Lol - I can guarantee I'm not using it wrong. My PS2 still works (and I've only had one) and I've got TVs and CD players that are twenty years old and still work.
The damn thing is well ventilated, dust free and is treated very sweetly.
I've decided that when I'm at work the kids somehow wreck it - I honestly can't think of any other reason other than the fact that, just like someone's got to win the lottery with 14 million to 1 odds, with thirty million PS3's sold someone's got to be very unlucky with them.
Anyway, all my content is backed up and I have Continuous Play in UK which means no matter how long I have it Sony will replace it without charge so I guess it could be worse.
I just keep thinking about some of my statistics and maths research - and feeling very odd to be a statistical oddity.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
