A recent survey conducted over a 232 day period, with a total of 500,000 submissions at a 1 in every 3 person basis, has collected some interesting data with regards to console failure statistics over the last year.

As any of you with out of warranty faulty PS3’s are no doubt aware, the official channels for repair through Partserve aren’t exactly affordable – It costs R2200. The reason for this is they swop the console out, instead of actually repairing it. This has lead many to seek alternative, more affordable sources for repair – most of which offer …

Ahh, the Xbox 360. it’s a lovely machine, capable of playing some incredible games. Its interface is slick and intuitive, and the underlying software that ties everything to its online experience is without par. Pity then that its build quality, and indeed general quality of the hardware is appalling. Stupid design decisions and corner cutting measures at fabrication have given …

Yes it’s an inflammatory headline but if one of our recent commenter’s is to be believed this is exactly what Sony is doing. According to Mondracon his PS3 was starting to have issues with freezing so he called up his friendly American tech support and was told to upgrade to Firmware 3.01. He did and that changed the issue, now …

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has, through the help of a rather busy console repair shop, examined the failures that have plagued Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and more recently, Sony’s PlayStation 3. While the internet as a whole is well aware of the 360’s hardware problems, people are becoming increasingly aware of hardware reliability issues with the PS3. According to the repair outlet’s …