Well, how about this.
TC, the 360 has been out a Full Year longer than the PS3, so it has had PLENTY of time to get a foothold on AAAE's.
Heck, that first year, it proved that being first allows games to get better ratings perhaps, since their was no next gen counterpart to compare too.
In essence, the 360 set the bar with that full year of having no competition.
Heck, the 360 is 3 years old in a typical 5 year cycle, it's older and the 360 is approaching it's FOURTH XMAS!
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So, how did the newer rookie PS3 get a AAAAE before the 360?
SolidTy
First of all, what are you getting at? MGS 4 was in development for 6 odd years or something.
Second the xbox wasn't a success in spite of the PS3, it was a success because the PS3 failed compared to older PS consoles.
The whole one year thing is truly lame, considering the position MS were in before the 360, they did a damn good job getting it to the level of the Playstation brand.
See if its an argument for the 360 as in "well it had a whole extra years advantage" it doesn't work because it still makes Sony look bad, if only for not having far more when it did come out, especially combined with Sonys experience in the market.
And if its an argument against the 360 as in "it had an extra year and still it hasnt...", it still doesn't work because Sony could still be doing a whole lot better considering the market share they had, the developers they had and the raw brand power they had.
Its frankly pathetic either way.
360 didn't even have nearly as many 3rd party devs then as it does now because everyone was holding out for Sony.
Also labeling the PS3 the newer rookie console as if its some sort of underdog hero of this gen is a bit of a stretch considering their pedigree. Not trying to put words in your mouth but the PS3 was never a rookie under the PS brand, it always had far too much experience behind it.
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