One of my friends has a very nice and expensive microfiber couch and one cat. His cat is not destructive and is even declawed in the front (I know a bad thing but the cat came declawed, he was a rescue cat) yet his couch is falling apart, getting small rips/scratches/fuzzy ball things, he thinks from the cats back claws from jumping to the top of the back of the couch and on the arm rests all the time (pretty much the only areas on the couch that is messed up and the cat happens to spend a lot of time in both spots).

My other friend has a regular priced microfiber couch and 4 cats and her couch is holding up nicely, after 2 or so years.

I guess it just depends on what brand or something?