A vastly superior lineup of Western and PC-Centric gaming.
The US was dominated for years by PC gaming - even back to the old C64 days. Many PC gamers never went for the NES, SNES, and such until MS "bridged the gap" and put more PC-Centric gaming fare onto consoles. Namely Halo, which was supposed to be a PC-Only title until MS bought Bungie out to throw Halo onto the Xbox.
So you basically have:
Xbox 360:
Strongly West-Centric Content
Strong PC-style content
Large Online gaming community supported since 2002 on the Xbox)
Focus on Hardcore and Core gaming
$279.99 Price Point
PS3:
Weaker West-Centric Content (but stronger J-Content)
Less PC-Style content
Mediocre Gaming community (established in late 2006 w/ launch of PSN, very little PS2 support)
No focus on hardcore/core gaming
$399.99 price point
Which one interests the average American gamer more? The system with the more games that they like? The answer in any country is yes. Europeans go for the PS3 because of PES and Fifa, Americans go for the X360 because of Halo, and the Japanese go for the DS for training games.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
