Your OP question 1 kind of eliminates a lot of people answering here except for Xbox/Ouya owners.
Personally chose for Ps3 because of a franchise that was rockin' on ps1 and ps2... Sadly enough it was FF. See what can happen if you don't jump ship!!!?
Besides that Blu-ray was a big plus for me and again Jrpg's were rockin' on Ps1 and 2. Ps3 not the kind i liked.
But I am still happy with the crappy streamin', Netflix, PsPlus and now Final Fantasy X... Game of the gen confirmed!