Hus, your answers don't help.
Granted I have a PS2 from Sept 01 which in the last 6 months has only just decided to stop reading Blue discs(despite trying to adjust the laser). It still plays games fine. And I prefer Sony (yes I admit it). However I'm willing to accept that it will have a reasonable failure rate from launch, also considering down to it's age more than anything else...
Good to see this site is still going