Take your pick: Buy an XBox 360 or flush your money down the toilet

If you’re in the market for an XBox 360, Playstation 3, or a Nintendo Wii, you might want to check out this video first. A recent survey found that almost 60% of XBox 360 owners have reported problems with their consoles, compared to just 16% for Playstation 3 and 6% for Nintendo Wii. Microsoft’s problems are so well-know, that the “red ring of death” and other technical problems, are the subject of their own Wikipedia article.

The XBox might be a great system to play, and I know it has its fans, but who wants to spend hundreds on a console that is likely to break in less than a year? Consumer electronics tend to have a failure rate of 15% over their first 3 to 4 years of use. This is understandable, since regular use can take its toll on any item. However, when a company’s product tends to fail more often than not over a relatively short period of time, it should probably be avoided.