I've had a phat ps3 since release, I had it on preorder. It's never had any problems at all. I've got a ps3 slim that I got off ebay and fixed myself and I use that one for custom firmware. The 'proper' games you're talking about for the xbox360 are 99% available on ps3, for the same reason they are usually available on the PC as well. Developers want to hit as much of the game market as possible.
What I do see is a lot of fooked xboxs. Red ring of d00m, bricking from rubbish firmware, cd's getting scratched to death, problems with the drives they are supplied with, overheating problems (though admittantly the ps3 suffered from this as well if you didn't position it right), etc.
I'm not sure about the bluray player, I don't use mine. I download all the movies I watch so I just stream them to my PS3 from a media server and watch them on my tv. I know that mine works though, so yeah, I'd say pretty reliable.
As far as games go, the PS3 has far better exclusives than any other console. Like I said earlier, they are the kind of games that make the ps3 worth buying just to play them. Demon's Souls, Uncharted, MGS4, Infamous, Dante's Inferno.. etc. Plus you avoid the crowd of kids whose parents bought them xbox's and the teenagers who can't be bothered learning how to use a computer for real fps gaming. win-win.