Just looking for some insight on why people choose 3 smaller engines over two larger? Interested on peoples preference and why..

Most people do not choose 3 lower hp trips over twin higher hp engines.
If a boat came with the option of twins or trips and they both run 90mph, the twin will have a much better resale value.

I would rather have 2 headaches instead of 3.

I thought the "age old" question on triples vs twins was addressed in the original "Total Recall".... Triples were interesting, but a nice set of twins wins!

Triples were cool in big V's in the 90's. But now that boats are built lighter, better hulls, better engines, drives and props twins is the way to go. The third engine doesn't really even pull its own weight.

I had a Mercury mechanic once laugh at a quad outboard Midnight Express and his comment was, why would you ever want that? Most of the time we can't keep 2 engines running and you want 2 more in the equation? That ME had an issue with the two outside engines blowing lower units when turning, boat goes into a turn and essentially airs out the lower unit on the opposite side of the boat.

Buying headers for a pair of 525's sucks, but buying 3 sets must reallllllly suck! But it would be cool to make up more nonsense for the stupid people asking questions like: Yep, I got 3 spare Nascar motors in there from last season, yep those are 525's so with three of them it is over 2000 HP! 525 is how many gallons it burns a day!

I did meet a guy with a little run about, he didn't quite have a whole spare Nascar motor in it, but he did have Rusty Wallace's valve springs

More is always better..... Why not 6 engines? Because 6 wont fit on the transom.

1/2 of boating is going fast, the other half is making a statement/showing off,