Can we finally lay this to rest please?

[gergroy]

tombi123 said:

WereKitten said:

kowenicki said:
@tombi....

the attach rate for lots of genres is won by the 360..... RPG's for one.

Using the same top 25 sellers sample, and again using the VGChartz categorization, the attach rates are:

            PS3    360 FPS                 0.64 1.11 360 +0.47

Shooter 0.00 0.35 360 +0.35
Action 0.64 0.23 PS3 +0.41
Racer               0.42 0.13 PS3 +0.28
Adventure 0.26 0.26 Tie
Platformer          0.17 0.09 PS3 +0.08
Sports               0.41 0.16 PS3 +0.25
RPG                   0.15 0.30 360 +0.15

Other       0.09 0.40 360 +0.31   

 

 So we can now say that the OP was wrong on two accounts.

1. The 360 user demographic is way more shooter (and RPG) orientated.

2. The PS3 user demographic is more diverse, ie, higher attach rates in more genres.

are you looking at the same stats?  it looks like a tie to me 4 xbox 4 ps3 and 1 tie. 

I'm not really saying xbox doesn't do better in shooters mind, but it's not really as much due to xbox's specific demographic as it is due to the American cultural demographic.  These stats don't really reflect that though.