When you spend big bucks on a games console, the last thing you want is to get up one morning to find it's given up the fight and become a fancy-looking brick.

But that's hardly a worry with the PS3 and Wii according to store managers, who say that the failure rate of the two consoles is less than one percent.

One EB Games manager told Ripten.com that absolutely no Wii consoles had been returned with faults.

But while Sony's and Nintendo's consoles continue to perform well, store managers also reinforced the ongoing concerns over Xbox 360 reliability, one Best Buy 'associate' claiming that "between a quarter to a third" of all 360's sold develop faults.

This is in line with reports claiming a 30-33 percent failure rate for Microsoft's console - which is alarmingly high, and further explains why some repair firms are withdrawing 360 support.


북미 매장의 매니저들에 의하면 Wii와 PS3의 고장율은 1%이하로 보고되었다고 합니다.
한 EB게임즈 매니저에 의하면 Wii의 경우 고장으로 인해 반품된 경우가 아예 없었다고...
360의 경우는 30~33% 고장율이라고 매장에서 보고되고 있으며
몇몇 수리점에서는 360의 고장율을 더 높게 보고 있다고 합니다.