I see alot of people blindly following their favorite Console makers ( I'm also guilty of it from time to time).

So it made me wonder if: 

Sony was to release the Ps4 with the same specs and accessories Xbone would all the Sony fans still be harping on about it?

AND

Microsoft released the Xbone with the same specs as a PS4 would MS fans be so exicted?

if xbox did use DRM and PS4 did i would chose an xbox easily.
i like sony because what they do in the gaming industry is something i like, i like the vision they have for games and the vision they have for the industry and how they create their first party games. thats why i buy their console.

Specs are not so important, both systems are very similar. What's important is the company's philosophy towards games (or in Microsoft's case, lack of philosophy towards games) and how the system will enhance gaming. When I look at PS4 I see a console that is in every sense a console first and a media center second. When I look at the XBOne, I see an Apple TV first and a console second. I also see a device that is very abusive towards gamers, with regards to DRM, online-checks, resource intensive triple OS, advertisement-based achievements, Kinect 2 required, etc etc.

I've been doing games with Steam for years, anti-used doesn't bother me one bit. Well, I'm going to miss some nice Gamefly deals that's about it.

I'm done with the used market in general, especially companies like Gamestop.com

If MS can deliver a killer E3 then I'm set regardless of what Microsoft's stand on used games is. If MS doesn't deliver a killer conference then I have the PS4 to look forward to.

it's still baulk quite heavily at the always online. ..not so much because i'll be directly affective but because i'd be worried at how the rest of the market will react. i don't want to buy a doomed console. ..again.

Good point, least you have some good reasons.

I would buy the PS4. I like the TV features, controller with rumble triggers and snap view, which would have been originally on the Xbox One

I'd not be excited about the next Sony console and consider getting MS's next console.

Personally I will get both but one of them will be a day one purchase and the other a late gen purchase. This way I can keep up with the latest games and then later play the exclusives I've missed on the other console, also they will be very cheap so it's a win win for me. Heck I might actually get the Wii U later in its life cycle as well. After E3 I will have my final decision on which console to get, and right now it's looking like the PS4.

I like PlayStation because of the games they have.

You could make sony come out with the xbox one and i would more than likely pick that. Now if you switch it and say, M$ and Sony developers switched around with each other, along with the franchises. That means

Playstation gets Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable etc
Xbox gets, All naughty dog games, Gran Turismo, God of War and other sony original ip's etc

I would drop sony like an AIDs infested prostitute trying to rape me. I would be all over the nextbox like a beyonce knowles smothered in chocolate telling me to lick it off.