The 360 definitely has issues.
The original Xbox was solid, I have a couple of them modded that I use as media centers. They can run for days without any problem. The only problems the first Xbox had was an early DVD drive by Thompson (RCA) that would sometimes scratch discs and give Dirty Disc errors. Also, one of their vendors had a crappy power supply that could cause serious problems but you had to be pretty abusive to break it.
The early PS1 and PS2 systems were absolute garbage, so I don't understand how people let Sony off the hook so easily. PS1 systems would overheat after less than 1 hour of use, they had Disc read problems and a video chip that would burn out after a certain amount of usage. Basically after a while no Full Motion Video would work at all.
PS2 was a little better, but a huge percentage of them had Disc reading problems. PS2 was probably the worst system until the 360 came along. PSP also had a few problems like dead pixels, cheap flimsy analog nubs that would break, and unusable square buttons. PS3 is the first solid system they have built.
The only Nintendo system I have had any trouble with was the original NES. It was very well built, but the pin connectors that read the cartridges would bend and corrode and would make it nearly impossible to play any cartridge. It's easy to fix and the part costs less than $10.
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