Couple of things @ Squilliam:
Firstly, I don't think solely using America is particularly great. I understand why you did it, but we know the 360 is the HD console of choice in America and that the PS3 frequently sells lousy numbers over there, so it slightly skews things to run solely off that continent's data.
Secondly, I found it pretty lolworthy when you started talking about rubbering up parts of the 360 to reduce noise in response to the supposedly smaller size of European homes. I mean, you're overanalysing way too far. Noise issues simply aren't even remotely comparable to the real difficulty for the 360 in Europe - skepticism towards Microsoft and the 360's abysmal reliability. It's a trust thing, and it's something that a "rubber insulating the drive" approach isn't going to resolve.
