I'm just waiting for a Nintendo Fanboy to say Wii...

Yeah, but that's only because of the year head start. And even still, that only applies in America....and even that it dwindling little by little. From a GLOBAL, not US only, but a GLOBAL perspective, the PS3 is more popular

LOL, ease of piracy? Well in that case, this would be a case of the most popular console not being profitable....because initial years revenue usually ends in a deficit because they sell the hardware at a loss hoping to recoup that with software sales. But if the software is being pirated? Uh oh

Nice try, but your point is irrelevant.

 The wii

on topic:

Xbox 360, it has a larger install base for now, therefore its more popular.

Halo 3 is keeping players playing.
(Courtesy of Bungie.net)
#Unique Players (Last 24 Hours):757,487
#Matches Logged (Last 24 Hours):2,001,799

Almost a year later and almost 10% of the people who bought the game play everyday.

Nice try...

PS3 sales - Others - 6.92M
- Japan - 2.34M
Total(exl NA)- 9.23M

360 sales - Others -7.44M
- Japan - 0.68M
Total(exl NA)- 8.12M

Excludes NA Popularity

And here is where everyone is playing.  Looks like US and Europe mostly.

It all depends on how you define popularity i guess