But you're saying you'd let Sony basically pull the same 500 euro crap and give them a pass because they have better exclusives. If Sony are less powerful and charge more for components that clearly don't cost more to buy, they'd be ripping you off.
(They won't though, of course).
This *hypothetical* Sony is ripping you all off. Don't tell Sony you'd still buy their console if they rip you off :(
well, yeah. In such case I'd "betray" Sony, too. I always vote with my wallet. Maybe I should've put that in my post as well. I didn't own a Wii U for that matter. The whole concept was bad from the get-go. Another thing: Sony's 1st party games and the japanese support is something that's catering towards my personal likes. All Xbox games feel too shallow to me. Halo, Gears - all the same, nothing ever changes. I don't like shooters at all. Same for racing games. And that's all Microsoft has to offer - exceptions such as Ori don't count here because they appear only once every X years. Where as Sony has a much more diverse lineup. And Nintendo, too, for that matter.
But like you said, it's not going to happen with Sony. But in that hypothetical case, I wouldn't buy the PS5 and start to lose faith in their brand as well. That almost happened with the PS3 back then. I had a huge case of buyer's remorse. Luckily, Sony turned it around. Another example is abandoning Apple's iPhone. I owned every iPhone up until the 6th gen when I realized (yeah, too late but oh well) that they're massively overcharging for tech that's been used by their competitors for ages and for less money. That's when I swapped to Samsung. Granted, if Samsung were to do something similar, I'd reassess the situation and my brand loyalty.