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I intensely dislike Microsoft and Apple, pretty much equally. But not really because of their hardware. More because of their proprietary and monopolistic business practices. Which especially in the case of MS has almost nothing to do with the HW side of their business, because pretty much none of their HW products have come close to being in a potential monopoly situation.

I'm not liking the overly proprietary-centric way Sony is handling the whole PS3 hack situation, so they've gone down a little in my estimation. So if I had to pick a company I liked the least when it came specifically to gaming system HW I'd probably have to say Sony. But my dislike for them on the gaming HW side of things is small compared to MS and Apple on an overall basis.

I didn't vote, because I don't think the context of the question really fits my views.

I don't hate any of them now, but at the beginning of the generation Sony completely had my blood boiling.  I don't care if they want to launch their product at $600.  I do care when they literally call me, the consumer, a moron who will buy it at launch anyway even if it has no games.

They've changed their tune now, and I respect that and am cool with them again.

Apple. They don't deserve their fruitful reaping.

I voted Apple. I don't like their products, their prices, their design, their lack of compatability and open source, their royalty masturbation on appstores, their insufferable corporate head, their business practice and their closed mentality towards a market, wanting to create a monopoly.

I thought about creating a thread entitled 'Do you hate everybody?' lol.  With the exception of Valve(L4D2 boycott seemed absurd) I'm feeling some hatred toward all four parties.

Apple: I know way too many apple finatics. It's sick.  Every apple product seems to bring on a high price tag because it bears the logo.  Their products are genuinely quality, but not practical for the price. Occasionally their products are cost-worthy and practical, like the 3rd gen shuffle. Apple=quality.  Apple=/=practical.

Sony: In their current state Sony feels incredibly divisive! For me the longer Sony has been in the gaming industry the more they are making games I want. Yet conversely the longer Sony has been in the industry the more they anger me.  Before the current gen for the most part Sony just did not have the games I like, and therefore my disinterest was more or less preference.

I could see quality being poured into Resident 1-3, GTA, or Gran Turismo as well as others, but they were never series that interested me in one way or another(besides Ratchet & clank and God of War!!).  PS3 is different.  There's God of war, Ratchet & clank, MLB the show, motorstorm, resistance, little big planet, demon souls, and free online(although we'll see what'll happen with hacks involved now).  To that extent I love PS3.

Yet, Sony's doing things to curb my potential excitement.  

• Sony from time to time has used others innovations, but the context and implementation of the Move was downright lowly.  Before the Move was announced, Sony continuously bashed the wii and it's motion usage. Despite their comments Sony decided to replicate the wii motes design with motion and all.  Hypocritical much? That leads me to my next point...
• Shuhei Yoshida did not like Reggie bashing 3D glasses at E3 2010.  It would be fine for the Sony exec to simply defend his company.  His comments seemed so completely arrogant and desperate though.  This generation Sony has been the champion of trash talk. 

“I have hope that they have a broader perspective with 3D,” Yoshida said. “When you listen to what they are saying about the effect of 3D perspective to the games, they are saying the same message we are, but they don’t have to bash some small part of what the other company is doing.”

“I think as an industry we should preach this new perspective, from a very large cinema screen to a small portable, because that helps advancing the games and the game industry,” he said. “We’d like to work together to promote 3D.”

Hypocrites

• Sony is an entertainment company first and foremost.  A certain game shows this quite clearly.  Video games should stay Video games.  Nough said.  
• I'm not a fan of Blu Ray.  It probably has it's importance to prevent piracy, but I am quite with DVD's.  Blu Rays to me are useless, and I will me saddened if all video publishers decide to drop DVD's altogether.  This is more of a preference I guess.  For me it is noteworthy though since Sony is the lead poster-boy for blu ray. This in turn drives up the price for a feature I don't care for.
• Dual shock always seemed clunky to me, but again I think this is just a preference.  Not a reason to hate I suppose.

Microsoft: My perspective has changed with my introduction to PC gaming.  In some ways the 360 is a safe choice. Their library has had excellent spacing and great online. However, the 360 is dangerous.  The Red ring of death is a sad technological failure, which could be worse for those with annual subscription fees. For that persistent gamble Microsoft has lost me.  Also, to a certain extent PC gaming nullifies the 360. 

PC gaming...games for windows is a joke! Go Valve!

Nintendo: More often than not anger towards Nintendo is about what they don't do opposed to what they do do.

Sometimes Nintendo feels like the Green Bay Packers. You love them, but occasionally they break your heart(bongos/2008 nfc championship game). So much history involved with pioneers of their respective industries. The great one leaves (Rare/favre), but they bounce back. Occasionally a favorable situation does not equate towards a win(seldom great 3rd party wii games).  You know what they ought to do(beat the bears/PIKMIN 3)...but your left uneasy about whether they will get the job done.  Upper management may seem dillusional, but they are revealed to be geniuses.

Reggie at times can seem like a casual douche.  

There you go, that's my current hate spread :P

Why would I hate a particular hardware company? They're all the same.

I don`t have any hate for any of them. I may like certain ones more over others but I certainly do not hate any of them.

Thats because they gave Ken Kutsaragi a swift kick in the ass. He was one of the biggest problems for Sony early this generation.

And I'm glad they did.