fillet on 23 February 2013
The Fat PS3 models are all dropping like flies RROD style and have been for the past year or so, not a big deal they're what 4-5 years old now, certainly not in the "normal" range for an electronic product though. Just wanted to clear up that inaccuracy.
You can blame EU regulations on lead based solder for that though, not Microsoft or Sony. Nobody really knew how the lead free solder would perform over time.
No need to be so attacking though OP, it's obvious you're digging for dirt, I think we're all intelligent enough to know where each company made foibles and each company made good decisions for the consumer. RROD/YLOD don't come into either of them since it was an untested type of solder and nobody could know.
