I am sure others have various reasons, but for me it comes down to brand. PlayStation to me represents gaming systems that have a varied catalog of games that interest me. Through 3 generations Sony has never let me down even if they did slip up early years of PS3 the latter ones were amazing.
My personal top consoles
1. Super Nintendo (10/10)
2. PlayStation 2 (10/10)
3. Nintendo (9/10)
4. PlayStation (9/10)
5. PlayStation 3 (9/10)
6. Sega Genesis (8/10)
7. Nintendo Gamecube (8/10)
8. Microsoft Xbox 360 (7/10)
9. Sega Dreamcast (7/10)
10. Nintendo Wii (6/10)
11. Microsoft Xbox (5/10)
12. Nintendo 64 (5/10)
13. Sega Saturn (4/10)
I love Nintendo for their first parties and nostalgia will force me to once again buy their console again, but I had no rush to do so after not being crazy about the Wii. Sega's Dreamcast suffered largely due to poor handling of the Saturn. Microsoft makes solid consoles, but it is clear gamers with tastes such as mine are not their primary audience. That is fine, but cannot blame me for going with a company that does pander to my tastes in Sony.
