Yeah, have to agree with you here, i really cant stand the whole "brand loyalty" thing.  If they make a good product, they make a good product.  If they make a shitty product, dont tell me its a good product simply cuz you like the brand.  Ive owned multiple systems from sega, nintendo, sony, and microsoft.  Some systems i feel were crap, others were great, some were underappreciated.  I have no loyalty, i go with what seems good.

 Personally, IMO, if their wasnt so many consumers stuck with brand loyalty, everyone would benefit because companies would work harder to make decent products, rather then relying on that since people like the brand, they will buy it anyway.  

 The world isn't flat?

@op, why not at least keep your PS3 hooked up for the mp4 playback, best DVD upscaling capabilities, and Blu-Ray?

I understand not using it to play games, but why this. Why?

Is your entertainment center that cramped.  Hell I still have a VHS player hooked up- why? you may ask

because I like to keep my options open.

Plus if you are concerned about there being too many gaming consoles in one entertainment center, dont be.

IMO the ps3 doesnt really look like  a game machine, just turn it on its side and bam! - it's a digital sound receiver or something.  

Sony may never forgive you for this one. But as a nice token of appreciation from xbox, you might just get lucky with an RROD 

Hm. Going from one console to another isn't really "sad." I would say that if you had quit gaming all together, that would have been pretty sad. Not the saddest day in gaming history, just YOUR gaming history.

Sad? Now you have access to a pretty good size library of great games. You should be smiling! :D Enjoy the games! :)

I've never been too much into the brand loyalty thing, either. I think the only time I've ever had 1 console for a generation was when I had the NES. Otherwise I had a SNES/Genesis, Saturn/PS1, PS2/Dreamcast, and now 360/Wii.

What was sad was me buying a f*cking Sega 32X (for $150!!!) only to have it discontinued shortly thereafter :( :( :( I still bought a Saturn though :-p

i still use my comodore64, i love that machine, you can beat turbo out run, and buggy boy

Not cool :( *turns back and walks away*

Oh, and you should post this thread in the "Sony" forum, too! hehehe ;-p

thing change i also thought i was a ninyt fan only until p1 and ps2 but now again im a ninty fan

Or when EA got the exclusivity for Madden

Or realizing Earthbound/Mother 3 was awesome and you would never play it. (me!)

Or realizing you bought a virtual boy.

Or having your 360 RRoD a couple of days before the big game (me!).

Or Sega leaving the hardware business when Dreamcast was the best hardware for the money (me!)