Swapping my Xbox 360 for 60gb PS3

[bojangles1987]

The first PS3's where just as bad as the first Xbox's if not worse.

It's a myth that only early Xbox's were faulty. The 40, 60 and 80gb PS3's were trash and broke within a year.

Both have fixed faults with their most recent models, yet all you get is PS3 fanboys making up lies about how Xbox's are faulty and unreliable.

I have had my xbox for 3 years and my PS3 for 6 months. Both are running fine.

Not my ps3. Took 3 years before it messed up. I'm on my third Xbox, and I haven't owned it as long. Just depends on how lucky or unlucky you are.

[Kenny MF Powers]

Id keep the 360 personally.

[Mersey]

I did it... add me: TheDirtNasty88

And if I miss my Xbox, I'll buy one because they're cheap.

[John Barron]

i keep hearing the online community is much better on the 360, that's a good reason to keep it or get it i suppose. but let's face it, the hardware is horribly unreliable and inferior to the PS3.

[Bushbaby]

The red ring is the 360 (white 1's) problem. I know how to fix it. (It's just 2 X shaped clips) that should be replaced with screws once it redrings because it probably will eventually.

I was a playstation man until I played Halo on the 1st x-box. Been an x box man ever since. Halo, GOW, Mass effect have kept me loyal. But they do break a bunch & if I didn't invest so much in the 360 network I would have traded it for the ps.

[iLovesoccermoms]

is the xbox slim more reliable than the bigger ones?

[MidnightSpecial]

I did it... add me: TheDirtNasty88

And if I miss my Xbox, I'll buy one because they're cheap.

Midn1ghtSpecial

Hit me up so we can play Liverpool v. Liverpool

[THE REED]

Went through 3 xboxes and said fck it.

Got a USED ps3, it died after 2 years, bought a new slim ps3 and im on my 2nd year no problems.

[*Stannis*]

Any Xbox built before December 2008 have many well known faults. But the 40, 60 and 80 gb PS3's where just as bad.

I want to know where this myth that Xbox's are fragile and PS3's are rock solid myth come from?

*There are rumours that the 40gb PS3 had a 40% failure rate. Compare that with the supposed 30% failure rate of the original Xbox's.

[*Stannis*]

40% failure rates on the new 40GB PlayStation 3 model, according to retail sources.

Speaking to Dutch site Gamed.nl, Belgian games retailer Games Mania has said that while the new 40GB model is selling well, some 40 per cent of the new consoles sold so far have been returned due to hardware defects that result in the console being unable to read Blu-Ray and other discs.

No actual numbers have been made available so far, so it's unclear whether this is simply a case of a single retailer receiving a batch of dud consoles or whether this is a more sizeable problem along the lines of the infamous 360 three red lights issue.

Given the lack of similar reports from around the globe, we'd certainly hold off from declaring the 40GB as unreliable just yet. However, it is worth pointing out that the 40GB model has been made using revised manufacturing techniques designed to lower costs, and features fewer cooling vents than previous models.