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Re: [News] [Rival] XBox Failure Rates (Very Grossly) Estimated at 61%

  • Subject: Re: [News] [Rival] XBox Failure Rates (Very Grossly) Estimated at 61%
  • From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 20:31:33 +0200
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 360 failure rates at 61%?

Poor Roy. He is so stupid he believes this.

>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Over at XBox 360 Gamer they have refused to buy Microsoft?s claimed
> | 4-5% failure rates and instead opted to create their own poll which
> | yielded shocking results. At the time of writing there have been
> | 3780 submissions and 2355 comments resulting in claimed failure
> | rates of 61%.

Shock horror. People with an agenda started a skewed poll and lots of
people whined and whinged.

And Roy believes this 61%. It indicates a certain insanity on his part.

> | 
> | There is no avoiding the fact that there is likely to be a negative
> | skew to the poll, angry gamers are more likely to vent than satisfied 
> | gamers. That said 61% is a huge number and even if its half that 30%
> | is a far cry from the 4-5% Microsoft would like us to believe.
> `----
>
> http://www.quicksavejunkie.com/2007/05/23/360-failure-rates-at-61/
>
> Bear in mind that:
>
>         * Microsoft said malware rates are around 0.2% or 2%. Studies show
>           something like 75% or even 90%.

Poor Roy. It's so sad. He has flipped.


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