XBox 360 vs. NES

[bedouin]

[reactosguy]

Xbox 360: Malfunctioning
NES: Still works

[Aloone_Jonez]

The older consoles are more reliable because they were simpler (less to go wrong) and made in Japan (not China) to higher quality standards.

Does any one know how the red ring of death actually works? What sort of errors does it depict?

[Lead Head]

Depending on how many,. and which LEDs light up, it can indicate a number of errors. If its the three red lights, its an internal hardware failure.

[Aloone_Jonez]

I've read a bit about this and it seems like the LEDs don't give the user any useful information about the hardware fault!

This is total shit. Normally error indicators on a piece of hardware are there to give the user information i.e. if the green LED lights all is well, if the red LED flashes it means the memory is bad, and if f the blue LED flashes it means the hard drive is fucked.

[Refalm]

According to someone I know who works at the Media Markt, a 10% failure rating for electronic devices is normal. Which is why guarantee should never be limited to anything less than a year (a guarantee is basically a limitation on the responsibility of the manufacturer making a working product, it's not a service like most people think).

However, the Xbox 360 goes over the 10% mark. According to Gamespot, 54.2% of all those consoles fail within one year.
For PS3, the rating is 10.6% (usually overheating problems), and for the Wii 6.8% (usually dust in disc drive).

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[bedouin]

I didn't know how bad it actually was . . .