Having bought all major consoles from nes to 7th gen only ps1 and ps2 broke but both were severelly abused by bootlegged games for 8h a day 7 days a week for 5years each. So the first one had disc reader unaliement and the second I'm not sure the issue because a friend borrowed and repaired (it still read with some tries when I borrowed) but I guess it was the reading mechanism as well.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."