Which game console would be better to own?

say can anyone help me?ive been trying to convince my little brother to get an xbox360 instead of a ps3 cause i hear alotta ps3z are slow and burn out fast and are like defective..now dont get me wrong im with playstation all the way..i want him to get an xbox360 because of that fact i heard alotta the ps3z are defective and i wanna get the new silent hillz and resident evil five so haz anyone had the chance to compare these two consolez and doez anyone know which console would be better to get??thankz for the help..