I ment to say 3 years.. sorry. But in my case i have a lot of friends who have gone throught a few ps2's... one friend in particular has gone throught 4 and he bought his xbox when he got his second and the x box has lasted without a problem. I had a PS2 that lasted about 2 years but had laser problems which i couldn't fix and would cost me almost the same as a new ps2. I live in scotland and maybe thats got something to do with it, but in my experience the ps2's are unreliable and i haven't seen one of my friends xbox's breaking. I admit the ps2 has served me well, i play my new one a lot. But i don't like the PS3's controllers, i don't like the shape of the console either.... and i've seen what the xbox 360 has to offer and i prefer it.... personal preference... i never thought i'd see the day where i would like the xbox over a playstation, but i've seen the games and i'm liking it.