Often we get caught up in statistics without realizing that they have to actually be related to real numbers.
The truth is, we can't compare game tastes any more than we can compare food or music.
In all likelyhood, a large portion of Wii owners would prefer, say, Carnival games to Gears of War, while the average PS3 owner would not. If we must lable these gamers, we might as well use the generally accepted "core" and "casual."
Reviewers are, and thus base their reviews around, the core gamer. You might think I'm giving reviewers too little credit, however trust me, I'm not. Until we start hiring non-gamers to write reviews(yes, casuals know how to form paragraphs as well) we'll never know how much better Wii Fit is than Carnival Party. We just do not understand that market, from the point of view of its consumer.
So, it is very likely that, to the larger market segment, the Wii actually has an average game rating of say 90, while the 360 has an average game rating of say 5. Taste, again like music and food, is highly variable.
The most obvious example I can think of: Do you like rap?
Wii-Fit is rap. It's cool, it's mainstream. The old fogies of the industry hate it, but it's drawing new people to music. The old guys don't even call it music. They give rap albums terrible reviews. The kids, they love it.
Are you seeing the comparison here?
We have Wii verses, say PS3, in core gaming. Not the Wii's relative strong suit. However, in all likelyhood, the Wii has at least 5 core titles that are as good as anything on the PS3, not counting ports. I'd actually expand that list to 10. Not to mention the Wii actually does cost a lot less, comes with the ability to also play casual titles, retro games, full backwards compatibility with a system that not everyone owned last gen, and an innovative and cool(though gimmicky by nature, but still cool) new controller, tons of buzz, excellent marketing, and a huge hardcore and casual fanbase.
It really is no wonder this console sells as well as it does. Especially considering how relatively small the target market for HD consoles is, compared to the Wii.
That's the reality that we so often find ourselves forgetting in the midst of fanboy spin.
Who needs metacritic when you have half a brain?
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
