Jay said:MS may have more games available and may be selling more games, but that's because Americans have a never ending appetite for first person shooters, Madden, and Big Macs. Games like Uncharted, LittleBIGPlanet, and Valkyrie Chronicles are real works of art and represent some of the best games from this generation, but nobody's buying them because they believe the PS3 "has no good games yet" thanks to shit articles from the likes of CNN Money.
I can't stand American football in any form, so I certainly don't care for Madden, and I haven't had a bigmac since I was 12. But why the slam against FPSs? It is a style or perhaps a genre of game, and a very valid one too. Sure plenty of crappy FPSs are released every year, but every now and then one comes out that is outstanding and amazing, every bit as much of a work of art as the games you listed. You said you got Bioshock for Christmas? That is one of the most beautiful games I have ever played. So much detail in such a unique world it is taking me forever to get through it because I am always stopping to try to take everything in. It is almost an overload on the senses. It is great.
You said nobody is buying the games you listed because they are being led to believe the PS3 has no good games yet. Of course that isn't why people arn't buying them. Take a look at gamespot, IGN, or any place that reviews video games, those games you listed along with plenty of other PS3 games are getting great reviews. People know there are good games on the PS3. It just isn't enough. The N64 and GameCube also had some of the best games of their generation, but you know how that story goes. A few good games just doesn't do it for that many people. And it is not like the 360 is in anyway lacking in good games, it has got plenty.
The fact is, those few good games that are PS3 exclusives don't weight up to the 360's much larger library, and much cheaper price tag. When you consider both systems side buy side, the PS3 just doesn't hold up in most regards yet. In this day and age when you can play games online with your friends, what your friends own matters. There are a lot more 360s out there than PS3s. The new Resident Evil game will allow two players to play through the story in co-op mode over the internet. Many other games do this too. If someone is on the market for a 360 or a PS3 and they consider this factor, then they are going to want to get what their friends have.
Another interesting antedote, I was looking of a copy of the 360 version of The Orange Box for a Christmas present for a friend. I looked everywhere for a copy, but everyone was sold out. Even Gamestop, which had had a good quantity of used copies the week before was completely sold out. Every store I went to had plenty of copies of it for the PS3 but absolutely none for the 360. They recently stopped producing the game on both consoles and price dropped it from $30 to $20 bucks and they sold like wildfire for the holiday season. That many more people own 360s than PS3s. Target has Fallout 3 on sale for $39.99 (yeah, that is almost a full $20 off the SRP). It was advertised in the Sunday paper, on monday I went in to buy a copy and they were completely sold out of it for the 360, but had tons of copies of the PS3 version (also on sale for $39.99). I used Target's website to search for any local stores that had it in stock, they were all sold out of the 360 version by the second day of the sale, but they all had the PS3 version in stock.
I think as time goes on the PS3 will start to pick up, the price will come down, and the library will grow, and sells will increase. But it'll never catch up with the 360. It is pretty plan to see who won this generation of the console war.