they might be prone to dying but imo for online play its simply leagues in front of PSN.
Never had any bother with my PS3, but play the 360 more often. ive had my second 360 for 3 yrs now and not had bother with it so far.
And anyway if we wanted everything to work perfectly 100% of the time and not give us any hassle we wouldn't be driving some of the cars we do would we.....