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Originally posted by LarsVerb
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1) Microsoft still has more total consoles sold worldwide with about a 2 million console lead as of July 9th. ROughly 54Million 360's to 52 million ps3's.
2) Microsoft has purchased exclusive content since day 1, it's not desperation, it's a strategy. The majority of people that purchase DLC purchase it within the first few weeks, Microsoft is ensuring they have the only viable way to play during that time. They didn't pay millions upon millions for the Black Op's maps either. Plus, it's a known fact that the 360 is the preferred choice for shooters (whether that's good or bad is a matter of opinion), so whatever money they spent they likely re-couped during those first 3 weeks.
3) Xbox sales aren't low as hell at the moment... in fact, they are pretty much dead even with ps3 sales.
As for exclusives... it's a toss up really. The edge goes to PS3, though not by much. Uncharted is the most overated franchise of all time. Little Big Planet while creative, has no story so it can't hold the interest of those of us that appreciate good stories. GT5 when it comes down to it isn't much different/better then the Forza series. The Metal Gear Solid Series (which is the sole reason I knew I was going to buy a ps3 before it was even released) sadly doesn't have the fan base it used to. Etc. Etc. I'm not even going to try to argue the merits of the first party 360 games, you either like them or you don't... Halo, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Forza, not nearly as impressive as the ps3 games, but traditionally outsell everything the ps3 has to offer, so that says something.
I too own both consoles (2 of each in fact), however as I stated years ago on other forums, it's not a fair comparison to compare the ps3 and the 360 as they really are 2 different beasts. The 360 hands down is the ONLY games console worth owning this generation. The online experience, the quality of the games, the polish on the whole experience has pushed gaming to a new level. Just look at the innovations by Nintendo and Microsoft this generation. Now look at sony.... Sony has played catchup the entire time.
-Cross party Chat
-Motion sensing
-Avatars
-Rumble in controllers (LoL!)
-The ability to download items in the background so your not stuck looking at a loading bar
-etc.
Meanwhile Sony's innovation... and it's a big one.
-Blu Ray
Problem is... Blu Ray wasn't intended to be a games medium. In fact, Games are still just scratching the surface of what Blu Ray is capable of. The PS3 is, was, and will always be the medium used to push Sony's agenda to make Blu Ray the standard optical disk format. Sony won this war, and as a result now collects royalties from everyone that presses media to Blu Ray. I'd wager as many as 15 million ps3 console owners own 1 or less games because they use the ps3 as a blu ray player. Look at attachment rates.. Xbox 360 has the average user owning the console plus at minimum 8 games. The ps3 has closer to 4 while the Wii is even lower. That says that gamers are using the 360, where as movie viewers are using the ps3. There's nothing wrong with it, but ps3 fanboys need to just accept the fact that Sony built an AMAZING Media center, and just a so-so video game machine.
I own 300 plus blu rays thanks to my ps3's. However only 10 games. If I want to listen to music on my media server, watch download tv episodes, use netflix, watch a blu ray disk.... I'll use my PS3.
If I want to lose myself in some classic Gaming moments... give me the 360.
...and for what it's worth, the playstation controller is abysmal. There are far more complaints about it then there are favorable opinions. It's outdated, too small, has mushy triggers that are placed in a terrible location, is awkward while playing shooters (or pretty much anything outside of rpg's or driving sims) and overall just doesn't feel up to par with Microsofts option. There's a reason the 360 controller won awards when it came out in 2005/2006 and the ps3 controller isn't mentioned.
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