Why does the 360 sell so well in America?

[ChronotriggerJM]

kn said:

 

That's a good question.  Certainly in Japan, the 360 libary isn't as big as there are a LOT of games that aren't localized.  It would be interesting to get a count of titles available in the local language for the PS3 and 360 in all three regions -- Japan, Major European languages, and the U.S.  I believe the 360 is still doing well against the PS3 in the U.K, isn't it?  Perhaps beacause of the English Language... That would bring us back to the "games" discussion as I would suspect (though I need some confirmation) that the number of titles available in English in the U.K. are similar to the U.S.

I believe there is more to the whole RROD issue than people are willing to admit.  Most of my 360 owning cohorts are fully aware of the RROD issue and are more or less fine with it.  Their thoughts are that, hey, it has a 3-year warranty and if it breaks, I'll just sent it back or buy a new one.  Americans are a bit more financially wreckless than most of the rest of the world (higher consumer debt, bankruptcies, low savings, etc.)  From my trips to Europe, I've found Europeans to be a bit more cautious when it comes to quality.  They will spend the money to get better quality.   The RROD issue probably is quite damaging to Microsoft in Europe.  Japan has two issues.  First, the same as Europe -- they like high quality goods.  Second, they ARE nationalistic and will buy the Japanese brand over others -- especially in electronics...  If Microsoft had built a quality product from day one, the 360's lead over the PS3 lead, worldwide, would have been, in my opinion, insurmountable at this point in the race.

See the more you post, the more of a Badass I realize you are >: ) This is putting many a things into perspective and it definitely helps me to see a bigger picture. I forgot about the whole localization issues (ironically the reason for many PS3 delays in Europe :P ).