For the record, I actually hated MS far more last generation, and was indifferent, if not somewhat favorable towards Sony. A lot of its games seemed almost Nintendo-esque and looked like fun; Jak and Daxter, God of War, Katamari, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Grandia, etc..
I simply despised MS for taking my favorite non Nintendo developer, Rareware, I hated the fact that MS were buying out these comapnies and taking major losses with their deep pockets, I hated the gigantic Xbox controller, and there were almost no games on the Xbox that interested me. The few games that DID interest me were also on PC, so I found the Xbox utterly useless.
I was really really close to buying a PS2 to go alongside my Gamecube, but changed my mind at the last minute when Sega got desperate with their Dreamcast and cut the price to a near impulse-purchase price of $99 shortly before going under. After that, along with buying a new gaming PC, and a DS shortly after, I felt I had more than enough gaming and had no need for another console.
In 2005 I was dead set on buying a PS3 along with a Wii.. But then E3 2006 happened. The games Sony showed looked uninspired, their arrogant attitude was extremely off puting, their shameless ripoff of Wii motion irked me, and the outrageous price of $599 scared me away. They seemed to fall victim to the "cool" image with their games, resorting to blood and gore with a plethora of shooters/action/sports games.
I knew I wanted a secondary console to go with my Wii as I had pretty much come to terms with the fact that Nintendo was never going to get the kind of third party support its competitors would get, so I opted for a 360 instead, and haven't looked back. That is where I stand now. While I don't "hate" Sony as I did in the past few years, they are still my least favorite of the gaming options out there.
