@tuscaniman

Japan could fall to MS with the Xbox720 and USA could fall to Sony with the PS4 nothing is certain in the console market and nobody was ever able to predict the market in the distant future. Most people fail on every prediciton if a gen is dominated by a console like the PS2 its easier to predict but every new gen is a fresh start from the beginning and everything can change. Your friends would buy the console which provides them with the things they want.

The difference between Sony and Microsoft consoles is so small that the audience could shift either way. It all depends on marketing price and software (and innovation since this gen)

Clearly you're an unbiased observer so we should all listen carefully to your thoughts.

lol, Sony's 1st party isn't keeping anyone. You can argue subjective quality until you're blue in the face, but Microsoft's 1st party lineup has been orders of magnitude more successful in recent years. For the massmarket in terms of 1st party lineups, Wii > 360 > PS3.

You mean the same GM which is the largest car maker in the world? Or are you gonna have a comeback with how big Toyota is? Before you do that take into consideration how the millions of recalls Toyota is having at the moment with 75% of their vehicles will send them back behind GM.

You're from Canada so until your country has bragging rights over something besides maple syrup keep your ignorant comments to yourself. And I see plenty of PS3 owners jumping ship. You have this argument in your head the Xbox Live is a deal breaker in a bad way. Xbox Live is superior and anyone who can't afford $50 a year to play is not going to buy a next gen console in the first place.

Last point of post. 360's exlusive lineup of games are equal to PS3's so you have no argument there either.

Seeing as your city is much smaller than mine then yes I have plenty. You seem to miss my point. 360 took market share from Sony easily and quickly. The original Xbox was a late newcomer to the console party, it had no chance. The 360 was an equal adversary to the PS3 and it showed in sales in the Americas. If you think 360 users are gonna go back to the sony side you are mistaken. And no the PS3 launch was not as huge as you make it seem. All new console launches are equally as huge these days. You don't seem to realize the power of marketing and Microsoft will be sure to make their next console launch just as huge as Sony's. America will look the same next gen.

P.S. Go Colts!

i can only lol hard at such a joke, thank you for the great one.   

facts not opinion are.

Sonys game development capability is what 10 or 20 times MSs.  aka they make more games.

They own more ips.

Their exclusives are better, as CGI said according to Meta not me. 

I'm actually curious what the overall Metacritic 1st party ranking would be (not just "higher ranking" titles).  I suspect Wii would come in 3rd.

Also, "quality" is an inherent subjective, it's pure concept the way the industry defines it.  You can try to aggregate/measure it but (unlike sales figures) that measurement does reflect anything tangible in the real world.

Well, by region:

1 - Japan - Nope. Unless the Japanese go absolutely nuts over Natal then the 360 is done there now.

2 - Others - Yup. On current form PS3 should comfortably move away from 360, but MS would be mad to just sit and take that, so I expect changes

3 - US - Oh my word yes. On current trends 360 is about to get a bloody nose in its home turf. I definitely don't expect MS to take that sitting down so changes and much fighting in the mud for sure.