One could always go with 80%+ rated games:

X360: 110
PS3: 58
Wii: 20

Any way you cut it, it's always like that.

Hmm?  No the PS3 has shot up just recently by a lot.  One of the only counters to my prediction would be for Squills to say that the PS3's recent increase doesn't count, that only increases going forward, after he started this thread, count.  So no, there's no waiting on the future here for PS3 owners any more than the 360 is counting on an increase over time as well.

No, I've seen people do it multiple ways, like highly rated games as a percentage of overall games, that has PS3 on top.

Any way you cut it, XBLA games pad the raw numbers of high scoring AND low scoring games for 360.  They are a bonus to owning the system, certainly, but we all know that a smooth mini game that happens to work well and gets an 80 or 90 is NOT equivalent to a Gears or a Bioshock (a big disc-based game) for 360.  Thus, it doesn't make complete sense to use them to pad high-score numbers.

Plus, I think the numbers are well in line between the systems given the longer life of 360 and -- undeniably -- the fact that early 360 games got higher scores just because of the "wow" factor of a new HD console.

Are you f-ing kidding?  Don't you see that someone could compare LBP or Fat Princess if it's addictive to a great 360 game with not so much replayability, and do you see that you'd object that replayability is not the sole source of a game's greatness?  There are games that are about story, those about endless mindless replays, etc.

Thank you so much.  Thank you.  You just succinctly shit on the theory that each 90+ rated game can be counted equivalently.

Reviewer: "for a mini-game, pretty damn good.  90."  But is that equivalent to a system having a full AAA game.  No.

I have no idea what your trying to say but I'm guessing your argument pertains to the fact that in your world the PS3 will get an exponentially greater number of AAA games while the 360 will suddenly be dropped and not have another game released for it, allowing the PS3 to catch up. How you figured that out I have no idea seeing as how games sell the same if not better on the 360 so developing PS3 exclusive is like opting for a pay cut. Unless Sony gives companies incentives for staying exclusive then what you say will not happen.

As for your other argument I enjoyed Braid more than Bioshock, is that too hard for you to believe?

No im serious. Its not like I can stumble upon these games on my own easily, I don't have friends who like to talk about them so where do I get information from?

I even stated quite clearly in a later post (which I guess you didn't read) that the score is just a point of first interest. Obviously I have to decide before hand whether or not I will like the game before I buy it, so it goes Metacritic -> Reviews -> Trailers/Impressions of others and before I even think about buying it I consider the developer, the genre etc.

Im intelligent enough to read a few reviews and find out why a game got a high score. If it was innovation from an old game then obviously that may not be so impressive 3 years later. Polish, engaging storyline etc. You can find out not only what type of game it is but how you'll like the game. I challenge you to tell me where else I might find a better source for looking up old games than Metacritic?

Hey, I don't think X360 owners can help it that XBLA totally craps all over PSN games. It's not like WipeoutHD, Siren, GT5p, SSHD and others aren't counted. They are part of that 58 games, just like XBLA and WiiWare are parts of 110 and 20 games, respectively.

That's kind of like saying "you can't count JRPGs because we just don't have any"

Shouldn't you be complaining about paying 400$ for the privilege of playing the inferior version of most multiplatform games?

Fallout 3 reviews just landed and oh snap, the 180$ arcade without cell, blueray drive nor hard disk plays the game better =/

Then I was gonna nail you with PSN padding the numbers as well but mrstickball got ahead of me =(

You can't dismiss games launched earlier just because it doesn't suit you. You obviously don't like it but the fact is during 2006 and 2007 the 360 built up a respectable gaming library that's available at el-cheapo prices right now and its an important part of the 360 value proposition.