Great observations man. I knew about many of these but some I had no idea of. Sony undeniably has treated customers with more respect in fact. While Microsoft fooled people into thinking that multiplatforms where only in their console, Sony continued making many permament exclusives. 

They are hypocrites. The way they play is pretty damn dirty and a very bad example to set for the industry in how to deal with your competition. They tell developers to give them parity for games and then strip parity away from others because they are afraid it will make their console seem equal. That is called fear.

Groan.

I had disc issues with my PS1 and had to have the console on its side or upside down for it to work.

I have gone through several PS2 as they were flimsy and not very reliable (Of my retro consoles, it is the only one I have a back-up system of).

My PS3 fat sounded like a leaf blower after a few months and then YLOD (To be fair, the slim is much less shoddy than the fat)

People seem to have forgiven Sony...

By comparison, apart from the first model with RROD, my Xboxes, 360s, and Xbox Ones have all worked like a charm.

Do not compare a console that had 10 percent (or less) hardware issues to one that became historically known as the console with the 60% failure rate. Your experience with the Playstation is your own, but in all its failure not the same. 10% failure rates are typical for technology. Microsoft rushed the 360 to beat Sony to the punch and risked a huge batch of  unsuable consoles.

Now the Xbox 360 was in a failure class by itself but, even before the internet, the PS1's issues were big enough to be covered in gaming magazines and the PS2's issues were big enough to be the target of a class action lawsuit.  I went through two PS1's and three PS2's myself and I treat my consoles like royalty.  That's one of the reasons I went with the Xbox 360 first last gen.  I said there was no way I was paying $600 for a Sony console if it was just going to break.  Joke was on me.  My 360 broke twice AND my Phat PS3 broke (but it lasted six years).  The problems were real.

Just saw the commercial.  Never saw the "only on Xbox" thing mentioned.

Many people at other sites have falsely labeled me as a Sony fanboy, which is a joke. I owned an Xbox and 3 Xbox 360s and none of them broke down on me during my ownership of them. My nephew owns an Xbox 360 I bought him in 2011 and it still works. My first PSX, PS2 and PS3 (first due to Update 2.0 and then 3 years later it would freeze during games) all died on me, though I used them heavily over their ownership. I expect my PS4 to last a good long time as I'm playing everything digitally to start.

Many serious video gamers know what they are getting into with Microsoft. I don't think we needed to be lectured on it. It's the casuals who buy nothing but Madden/FIFA and CoD who need to read your comments...and they won't. However, they seem to be going with Sony over Microsoft and Nintendo this time around in the early going.

I'm just angry that I can't play Peggle 2 on my PC due to Microsoft. I hate these timed exclusives that keep others from playing the game. I have yet to see anybody broadcast Peggle 2 on Twitch. Nobody bought an Xbox One to play Peggle 2.

Yes, Microsoft preys on consumer ignorance. Who doesn't?

I'm in marketing.. We all prey on consumer ignorance.. We release movie trailer to make awfull movies look good.. Presents ads to convince people that its better then an iphone.. But when a product sells 80 million or 500 million.. There are a lot.. A lot of people who choose that product cause they want to.. They like it better then the other product.. Do they bitch and moan about the other product they didn't buy? No.. They enjoy what they bought and have the class to stand above such a pathetic thing as hating on a product you didn't buy.. More so.. They don't even care you bought the "other" product.. They don't even care about you..

Old news, considering how ignorant and delusional most of their fans are.

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I would like to see an article that says the Playstation as a product had a failure rate higher than 15-16%.