Around 60 per cent of Xbox 360 owners in the UK have experienced a console breakdown, CNET UK reported yesterday.

These figures from CNET’s reliability survey also reveal the Playstation 3 has suffered a casualty rate of 16 per cent while the Nintendo Wii is happily chugging along at a healthy 6 per cent.

CNET also published figures for repeat failures, with a whopping 32 per cent reporting a second breakdown and 19 per cent suffering through it yet again. To be fair, reports of defective consoles have fallen in recent years following some considerable hardware revisions.

It’s worth noting that  the survey was self-selecting, meaning it’s likely people only felt the need to take part if they had experienced one or more breakdowns themselves. Despite this, the story will come as little surprise to many 360 owners after the situation escalated a few years back, prompting Microsoft to start running a 3 year warranty to deal with the infamous Red Ring of Death.

We’ve found ourselves on our second 360 after break downs – are you still on your first console or are you in the same boat as many of us? Get to the comments section and let us know…

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