Do you think it buying a console at launch is good or bad

[TheLastStarFighter]

Haha, I find it funny people jumping to defend Sony systems. Anyway, as I said, my Sony's haven't failed, but Sony and Microsoft systems do fail at a fairly high, especially at launch. Here is a nice study where Wii's fail at 2.5%, PS3's at 10% and XBox at...23%(!)...11% if you take away RROD.

http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_Xbox360_PS3_Wii_Reliability_0809.pdf

I looked for one on the previous generation because I remember the results being similar but I couldn't find it. Regardless, Nintendos are generally built like bricks where the newer game companies have pushed early products with some issues.