Bleh at bolded, obviously your taste buds are DEAD! :P

Why I love Sony-

They consistantly try to out do themselves instead of only workin in the vain to make money. Sure, they are a multibillion dollar company(less so much these days) but they spend a lot of time just trying to be creative and I love that. Many of their games stimulate me mentally, a requirement for me to enjoy anything. Stuff like Heavy Rain would have never happened without them and I love them for it. I didn't feel I became a gamer till I got my first PS1, and they have kept me around ever since. Sony Playstation convinced me to go into game design as well.

Why People Hate Sony-

Like some have said, its not exactly Sony they hate, rather the fans of Sony they despise. The thing is, many Sony fans come off "Better than thou" to other console affiliates and they find it aggrevating. I accept this is something many think of me as well as I am a very opinionated person and will often speak freely about things I loathe. There is still some pint up resentment from Nintendo Fans from the PS1 era where their fav was dethroned instantly by the new kid on the block. Many felt jaded by stolen exclusives (like PS3 fans do now). It feels like over due payback for some of them so they relish in every possible failure of Sony. As for 360 fans, a bit of the same, plus the added bonus they resist the fact they bought into a shoddy product and an opinionated person such as myself takes every opportunity to remind them of it. Also its kind of "Rich kid syndrome where people hate what they can't/ or just don't have. That is why the stellar-ness of PS3 exclusives will be frequently downplayed as if  they are of the normal ilk by opposing fans. I don't kid myself into fully believin that my opinion isn't also skewed by similar outlying factors, nevertheless I feel PS fan's vocal issues with NIN and MS are usually pretty founded while the inverse is not.

i dont know why people dont consider heavy rain to be big budget, that game used a brand new engine for the game, great graphics and it pushed boundries when it came to evoking emotions from the player. the game also had 20 different endings. all that doesnt come cheaply. and now beyong two souls they built a new engine from scratch even though financially it doesnt make much sense but QD wanted to push the envelop with Beyond they made it. did people see what that new engine can do? did you guys even see that tara demo? or how great beyond looks? thats not adding to the fact that they got elen page on board to. point is, heavy rain and beyong are both big budget