I remember feeling that way. When the Playstation first came out, I was all like, "pff, they can't hang with Nintendo." Then Final Fantasy 7 was announced for Playstation only and I was pissed off at both Square and Sony. I remember feeling resentful and bitter. Seems silly, looking back on it. Of course, when I saw that first FF7 commercial, I had no choice but to buy a Playstation, bitter or not, and the flood of games after made it my favorite console ever.

Just thinking that I could have missed that experience because of brand loyalty, it's kind of disquieting.

Welcome to the party. You have quite the backlog of games to play. I hope that you enjoy them all. 

Edit- TLOU is one of my favorite. I really like how I become attached to the characters as their bond grew. It makes you actually care about the characters' fate.

More than PS2?

This...same story pretty much.

I remember i was a huge nintendo fanboy and thought playstation sucked. I was a kid and had the "my console is better then yours" additude. Was not until i stubled across suikoden 1 when my cousin made me watch him play. I feel in love with the rich characters and mature story. Something i never saw in a nintendo game. After that we had to get one and the flood of new exciting "OBSCURE" japanese games like FF7-9, Metal gear, Chrono cross, tekken and much more make the PS1 one of my fav consoles of all time!

A touching story. I am in tears. Now, go buy a PC.

Yeah.  Could be just perspective, I might have simply been spoiled already, but the PS1 brought so many new experiences that, for me, blew away the previous generations in terms of depth, diversity, and story.  The PS2, in a lot of ways, was an extension of the PS1, so it left less of an "OMG WOW" impression on me.

Suikoden was one of the games that made me completely happy with my decision.  I bought it for FF7 but there was such a flood of games afterwards that I loved, especially RPGs and story-driven games like Silent Hill 2, that I could not have been more pleased with my defection.  With the SNES I had FF6, one of my favorite games of all time, but I really struggled finding more games like it on the system.  The PS1 satisfied that craving.

That's cool that you've branched out.

When you really think about it, if your dislike for a system was rooted in reason it would never exceed apathy. When you actually become "anti-NameYourConsole", you are doing so because, whether consciously or subconsciously, you are concerned said console DOES have games you'd like and, driven by jealousy and the instinct to defend your choice, you dedicate yourself to talking trash about it.

That said, it's easier to recognize this trait once you've grown up and can afford to just go buy more than one console. It's natural for kids to argue when they won't be getting another.

I can never understand why someone would hold a grudge against a company...

Please let us know when you get to the end. We all want to relive the first experience of this game through you xD