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Originally Posted by hoolak
True true.
We should be compensated for Live! days wasted 
It's really shocking the amount of 360 deaths there are. what is it? 1 in 2 get replaced? |
You're not far off - we did a survey over at RLLMUK and from 253 responses the failure rate was 44.2% - you can take part in the survey here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=424083182545
The average lifespan for a 360 is 7.3 months!!!
Here's the results in full so far:
1. Do you own an Xbox 360?
Yes 97.7% 258
No 2.3% 6
Total Respondents 264
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2. Has it ever broken down and needed to be replaced?
Yes 44.2% 115
No 55.8% 145
Total Respondents 260
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3. How many times have you had problems with your 360 and needed to get it replaced?
1 71.1% 81
2 14.9% 17
3 8.8% 10
4 0.9% 1
5 4.4% 5
6+ 0.9% 1
Total Respondents 114
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4. Approximately how long did your 360 last before it needed to be repaired?
1. 12 months
2. 4 Months
3. 11 months
4. 6 months
5. 9 months
6. 10 months
7. 2 months
8. Three days.
9. 8 MONTHS
10. 3 months
11. 12 months
12. 11 months
13. 6 months
14. 6 months
15. A day!
16. Couple of months.
17. 2 weeks
18. 9 months
19. 2 days
20. 5 days, 2 months
21. 13 months
22. 13 MONTHS
23. 1 year
24. 5 months and 1 month
25. 6 monyhs
26. 2 Weeks
27. 3 months
28. 45 minutes
29. 2 months
30. seven months
31. Six months
32. 2 months
33. no time at all
34. 3 months
35. 4 months
36. 11 months
37. 4 months
38. 9 months
39. 1 year 1 month
40. 9 Months
41. A year
42. 6 months
43. ~11 months
44. 3 months
45. straight out of the box, broken.
46. 3 months
47. 1 month
48. 1 day
49. 1.5 week
50. 6 months
51. Six months.
52. 9 months
53. 1 month
54. 1 year, 4 days
55. 3 months
56. 6 months
57. 9 months
58. Still works after 13 months
59. 1 Day
60. 7 months
61. shortest life was 2 days. longest was 3 months
62. 13 months
63. 6 months
64. 4 months
65. almost 14 months
66. 8 months
67. 1 year 4 days
68. 8 months
69. 11 months
70. 2 month
71. Still on first since October
72. 10 Months
73. 11 Months
74. Dead on arrival on launch day... Replaced
75. 9 months
76. 9 months
77. it hasnt been replaced
78. 1 year 7 days
79. seven months
80. 1 month, then died again 12 months later to the day!
81. 6 Weeks
82. 6 months
83. 6 Months
84. 11 months
85. 2 minutes
86. n/a
87. 6 months
88. 11 months
89. 8 months I think
90. 2 months
91. 13 months
92. 12 months
93. 2 months (avg)
94. 1 week
95. 13 months
96. 13 months
97. 5 mins for the last one
98. 2 days
99. 6 months
100. 6 months
101. 11 Months
102. 6
103. 7 Months
104. N/A
105. 4 months.
106. 13 MONTHS
107. 12 months
108. 6 months average
109. 1 year
110. 9 months
111. 6 months
112. 9 months
113. 6 months
114. 6 months
115. 3 months
116. 12 months
117. 4 months
118. 2 MONTHS
119. 5 months
120. 1 year 2 weeks
Total Respondents 120
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5. How do you have your 360 connected?
SD 25.8% 66
HD 58.6% 150
VGA 24.2% 62
Total Respondents 256
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6. How do you keep your 360?
Horizontal 61.5% 158
Vertical 40.9% 105
Total Respondents 257
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