I'm definitely impressed with the PS3. It had a rocky start sure, but they turned it around. Sure, in sales the Wii dominated it, but honesty, due to casual support. I do really enjoy Nintendo and I want things to go well for them. But the demographic they were aiming for with the Wii were the casuals. (not saying it doesn't count, just saying you have to take the player base into consideration.)
Now the 360 and PS3 were in much more of a competition. PS3 is consistently outselling the 360 and has been for years. People always talk about how the PS3 has failed to outsell the 360. Hello? Do people seem to forget that the 360 had a nice lil year headstart. If it wasn't for that year head start then PS3 even with it's crappy launch would have already outsold the 360.
Look at the games, PS3 has a much richer library of games compared to the 360. It has many more IPs and isn't afraid to bring new ones out even this late in the gen. Exclusives matter.
In every part of the world besides the US, the PS3 is more popular than the 360.
Microsoft likes to base everything off of image and popularity. Since everyone else is talking about "so and so is that guy at the party who..." (they are funny btw lol). Microsoft is the guy at the party who talks s*** and boasts to everyone about how awesome he is but can't actually back it up.
I live in the US and while things are getting better here for the Playstation brand, most of the things I see are still 360 oriented. I would say the biggest thing is marketing. Sony has never been good with marketing, they can make a hell of a commercial sure, but it won't air that often. I see 360 commercials all the time though.
Also, please note that I AM NOT dissing 360 fans, but in my honest experience talking to people who "play games" the ones who prefer 360 over PS3 are the ones who don't know anything about videogames and have likely never heard of games outside halo, gears, and cod. In fact most of the time I ask them to name exclusives for the 360 (if they even know what an exclusive is) I get halo, gears, and then a TON of multiplat games. Honestly I feel like the success Microsoft has had in the US is because a ton of new people entered the market now that gaming has gone more mainstream. Those people don't know jack about videogames and only want to play because "all their friends are", Microsoft advertises a lot and sends out the image that they are cool and trendy and people eat it up. Out of all my friends who read sites like this and look out for new games and know enough to actually form an opinion about which system is the best, and not just go along with what everyone else is because they don't know any better, they all prefer PS3. Not saying everyone who likes 360 is that kind of person, i'm sure there are plenty who know way more than me who prefer the 360 and that is fine I respect your opinion.
I just feel like PS3 definitely deserves more credit than it gets. Wii won in sales no doubt, for everything else PS3 wins and 360 just got away with murder fooling people into thinking the xbox brand actually offers anything. (in my opinion, feel free to disagree :p)
