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

[SvennoJ]

Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 said:

SvennoJ said:
I've had a ps2 break (drive failure), an xbox (dead on boot up), 360 3 times (rrod), 2 dead ps3s (ylod), 1 wii (drive failure). So none of these things are build for heavy use.
All my older consoles still work, but got far less use as well as I was more pc oriented at the time. (Where I also had plenty hdd failures and a malfunctioning gpu)

Do you play your consoles in an oven?

No, they're either standing up on the floor, or in an open cabinet. I do pretty much use them daily, and I have been leaving them on overnight in the past with games that don't allow saving mid missions. (folding@home wasn't a good idea either in retrospect)
The tv, amplifier, etc get more daily use, those don't break. Laptops get more use in our house too with a much better track record. I'm typing this on a laptop that is used daily for 10 years now.

The current gen track record is pretty worrying considering all the plans to turn consoles into full always on multimedia centers.