The 360 sells well in America just b/c that is MS's strategy. They just care more about America than Japan, Europe, etc. It has worked alright so far, and would have worked much better if the RROD wasn't an issue, imho. Think about it, America has the people with the most free time and money on their hands, so MS is putting all of their energy where they will get the most bang for their buck.

I would think that the PS3 would have to sell 1.2 or even 1.3 times as much software WW before they could reach MS's level of profitability and the PS3 is only about .75 or .8 when compared to the 360's week to week software sales WW, so it still has a long way to go.

There are downsides to this strategy of course. MS won't be able to grow as well as the other two b/c it is limiting itself by the 360 not really being a world brand. I think that this would be a good strategy for the first couple of years but as time goes on, and the PS3 gets cheaper, it will look a lot more attractive to the 2nd and 3rd world countries, and Sony will overshadow the 360. So, great strategy early on, but its baaaaaaddddd for the long haul.

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How many of those 90+ titles saw the sales that Halo 3 did? I'm willing to bet, not many. The 360 does have more of the "90%+!!!!" titles than the PS3 does, but they both have a ton of 80%+. No one should be only buying 90%+ titles >_> That's stupid.

And then you have to think of the review system put in place today. A game like GTAIV getting perfect 10's? A game like Mass Effect being 90%+ disregarding it's atrocious technical issues? Dare I say I keep my eye's open for this type of stuff.

just because xbox360 is the best hd console,(better games, more games, low cost, better live, movies and so on). And people in US are more evolved as gamers than european.
buy a 360

Our country has an average IQ of around 98 >_>; I'm not sure "evolved" is the term I'm looking for.

And if you count 80%+ titles, the X360 has more than twice of those vs. the Playstation 3.

Regardless of the reasoning (1yr earlier launch, ect), the X360 is still bludgeoning the PS3 in the US. It has a 6.5m lead, and unlike Europe or Japan, has sold paralell to the PS3 this year. Use any reasoning you like, but it's very doubtful that in exactly 1 year, the Playstation 3 will have anywhere near the million sellers that the Xbox 360 has at this very second in the US.

Again, it comes down to games. A gamer is more likely to reccomend a system if it has good games. It's called word of mouth. If someone likes a game, they will tell a friend. If that game is exclusive to the X360...Guess what system they will buy? 

PS3 will outsell 360 in USA eventually.

Its outsold it this year so far

its popular because Microsoft is American?

I'm not really into the 12 games at 90%+ figure.  I completely disagree with a significant number of reviews out there... MGS4 and GTAIV a 10?  Hell no.  But that's my opinion and I'm sure others disagree.  What I'm really pointing out the ratio of total games.  I've played some recent games that I really liked that didn't score well as I'm sure a lot of you have, and, I've played some highly rated ones that I didn't like AT ALL.  There just isn't  any arguing the fact that a large library of games, including shovelware, is appealing to the masses.  The PS2 had an enormous library of shovelware, good, and great games.  That library is what attracted people -- simple as that.  The 360 currently has more than double the PS3's total game library.  Again, if the average (non-die-hard-VGC-reading game player) walks into a gamestop, and makes their decision solely on games, they will find more to choose from on the 360.  I'm not attacking or discrediting the PS3 libary.  I have one and have some games for it.  I'm not going to lie and say the overall library of games for my PS3 is better than my 360 as it simply isn't.  If we want to talk about a handful of exclusives then the PS3 can certainly match up BUT, again, the average gamer isn't going to buy a $350-400 console (either one) based on a handful of games... They are going to make their judgement, in my opinion, on the overall library of stuff to play.

 liar the 360 outsold the ps3

wtf ? 

npd numbers

More people will buy PS3. PS3 install base in America will eventually overtake the X360 by 2010. I believe as soon as PS3 goes passed the X360 in worldwide console sales by end of 2009. By 2010 X360 would of been gone and a new XBox would be on the market. MS have a reputation of turning their back on consumers.

Console sales is the most important thing. Gamers care about buying the console that has the most console sales. Games like Halo 3, Gears of War , Bioshock, MassEffect, etc are a second thought. XBox Live. lol. PSN is free and with 2.42 update it is better than XBox Live. PS3 has the best exclusive games and PS3 plays Blu-Ray.