I had a PS1, played it to death then bought a PS2 on launch. Loved it. Bought an OG xbox from a guy at work with a load of games for 100 quid and never really used it other than to do the Halo campaign. Was a straight up Sony fanboy. Moved into my own (first) house and ran a load of cat 5 cables under the floor boards before I decorated. Obviously no wifi back then. I had the network adapter for the PS2 with a couple of games including SOCOM and FIFA. Was always a bit iffy, sometimes worked, sometimes not. Interface was clunky and was hard to figure out if it actually worked or not. Was very hit and miss. I had never really played much online gaming before that other than Unreal Tournament and Ultima Online on my vastly under-powered PC with a 56k modem so I was used to online gaming frustration.
Was talking to a mate about it one night in the pub and he asked what I had for my Xbox, told him I had a few including Rainbow 6 and he asked if I had tried it online. Nope. Went home and plugged it in and the machine just came to life, downloaded the new dashboard and it connected itself automatically and before I knew it I was on a Rainbow 6 terrorist hunt, voice chatting with my best mate a couple of miles away and a couple of lads from Hull. Was hooked from then on, I hadn't had as much fun since 4 player split screen Golden Eye years before. I don't think I used the PS2 again after that. The Xbox just felt light years ahead. Bought a 360 on launch day.
Fast forward a few years and I bought a Sony 3D TV, came with a free PS3. Used it for watching 3D movies and played a couple of 3D games but it never grabbed me. Played a few games online but still found the interface to be not as intuitive as the Xbox. Sold it not long after realising 3D TV was never going to be what it was touted to be.
Got the One, then the One X Project Scorpio both on respective launch days. Picked up a used PS4 with the VR kit during lockdown here (May / June) primarily to play GTA with a mate. Played a lot of it but again, I find the xbox store, the online interface, tracking and finding friends, jumping into friends games etc to be far, far better and easier on the Xbox. PS4 menus etc seem years behind by comparison. That's before you take into account gamepass and the phone app.
Have always preferred the xbox controller too. Got a series X now upstairs and a One X in my living room, running the One on a QLED Frame TV and series X on an LG OLED.
Not tried a PS5, will likely pick one up in the next year or so as the exclusives are better. Not in any hurry though.