Market research indicates Sony has the most powerful and respected brandname. It seems fans of rival systems don't like it that Sony dominated the home console market for over a decade, so many pretend to be upset about even minor issues.
Also many online media are run from the US, this may be a reason why the PS3 and Sony is getting more crap than Microsoft and the XBox 360 which is a US company. One thing I am sure about if Sony would have released a PS3 console as unreliable as the XBox 360 the internet would have exploded with outrage. Here in Europe it's not Sony that has a bad reputation overall, it's actually Microsoft which is considered to be an anti-competitive, monopolistic company often resorting to legally and morally dubious business practises. Neither Sony nor Microsoft are European companies.
The PS3 is a good quality sturdy console offering unparalled features and specifications, the console has a huge and impressive games line-up coming up.







