I'm just quirky like that, I guess.

I think I gave a couple of pretty good replies about what made the Playstation brand awesome, too.  I read every post in this thread.  I just woke up this morning (about to go back to sleep, btw) and it seemed like everybody has settled on the "Playstatio diversity" answer.  For the record, I never challenged you, CGi.  I just responded when you quoted me (I have a tendancy to do that).  Anyhoo, whatever people's reasons are, it's THEIR reason.  I'm just playing devil's advocate.  And the OP is wrong, too.  The Playstation brand is bigger than the sum of it's parts.  For over a decade (since '95), nobody can deny that Playstation was (and still is, in the hearts of many) THE video game platform.  A couple of years of whatever negative media attention (PS3 launch) isn't going to change that.

My ties to the Playstation have nothing to do with the games.  I was a fan of Sony products since childhood, having owned a Dreammachine alarm clock since I was 5.  My parents seemed to always purchase Sony branded products as I grew up and it naturally continued with me.  

I bought the original Playstation out of sheer curiousity, playing Final Fantasy VII as my first game on the system.  Having been a fan of previous installments, it grew on me.  Since then I've purhcased all the PS systems, a nice Bravia for my family and receiver to complete the setup :) 

Nah, I didn't feel threatend.  And I know what kind of guy you are, too (my personal pick for best poster 2010, if you didn't know).  Being able to see both sides of an argument is what makes people like you and I special.

--but since I have to go to work from 5:30pm to about 5:30am, I better get some sleep!  Later, dude!!

I'm a fan of the PS3 not the playstation brand as such, it has the games I like, soon as that isn't the case I'm off, I have absolutely no brand loyalty. 

Last gen I had an Xbox and a gamecube but never bothered with the PS2, this gen I decided to skip nintendo & xbox (got 1 for free recently, a friend gave me a 360),  never understood blind loyalty, though I do understand why people prefer x console.

The tag question is just because if it doesn't show trophies it's really possible that you don't play so it could be a "fake" that you know a lot of people use here when say that they aren't biassed because they have all 3 system, but don't know a game that isn't hated or with great advertisiment...

And i see your point, VG shouldn't bring loyalty as religion... but people like to attach to things... and about later comers, M$ came later, and Sega lived less than PS and still have a lot of fans even today after being dead for almost 10 years (at least console-wiser, altought i still love my Genesis, play Sega games and always cared more for Sonic than Mario - i can't understand someone liking to play 20 games with the same guy each Gen.... it was like up to Wii to a game sell on Nintendo system it should be Mario's something - unless it were Zelda or some other quality games) and i thrill for speed not pasta...

But I think everybody said right, the diversity is what catter to us.

the type/ quality of games... what really got me to support the playstation was Gran Turismo 

Some niche title to mention are games like Trinity Universe, Disgaea, Eye of Judgement, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Demon's Souls, Folklore, Heavy Rain, Last Rebellion, Atelier Rorona or Catherine.

360 has titles like this but most stay stuck in Japan while with Sony consoles many of them reach the West. Nintendo usually won't bring them over either.

This is why most niche titles announced these days are announced on PS3, like Disgaea 4. 

Nintendo DS and PSP also have a great assortment of niche titles as well.

Edit - Realized Catherine is on 360 as well.

At OP, if you can justify brand loyalty for Microsoft with "Loyalty to Microsoft is Halo, and what they did FPS.", it shouldnt be too hard to justify Sony's one...

In my case, people can check my profile here and see what I actually own.  I wanted to have a way to quickly show what I have been playing.  I do wish it worked like the XBox gamer card thing I had.  Well, now they weren't working, and just having the PS3 thing seemed not balanced, so it is out.  I really have no interest in trying to play "look at me, I am REALLY objective" so I then can do stealth trolling.  I have no place for that.  I will come out and say I am more pro-360, which I am.  Which then works the opposite.  When I speak highly of a PS3 title, it should count as extra.  I don't have an agenda to promote the Playstation stuff. 

Anyhow, what is interesting is scientific studies have found that brand loyalty, like people have for Harley-Davison, or Apple, or likely videogame consoles, map to similar parts of the brain that people have for religious faiths.  It is natural.  What one hopes is the bias doesn't boil over into fanboyism.  That can happen and often does.  Useless to request otherwise.  I happened to have to put an end to fanboyism when I witness the Commodore 64 trounce the Atari 8bit computer.  I eventually did get a Commodore 64 in the end though.

The diference is that Sony owns First party that do all kind of games, while M$ have how many 1st Parties?

And Nintendo altought having some diversity for genres, is always the "all family gaming" titles, they don't attack niches or special audiences... but it work greatly for them.

@RichardRutinik: Don't forget team passion also, in Brazil soccer can really do things in people brain. And for balance - as you sad yourself as a Pro-Xbox360, have some good games for me in my friend X - normally less now games as i don't like FPS very much - Why don't you do a OP for why are people loyal to Xbox brand, even with pulling the plug in the first and RROD problems it would be nice to hear some anwsers (even more if they aren't Halo, Gears or Live)