Can we finally lay this to rest please?

[Dodece]

Allow me to educate members about the raw facts. There is no cherry picking here unless you want to argue this sites facts and figures. This is all of the most general relevant data. There is no opinion involved, and if you want to express some outrage take it up with the staff of this site. Call them cherry pickers and fools. These are the numbers according to this site.

Xbox 360 228 million copies of software sold at retail. Attach rate 7.5 titles.
PS3 130 million copies of software sold at retail . Attach rate 6 titles.

Xbox 360 title count 621. FPS 61, 10%. Shooter 48, 8%. Total 17.5%
PS3 title count 474. FPS 44, 9%. Shooter 36, 8%. Total 17%

Xbox 360 has 131% of the PS3 title count, or you could say PS3 has 76% of the 360s total title count.

In summary the difference between the platforms can be viewed as half a percent or one percent per library. That is statistically dead even. Both consoles libraries are one sixth shooting games. Further more the figures indicate that sales variance can be attributed to higher attach rates, and higher quality games. In fact the 360 has sold 175% of software compared to the PS3.

Now it is time to examine the publishers intentions.

Sony published 47, 3 FPS, 2 Shooters, 5 total for 11%
Microsoft published 37. 3 FPS, 3 Shooters, 6 total 16%

Sony published shooting games account for 16% of software sales.
Microsoft published shooting games account for 10% of software sales.
Microsoft sold 22.1 million copies. Sony sold 8.1 million copies.

The result Sony publishes more games. Microsoft published one more game. Sony has a higher percentage of library sales. Microsoft sold more copies. It balances out the debate is not in the manufacturers.

There is no factual argument that supports a significant difference between these platforms that merits a moniker such as the shooter box. The numbers tell the true story. There is no massive difference to be found. Even stealth attacking the users is bogus due to the sell through that Microsoft enjoys. It is an inevitable outcome of higher sales.