No fanboyism, no flaiming. I'm making 3 threads for all 3 home consoles.

Basically I want you to list your reasons for likeing and disliking Microsoft, and be specific towards gaming. I am going to tally the responses, and see what the biggest successes/issues Microsoft has. Try to be general, so I can combine your comment with others more easily.

Love

VII - Great First Party games
IV - Awesome Controller
III - Great Third Party Exclusives/Support
II - Achievements
II - Great selection of multiplatform titles.
II - Well Designed Online
II - XBL Arcade
I - Cheap Low End Console/Secondary console
I - JRPG's Galore
I - Great Marketing Strategy
I - Ability to use two XBL Accounts
I - Headset included in every console
I - FPS Galore
I - Because I'm a fanboy

Hate

VIII - Charging for Online
VI - Lack of First Party IP's, especially late life/Over reliance on 3rd Party support
III - Poor Reliability (50% Fail rate in first Gen consoles)
II - Kinect
I - First Party Exclusives are not my style of games
I - Poor Customer Service
I - Poor Inventory (They don't stock supplies for old accessories/consoles)
I - Lack of IP's, Abandoning of Core fans late into console life
I - Many exclusives find PC iterations/Library mimics PC's.
I - Ads on Dashboard
I - Unfair pricing of old games
I - Require DLC purchases to "Complete" a game.
I - FPS Galore
I - Moneyhating?
I - Poor Treatment of Developers (e.g. Rare)
I - Overpriced systems/Services

Because Kaz said I should ...

Seriously, I won't say hate. I'm just disappointed in them (as a hardcore gamer). But at the same time I give them proprs for taking online play to another level.

M: Like - Great Marketing Strategy, pretty nice prices. (As of now.) Dislike - Their First Party Support is lacking quite a lot. Despite the exclusives they have, their First Party games are lacking.

(Got my answer from this thread; http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=142790&page=1. Don't post in it. It's old!)

They have good exclusives and Windows is the ultimate option for games and doing just about everything. My 20gb Xbox360 from 2006 is still running fine. And Bill Gates is on the level of a saint for his charity work.

Microsoft has negatives? Maybe charging for Xbox Live, I still refuse to pay for that.

These are my votes, please cast your own to update the tally in the op.

Love

I - Great First Party games
I - Great Third Party exclusives
I - Great selection of multiplatform titles.
I - Cheap Low End Console/Secondary console
I - JRPG's Galore
I - Achievements
I - Awesome Controller
I - Ability to use two XBL Accounts

Hate

I - Poor Reliability
I - Poor Customer Service
I - Poor Inventory (They don't stock supplies for old accessories/consoles)
I - Lack of IP's, Abandoning of Core fans late into console life
I - Lack of late life party support.
I - Many exclusives find PC iterations/Library mimics PC's.
I - Ads on Dashboard
I - Charging for Online
I - Unfair pricing of old games
I - Require DLC purchases to "Complete" a game.

I don't like Microsoft, but I could give a rats ass about what happens to them. Three reasons why I did not buy a 360 was because of the 50% fail rate, having to pay 60$ for an online service that does not do anything different from their competitors and their IP's don't interest me.

I love Microsoft because of the games, innovated great online service, and the controller is the freaking bomb

I hate Microsoft because... can't really think of anything

I love Microsoft because:

-The Xbox 360 is the best console for 3rd party titles and my favourite console of this gen for that reason.

-The controller is great for 3D games

-Every console has a headset

-Introduced achievements

I hate Microsoft because:

-Poor 1st party support

-Charge for features that should be free

-Overcharge for anything else

-Recent overreliance on Kinect software

-E3 shows are the E3 equivalent of the VGAs

K I'm stopping here for now, I'll update more tomorrow.

Like
-Best first person shooters in the industry
-Halo
-Amazing online
-Brings good competition
-Xbox Live Arcade brought in an age of indies

Hate
-Paying for online
-Shooterbox (It's true)
-Kinect
-Moneyhatting, other business stuff
-Poor treatment of devs (Rare, etc.)