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February 14th, 2008 @ 07:35
According to this, warrantee firm SquareTrade has reported that, based on 1,000 warrantees, Xbox 360 has a current failure of 16.4 percent, 60 percent of which is the much-publicised red ring of death issue.
SquareTrade CEO Steve Abernethy added a cheery note to the findings: “It is reasonable to believe these failure rates will increase over time, since the Xbox 360 failure issues tend to increase with prolonged use where overheating appears the main culprit.”
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the site wont let me make an order. I tried earlier but got the following error after clicking checkout,...
February 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
yeah maybe that batch. why 1,000? what about the bigger picture?
that’s like saying 1 in 10 men are gay.
February 27th, 2008 at 6:59 am
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