Yeah, Sony's security is quite a hack job.
I also grew up close to Sony and the Playstation, mostly thanks to my cousins who had the PS2 in my Nintendo 64 and Xbox years, and others who actually had the original Playstation. The only Playstation product I own is a PSP. Also when I decided to go for a Wii, I did had an urge for a PS3, since I also thought it had exclusives I wanted to play, though as destiny would have it I discovered the wonderful world of PC gaming. Now that I went for a Wii U instead of playing catching up with a PS3 or get a PS4, i'm not sure if i'll ever get a Sony console. I do want a Vita though.