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For Me....this is based on my opinion.
The Categories: Games, Marketing Strategy, Objective, Sales, Hype,

Nintendo-
Games-7.0// Nintendo has had some great game during it's first year into the market. There's Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, Resident Evil 4 and Scarface to name a few. Not to mention the upcoming Mario Galaxy and Supersmash Bros. Brawl. But, if you look at the quantity of good games, the bad far outweighs the bad. As for quality, I think Zelda, Paper Mario and Metroid speak for themselves.
Marketing Strategy-8.0// One could argue that Nintendo's marketing strategy has improved over the years. They have not approached the mainstream demographic, and look at the results? Wiiplay outsold Zelda. The Blue Ocean strategy has proved to be an excellent course of action ala Nintendo. Their consistent ideals stating that innovation triumphs over power has worked really well for them.
Objective-9.5// I think what Nintendo was hoping for from the very beginning of the revelation of the wii has been accomplished. While the online kinda....well....sucks. They really came into the market and people had their doubts, but they showed critics and gamers alike what they're really made of. Twilight Princess didn't perform as well as Miyamoto had hoped for though.
Sales-9.0-A Hold on Japan, doing exceptionally well elsewhere in the world including the Americas. Even crappy games like Mario Party 8 and WiiPlay are performing well.
Hype-8.75-The Hype is losing its momentum by a bit. But, there's been a lot talk about the wii. You can't deny that. More so than the gamecube ever garnered.

X-box 360-
Games-8.5-If you combine Quality and Quantity, it's fair to say that X-box 360 wins the games category. With Bioshock, Halo 3, Gears of War, etc. X-box 360 has done extremely well for itself in terms of games.
Marketing Stategy-7.5-Good but not great. The 360's selling rate is pretty solid. But with the red circle of death, it's losing a lot of its profits.
Objective-6.5-I don't think Microsoft intended for its console to be in the position it's in right now. It's great that they're doing far better than the PS3, but when a Microsoft representative keeps saying that they are are the one that are driving the console market, and they're just barely in first place (not even), you know they're just full of it.
Sales-7.5-Great Sales, but not excellent. Thanks to Halo 3 and Bioshock they're picking a lot of momentum though.
Hype-7.0-Not too much. But it deserves props for it's excellent online service that a lot of critics are talking about.

PS3-
Games-6.0-When you have 2 games that had a lot of hype and they really didn't deliver...you know there's a problem. *cough* Heavenly Sword and Lair *cough*. That being said, there's still Tekken, and Ninja Gaiden.
Marketing Strategy-5.0-Only a temporary price drop? Stubbourn and persistent attitude=chaos.
Objective-5.0-Sony definitely didn't intend to be in last place. While it is indefinite, they are behind by quite a bit. A lot of things that could have gone wrong for a console company, went wrong for Sony.
Sales-6.0-Thanks to the price drop, PS3s are doing pretty good. And new quality games should it drive it's sales.
Hype-6.0-PS3 had a lot of hype at the beggining, and then it just started to wash away. Still, Killzone 2 and some other games like littlebigplanet should create some hype.

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-Music: Tango, I know you are a staunch supporter of this game's music, but most of us absolutely hate it. And you know why it is so hated? The songs have lyrics. Get rid of the lyrics, and you have angsty, Arabic-inspired rock, which would fit the game perfectly.