54% failure rate is a terrible statistic for quality assurance. I don't know of any other product with defects anywhere in that level. Double digit rates shouldn't even happen. The fact that most consumers simply accept the potential of a defective unit indicates that either low quality is simply expected now or the Xbox 360 is a must buy product for consumers. The fact that the PS3 plays many of the same games, it would seem that the former is true.
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