That's a debatable claim at best. Most likely, it isn't even remotely true unless you have some kind of source that says otherwise. IMO, MS is doing more damage to the genre than anything because they're severely and artificially limiting the potential user base for the games. As a result, I think people are losing interest in the genre. 

And Sony is supporting the genre with White Knight Chronicles. 

@ Jandre

I think you have an interesting point. With MS's strategy of buying up third party games, MS has no incentive to come up with an interesting idea on their own. That kind of attitude doesn't exactly push the games industry forward in any significant way. 

Edit: I just want to make it clear that I don't think that MS hasn't contributed in advancing the industry. They've done a ton especially in the online arena. 

"When I give the poor food, they call me a saint. When I ask, why the poor have no food. They call me a communist"

When you're picking up garbage you tend to be more efficient picking it up where its more concentrated and you have more incentive to clear up concentrated areas than run around the yard chasing the litter.

There are places in the world where the clear and present need is far greater than in the U.S and it is more concentrated, so therefore a lot more efficient for an outside agency to counteract.

Also human need is human need, why do you care about borders between yourself and your brothers? Are they less worthy of aid because they fly a different flag?

Because the problems elsewhere in the world are much much much worse than in the US.  Besides, one dollar in a poor third world country can go much farther than in the US, so he can help more people that way.

@OP

I'm not worried about RROD.  The biggest obstacle right now is that I already have a Wii, and I don't have enough time/money for all the games I want on that console.  That huge list in my sig isn't going to disappear overnight.

I'll get one when Brawl is released for it ^^

23 of the 42 games (full games, not XBLA games) in the 360 "exclusive" thread will be released on PC. And that number should really only be 41, as he included the Last Remnant, a game that will be hitting the ps3. 

And that's just the games in that thread.  What about all the pc/ps3/360 multiplats like DMC4 and Assassin's Creed?

And what about the games like Gears 2 that are currently listed as 360 only but will inevitably come to the PC?

The fact is a majority of the 360's games come to the PC, usually in a superior form.  For guys like me, that makes the 360 a waste of money.

The cost of buying a new PC to be able to play the latest games exceeds the cost of a 360. Customisable PC's can be built by yourself providing you know what to buy.  PC's are outdated within two years. 360 price are falling. Another 360 price cut is going to arrive in NA soon.

@making music, and thats a perfectly reasonable point of view.

 Well.. i don't know what you meant by saying that but, dont you think it's a little selfish say that? I mean, there are A LOT of countries that REALLY need it, yes, there are hunger problems in USA, but not as close as some (if not all) third world countries.

The price is still way to high, if they'd drop the price to something reasonable like $200 I know a number of people who'd pick on up. As it currently stands those same people are slowing buying Wiis instead.

Ditto.

But I will only buy secondhand games.

And I'd do research first as to whether RRoD really *is* in the past.