considering that i have had three xbox 360's that were defective, i wanted to know what the failure rate of the console was. i looked online, but there aren't any reliable sources except for one quote the next-gen.biz says came from microsoft. but even then, there is no official numbers. some reports state microsoft reps said the failure rate was 1-2%. an unofficial poll taken in a team xbox forum resulted in a near 16% failure rate. but the poll is from last november, so the numbers could be different it were done again today. now, for the failure rate within the people i know who have an xbox 360. there are 7 of us. and of the 7 there have been 9 consoles. 4 out of the 9 consoles were defective. that's a 44% failure rate.