The results are in and they're... well, they're strange! While 36% of those polled have a 360 and 22% are hoping to get one, the largest group responded they are humbly waiting for the Revolution. Now, we could say this reads as Nintendo having really turned the ship around and, like a previous poll indicated, has generated an immense amount of goodwill towards its unique controller. On the other hand, the extremely poor showing by the PS3 indicates that perhaps there was some foulplay by the PS3 crowd in an effort to inflate the possible problems with the 360.
The results read: 14% of 360 owners have overheating problems, 4% have problems with scratched discs, and a whopping 6% are DOA. Translation: A whopping 1/4 of all 360 owners have problems with their units. Thats a far cry higher than the 3-5% Microsoft claims. Assuming the system has been goosed by agents for another console, if we were to remove all negative 360 responses and add those totals to the PS3 column it would still indicate far less support for the PS3 than the Revolution, 22% versus 29%.
In an August poll, the Revolution pulled a similar upset, before the controller had even been introduced. So, what is it? Has Nintendo done the impossible and positioned themselves back on top, or are Nintendo fans a little more... proactive than others?
