First things first – this is not a study from an established market research firm. Independent review site, NoFussReviews conducted a survey of over 500,000 game console owners to look into the failure rate of their consoles. Here are some interesting revelations
Percentage consoles that were repaired or replaced
XBox 360 : 42%
PS3 : 8%
Wii : <1%
Percentage consoles repaired replaced more than once (among those who answered Yes)
XBox 360 : 55%
PS3 : 12%
Wii : 0%
Repaired more than two times
XBox 360 : 39%
PS3 : 8%
Wii : 0%
Repaired more than five times
Xbox 360 : 3%
PS3 : 1%
Wii : 0%