I just made a post at the Need For Speed: Most Wanted (X360) forum to get two conclusions:
1) People are not aware, or are becoming complacent, of what are decent frame rates
2) The X360 has serious issues of dealing with large amount of processing (or the game developers are having serious issues to program it correctly)
OK, I got the X360 after seeing the PS3 E3 Show. What disappointing show. After getting an ultra hype in E3 2005, showing videos and pretending they were actual gameplay, now that we could see the real games in action, I'm nothing but disappointed.
So, what a better moment to just go wild and buy a new X360 Premium, with all accessories and games that you were reserving for the PS3? That is what I did.
BUT, the frame rate issue it's bugging me down. I don't have the exact numbers, but nearly ALL games for the 360 suffer from consistent drops on the frame rate. Some games (specially those brought by EA) are absurdly visible and annoying, making yourself bored and angry to deal with lots of slowdowns. Other games also have its share of slowdowns, but generally less. So, what the hell are going on here?
Please, we need to do something. If gamers start to accept this as a new standard drawback when playing next gen games, I'm not sure of what will happen. Maybe Nintendo is right for sure in giving up graphics craziness and to care most with gameplay.
Also, GS reviewers are in the same position as most of you gamers that don't want to see this problem. Every time I see the word frame rate issues in X360 reviews, and every time the reviewer is saying that the problem do not detract the gameplay itself. That's not a good thing.