains a surprising statistic for anyone who's ever loved and lost their Microsoft-branded home console – according to their survey, in which over 5,000 console owners participated, the Xbox 360's current failure rate due to the Red Ring of Death, E74 or other hardware failure is 54.2 percent. They also calculated the relative death toll for PS3s due to the Yellow Light of Death (10.3 percent) and Wiis, due to ... well, we're not actually sure what color the Wii's light turns to upon its demise (6.8 percent).

Unfortunately, for having the highest failure rate, survey participants also pinned Microsoft for having the least helpful customer service representatives. Not that it matters – later in the survey, only 3.8 percent of participants said they'd never buy another Xbox 360 due to its high failure rate.

Speaking of which, we're not sure what future techno-utopia this poll was conducted in, but a 54.2 percent Xbox 360 failure rate sounds awfully low. Had the survey's participants been comprised entirely of Joystiq staffers, it would have been a bone-chilling 100 percent.

by Griffin McElroy

[Infamous Legend]

haha this is why i sold mine..had the ring of death 2 times and as soon as the warranty time was over i sold that shit.

[Johnny]

As my kids play our x-box 360 more....I wonder when the ring of death will come over mine. That's a pretty high percentage rate. Especially compared to the ps3.
I think I'll go with a ps3 next time anyway, b/c of the free online play.

[Infamous Legend]

m brother just bought a PS3, i wouldnt recomend it for online play the online sucks for it... thats why its free lol