One thing I find ironic is that there isn't more outcry about from vivid M$ / XBox fans and media (consoles breaking down en masse, not with regard to spreading consumer awareness). Many of the people experiencing problems made fun of the PS2. I never owned a PS2 myself but overall they do seem to last a lot longer.
IMO it's a serious issue, funny as the more vivid XBox 360 fans during launch questioned the PS3's reliability all of the time whenever there was a minor issue to report (also angry posts regarding the currently excellent backwards compatibility I enjoy, relatively minor scaling issues which have been fixed, pointing fingers to the initial lack of DVD upscaling which has now been added and offers a much better quality than the XBox 360 which only got this feature through a firmware update anyhow, etc). Now they know they can't touch the PS3 when it comes to overall reliability and so they divert their efforts to criticizing the good old PS2 again.
IMO consoles are meant for our entertainment, consoles breaking down seriously affects this and shouldn't be tried to be shoved under the carpet by the fans. I think new consumers should be fully aware of what kind of product they are buying. I wasn't until I ran into problems myself and found an avalanche of reports from people breaking 3 to even 7 consoles in this very short timespan.
This despite I've had quite lenghty discussions on the merrits of the PS3 vs the XBox 360 with some fans, the fans should have made me more aware of these problems as maybe I wouldn't have run into problems myself, being more cautious of overheating and of course getting rid of the thing instead of buying new software for this cheaply built console.
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