Hyams on 22 October 2008
I've had no problems with any of my three PS3 controllers. (Two of them are almost two years old now, too.)
I'm also using one of my origional PS1 controllers as a fourth controller (with an adapter port), which is still working just fine.
In fact, I don't think I've ever had an official Playstation branded controller mess up on me. Maybe you're just really unlucky?
