What Do Sony, Microsoft And/Or Nintendo Have To Do, To Lose Your Respect?

[OdinHades]

Microsoft have already done more than enough. They tortured me for 2 decades with their shitty Windows OS until I finally switched to Apple. They straight out ruined many games companies and killed for example Age of Empires, one of my favourite series. They brought a console which I had to send in 9 times (!!), which drove me almost to insanity and made me switch to PS3 eventually. They made so many shitty products that I'm done with them for good. Not a single Microsoft product is still in my household. Not even Office. I switched to Papyrus Autor.

Edit: Oh wait, the 360 is bound to be here somewhere... but I don't know where. =P

Sony made some really really shitty moves in the past, like that whole rootkit shit with music and whatnot. They also many times tried to force standards on us that nobody needed, Memory Sticks for example. But when it comes to hardware, they never stop to impress me. Not once in my life had I a failure with Sony TVs, MP3 players, Smartphones, gaming consoles or whatever else. And that stuff is also stupidly high quality (if you're willing to pay for it). I paid for example 400 € for my Sony MDR-1RNC headphones. It's really expensive for headphones, but those suckers run without a problem for two years now. And the sound is ridiculously good, I love it. For me to lose respect, they would have to start bringing only shitty hardware. I mean, I know they also have some bad products, but you tend to only find them in the low budget range. And quite honestly, you get what you pay for there.

About Nintendo, they lost me long ago. I know that their games are still good, sometimes even masterpieces. But as a gamer since 1989 who grew up with the NES, I'm simply sick and tired of their never-dying mascots. I don't want another Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Yoshi, Starfox, Pokemon, you name it. I had enough of those for my entire life. My impression was always that Nintendo just didn't grow with their customers, which Sony did. And I'm also turned off by them for always having innovative ideas for their hardware, but not so much for their software. I would like it the other way around.