Why does the 360 sell so well in America?

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Let's try this and it settles the "where are the games" question for now:

http://www.gamersworldbd.com/2008/07/xbox-360-has-best-games.html

snippet from the article:

...how true is his words declaring “You go onto Metacritic - and count the number of 90-rated titles on our platform, compare that to Wii, compare that to PlayStation 3: there is no comparison”?

We did just that. Jumped straight into Metacritic and did some simple statisitcs. Believe it or not, his statement actually holds out to be true (it’s not a matter of Halo vs Gears vs Metal Gear Solid, folks). To be precise, the Xbox 360 has a total of 12 90+ rated titles. Compared to the PS3 and Wii tying together for a total of 5 each. But the 360 has the highest library of games, 427 to be exact with the Wii trailing in at 234 titles and the PS3 a 186."

 

Yes, I know the 360 has been out a year longer.  But 427 to 186 is a pretty wide gap regardless of how we arrived at that number.  Again, for the "average" video game player, I expect that "other" features in their consoles (netflix, blu-ray, etc.) bear little on their decisions.  It comes down to playable games.