Seriously, Sony Fanboys or MS Fanboys can't deny the fact that the Xbox 360 sold more software
1. Yes the Xbox has a larger user base, but even if you check software sales from year 1 to today MS has sold more software every single year up until this year
2. If you want to do a more accurate measurement compare Sony's Software Sales to the previous year MS sales numbers and you will find it still has sold more
At the end the day all those wasted arguements on who sells more systems should be geared towards who sells more software. Software is where a majority comes for console developers. If you look at the Total Lifetime software sales, PS is still behind MS by around 85-90 million. It has more to do with just 1 year launch difference.
A Majority of the 'AAA' rated titles get launched in the US first which is why MS usually leads in 3rd party sales for about 75% of the AAA titles released, though 2 years ago that number would have been much higher.
Look at Japan 90% of the those titles don't leave the Japanese Market, because it's more segmented then other markets. (i.e. Majority of JRPGs SIM games etc specific to that market) They do great sales numbers in Japan, but thats it and thats a limited market.
Another factor, a lot of the Sony Exclusives, don't do very well for whatever reason. Combine that with the fact that if MS didn't have third party, they wouldn't have any games, so of course third party is going to be bigger with MS device.
