Legend, you do realize that the current attach rate system is actually skewed in 360's favor right? So really what you are saying is that you prefer the current system which is always skewed over this system which has the potential to be skewed for the first 6 to 9 months of a consoles life.
The idea that people should compare 1st year attach rations is all well and good and it yields valid data but it yields valid data that is always out of date. And its still provides the potential for skewing of the current situation with regards to the older console. If we compare 1st year 360 and PS3 data we ignore what happened to the 360 during its second year and will always have to ignore what happened in the most recent year for the 360. If the 360 sold a lot of games it hurts it, and if its game sales slowed down it helps it. But towards the end of a console life game sales usually start to slow down, so it is more likely to favor that console than not as time goes by.
As for your issue with this system: Your issue basically assumes that the person looking at the data is a complete moron and incapable of realizing that after only 1 month the data may not be all that useful yet. Most attach rate comparisons aren't even bothered with until 6-9 months or so. Not to mention that a single consumers worth of data is completely useless in terms of establishing an attach ratio. Sure you might have the one user for a console that has 30 games in 6 months but he is completely drowned out by those who only have 3 or 4 etc...
The system isn't perfect, but none of them are. They all have flaws and shortcoming and you are just picking the one you like and telling everyone else their system is lame because it doesn't show what you think it should show. This system, like all attach ratio comparisons, is only valid when used properly anyways.
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