My missus managed to get my 60gb with 3 games 2 bluray movies and an extra sony sixaxis for
£400
And the only reliabilty issue on my PS2 has been dead lasers.
It has never locked up/froze/over heated.
My original PS i never had a problem with but my almost 7 year old PS2 is on it's 5th laser
But after installing HD loader and a 160gig HD the laser doesn't get anywhere near the abuse anymore and the last ones been in a couple of years.
This is my only worry with the PS3, When the BR lasers start packing up what's Sony attitude going to be and how much are they going to set you back if the customers are left to foot the bill???
I think the PS2 is a fantastic machine and the only thing it lacked was a homebrew scene like the xbox making it a full media station.
I agree that it didn't have as many original and ground breaking games like the PS1 brought and has suffered many years of sequels but the majorty of them have been worthy.
GTA, Iko, Dropship, Devil May Cry, Jak
& Daxter, Shadow of the Collosus, God of War, SSX, R-Type Final, Gauntlet, Baldurs Gate, Auto Modellista, Burnout, Call of Duty, Killzone
(getting into it now), Black, Onimusha, Prince of Persia, Ratchet
& Clank, Sky Odyssey, Adventures of Cookie
& Cream
(a real shame they never followed this up), Stuntman, Darkwatch, Rogue Galaxy, Okami, FlatOut, WDL Warjetz, Gradius V, MTX Mototrax
(a small handful of my faves and games that are fresh to the PS2)
EDIT: Back on topic, Not one of my mates has had their pre-elite 360 die on them yet, Strange that.
One has froze a few times but his lad does come home from school then spend the entire night on it with his mates on either R6LV or COD4 so it does get hammered constantly