Xbox 360 Failure Rate

Bill Harris has a great post about the Xbox 360 during its early manufacturing runs. He's got data supporting the fact that the Xbox 360 suffered 68% failure rate in 2005 production runs. Worse still, Microsoft knew their product was full of defect and shipped the boxes out anyway. It was only when consumers cried foul and the media got a wisp that high-defect rate was the culprit that Microsoft capitulated and instituted their current replacement program.