I'd agree with most comments in this thread. Arrogance goes to SONY. Stupid goes to MS.

Already 34% for Sony on forums largely dominated by Sony enthusiasts... It says a lot :)

It is really just my speculation as they never actually went forward with the plans due to the 180.  IMO, there were several things on the table that did not scream ethically sound.  The policies for always online and to check in once every 24 hours were basically making the console largely unuseable in countries / areas with terrible and unreliable internet connectivity which is relatively common and something people take for granted, yet they were certainly planning on selling it there anyway. (South America, Eastern Europe, Southern Asia etc.)  I also felt the want to limit how previously bought games could be accessed was bad.  MS was basically saying that all armed servicepersons would not be able to game on their XBox1 at sea, or deployed to remote locations with no or limited internet, which is hugely popular with 360 and those folks, and let's face it if you live that stressed a life you deserve to play the new consoles just like everyone else.  Serious questions about privacy also went unanswered regarding always on Kinect despite ongoing NSA headlines.

Also there was the whole paying youtube creators to promote X1 but making them unable to disclose they were being paid or say anything bad about the console which many claim violates FTC rules.

None of these things are illegal but I find them leaning towards unethical.  All that being said I did buy an X1 after getting a PS4 myself anyways, as I don't hold grudges towards companies or people who make the right decisions going forward.  While some may seem like not that big of a deal, it's important to look at them from the mindset of an uninformed average consumer.

They wanted to turn physical discs, into digital copies. Yes digital has always been on the wrong side of first sale doctrine.
But now they wanted to eliminate the freedom to lend, sell, give away your physical copies at your own disgression.

The whole, ok we'll allow you to sell / share digital copies came after the initial shit storm. Btw why can't you do that now? What's holding that back exactly? The 24h check in was only required to prevent content from physical discs to be used in multiple places at the same time. Through an online service you can still de-activate your digital copy and then transfer it to another account to be activated there. That only requires you to be online at the time of transfer, nothing difficult about it, online auction houses in MMO's have been doing it for years.
That would be the carrot approach to promoting digital over physical, instead MS choose the stick approach.

The thing is MS changed their policies a month after they messed up. Sony took a couple years.

Poll results are a reflection of recent memories, while blocking out the past......too traumatic to remember I guess lol

They both were pretty terrible, but I have to choose Sony on this one.

I chose Sony, because that was arrogance from 2006, so it's worth more now. That's how inflation works, right?

Sony in 2014 imo. After all of Microsoft's fuck ups they're not really trying to capitalize on it, they're assuming that everyone is going to go to Playstation because they've got the better hardware, while Microsoft is securing exclusives that people want to play. I couldn't care less about Titanfall, but there's no doubt that people want to play it. Sunset Overdrive looks lke it'll be a great game. They bought the Gears of War franchise which Sony could have done with the talks they've been having with Epic, and could have stolen the entire fanbase of that series and made them Sony supporters.

Instead, all that Sony has really been pushing has been indie, indie, indie, indie. No offense to those of you out there like Joe the Bro who are indie developers, but indie games don't move consoles. People aren't going to say. "Wow, an indie game! I've got to get a PS4!." No, they say. "Holy sh**! Next gen Call of Duty!."

Sony has had over six months to capitalize on Microsoft's fuck ups but they haven't. Who's more arrogant AND stupid? Sony.

If you consider that the PS3 went on to outsell the 360 globally and taking into consideration it's year later release, I'd probably have to go with Microsoft. I honestly can't see any way in which they can cope with Sony in this generation.

Atleast the hardware in the PS3 was worth the price and Sony were not ripping us off. It was also the cheapest blu-ray player for a long time.... the technology which MS tried to screw but are now using it themselves.

the xbone on the other hand is a complete rip off, the camera is not worth as much as they claim and even after removing it from the bundle, MS insist the xbone alone should cost as much as a PS4. what a joke.

In terms of anti-consumer policies, the xbone beats any other product in history and will be keeping the crown for a long time to come.