Very stupid reasons. They also state, "No one can dispute that the PS3 is the most technologically impressive of the three consoles," when you could reasonable argue that the 360 has more fill rate, more general purpose CPU power, and a more flexible memory architecture with less OS overhead. While those things don't imply most technically impressive, they suggest most powerful for rendering games which some people would define as most technically impressive.
Further, they haven't even touched on the 360's lack of library diversity or reliability issues. I'd grade thusly:
PS3: Very few exclusive games released so far. Many of the games released on both the PS3 and 360 look and play better on the 360, but the future looks bright with quite a few top-tier game releases due out this year and next. Among the PS3's biggest problems are the fact that most gamers outside of the hardcore are only familiar with a fraction of the upcoming big games. Taking the near future into account: C+
360: With a year head start, the 360 has the most games (by far) and the largest installed base. Technically the most powerful console, multi-platform ports will tend to look and/or play a little better on the 360. For example, Assassin's creed will have better AI on the 360 version because of the extra CPU power, according to the devs. The 360 is plagued by remarkably low reliability, even for a console where the average age of the installed base is less than a year and the 360's library thus far is not nearly as diverse as it should be. No one knows what the future holds for 360 reliability, since Microsoft will not acknowledge it, but the 360's library has a bright future. Taking the near future into account: B-
Wii: The Wii doesn't try to compete on the high end with the 360/PS3, but it has a unique control scheme which makes a lot of its games, such as Godfather, more engrossing. The Wii has actually had a lot of releases for its age, but many of them suffer from short-development cycle syndrome where developers did not anticipate the success of the Wii and gave it lower quality games. Some of Nintendo's third party efforts have disappointed (Mario Party 8), and some games have been delayed badly. Still, there are many well-known upcoming and top-tier games and there have already been quite a few high quality releases. Third party support has been good but quality has been bad, and because of this but taking the near future into account: B
I don't think any console launches have been executed flawlessly, but I think the 360 should have earned the best grade due to its year-long headstart and Microsoft has lost the most by fumbling in terms of library diversity and console reliablity. Hopefully both will be addressed by the end of the year.
