Nintendo isn't as dominant as you'd imagine.

I didn't forget RROD, just as I didn't forget YLOD and PS2 DRE. There are people who've experienced all three, including me. If hardware problems didn't stop people from buying the PS2 and PS1 and even PS3 and Xbox 360 because the PS3 too had high failure rates due to its complexity and the only saving grace was the other guy was that much worse.

The PS3 is still called a disaster, that hasn't really changed only the wishful thinking to wash it all away and pretend that the PS3 launched in 2009 makes it appear to be the case. Those articles didn't anticipate the billions of dollars in losses as well as billions in collateral damage needed to salvage the platform so the figured the PS3 would sit down and die, which to be honest was a fair call to make at the time. Funnily enough Sony compensated Toshiba for their HD-DVD losses by selling them fabs for a pittance next to the billions of dollars spent upgrading them.

People always look at the cost and make arguments whilst forgetting value. People will buy something for $499 or  $599 if they think it is worth it. If the PS3 was that much of a better system at $599 then people would have bought them at that price at a rapid rate. There are always pros and cons to everything. Hell 14M iPhones which cost thousands over a 24 month plan in additional fees are a pittance in comparison or the iPad which cost $499 or higher at launch sold because people valued them. They didn't value a PS3 at $499/$599 for all its sophistication because a much simpler system came in at $399 and did as much if not more. So the fact that the PS3 was $599 wasn't just badly played by Sony, the fact that Microsoft released a system for $399 has to be well played Microsoft.

People seem to think that 360 is more popular than PS3 in America because 360 is made by an American company and PS3 by a Japanese company. Going by this logic the original Xbox should have outsold the PS2 by a good amount but I'm looking at the comparisons and the Xbox only won a couple weeks...seriously it's like 400 weeks that the PS2 finished on top and like 2-4 weeks that Xbox finished on top. Patriotism has nothing to do with it in America.

The reasons I can think of off the top of my head are as follows:

1. A year head start plus much cheaper than PS3 which allows for MS to have easier and more affordable access to exclusive software right from the get-go.
2. Xbox-Live is probably the biggest reason why it's so popular in America. We are in times where everybody has access to internet (by everyone I mean most people) and when you can play with your friends on the best online possible then that's where people are going to flock.
3. MS markets MUCH more than Sony does (as somebody already mentioned here).
4. Unsurprisingly another big reason why 360 is so big in America and the rest of the world (excluding Japan, even though it's done pretty well) is because of Sony. If the PS3 had lower price, easier to program for, built like a computer and had better software from the start then 360 wouldn't have had enough time to built traction.

MS has just outworked and outclassed (by that I mean outspent) Sony this generation, it has nothing to do with the fact that 360 is made by an American company.

Its easy.

We Americans love Christmas.

Why does this matter?

The Xbox (originally) was a nice shade of green/white and red.  Xmas colored system >  all. 

And then watch hentai all day and heavily criticize everything from the west.

Give Master Chief Sephiroth's hair and they would say it was the best game ever. The 3 million that bought it first week would probably ditch it though.

Lol.

You can do better than this squilliam. And yes, the Wii is very Dominant everywhere. It sells the most hardware, sofware, makes the most money. Sells the most first party and third party software.

The Wii is selling at a much faster pace the the PS2  even with much better competition.

Anyway, did you just compare a billion dollars disaster called rrod to single digits percentage of broken consoles. The point remains, 360 rrod such an issue, MS had to extend their warranty to fight, and I know for sure lost tons of sale including me because of it.

All I have to stay about PS3 being a disaster is the fact year after year , it keeps getting closer.

I really dont see why this post was moderated, the same exact thing popped into my head when i read the title.  xbox 360 beat ps3 to the punch when it released first and brained washed everyone into thinking killing things in first person was the only way to have fun with video games anymore.  It honestly makes me sick to think it sells so well.  ps3 has a much better variety of WELL MADE GAMES.

I think it's because the multiplatform games. Games like madden are immensely popular in the US and multiplats are generally better on the X360 as it is easier to program for. I also think that besides the 3RROD, the 360's hardware is the best one this gen.

Watch at 1:20 to see the joke. Or the whole thing if you like

^^ I also agree with u.

BTW: Nice avatar.