@Fernando: Sorry for not stating “US” in the topic, I was unaware I was going to have a rush of non-US people hitting the post overnight, it was simply an observation on the figures.

I simply don’t see this prejudice you’re talking about, most reviews of Sony’s great games get great scores. Retailers sell them just like they sell anything else. It comes down to the library for me and many others. We’re looking for the best games _now_ and want to play them _today_. That’s just not been Sony this generation — look back at the PS2, the US ate that product up as it had the best library of titles and the most momentum. This generation, Microsoft got the leg up and put out tons of games early with a huge library of titles.

I want the PS3 to do better if for any reason, so that they can get more developers pushing out awesome games for it. I just don’t see those awesome games here in the States. Out of the entire library of PS3 games there might be three I’d be interested in buying (more like two). I’d buy a console for two games if the cost was low enough. Until then, I’m not going to spend a ton of money to play two video games when I can get other distractions to play on the 360 and PC.

It’s a domino effect, if Sony generates a set of five top tier games that convince me to buy a PS3 today then I’d have it for future games as they arrive. However, if you own a 360 and can get GTA IV and other games on both, why spend extra cash for the PS3? I’m into the experience, not the “best graphics in the business” so that argument won’t work. I also don’t care about Blu-ray and all the media that goes along with the PS3; I’m a gamer, I want games and that’s what drives me to buy a _game_ console.

Face facts, the PS3 has better games, better online (And free too), it doubles as a Blu – Ray player/media centre and it has Wi – Fi already built – in.

It’s obvious that in times when cash is tight, people are going to opt for the cheaper forms of entertainment…..if you go out and pay £129.99 for a games console you can expect a faulty piece of crap with no exclusive games, a 100% failure rate and an online service constantly suffering from disconnecftion issues.

If you were able to bet money on theese console races i would bet everything i own on the PS3 (even my PS3). Let’s just hope that Home doesn’t get delayed any more and no more huge exclusive games are lost (I swear if Final Fantasy Versus XIII goes multiplatform i’m going to send Square Enix a letterbomb).

I know the 360 fanboys won’t appreciate this but if you take into account the HUGE impact the recent price drop of the 360 had on sales (Up 500% in Japan) it’s perfectly logical. No – one is going to buy an inferior console if they can get one that works for nearly the same price.

Sony may be winning in Europe (as of October Sony says they are) but, since statistics are not available for sales figures in every European country it’s up to people (like Sony) to say who is winning and who isn’t. I doubt they’d announce they were losing, that would make for a lackluster announcement.

Thus, based on trends and the size of the US market, having some facts and figures from a source the collects them (such as the NPD) it give some indications. Europe may choose PS3 over 360 and even win in unit sales for a half a year or more, that doesn’t make them a winner when they’re so far away from the 360 in US markets and, lately, Japan.

Granted, if you want to slant your view towards the PS3 you can – just reporting statistics from the NPD and Deutsche Bank – if you don’t like the facts and figures they’ve come up with, don’t blame me.