This isn't kinda surprising, but REALLY surprising. Japanese magazine Best Gear has picked the Xbox 360 as the console which best fits (or suits) Japanese business women. In the March issue (already?), the magalog features a "shopping forecast 2007" for a slew of goods that runs the gamut from MP3 players to printers. And for each item, there is a "shopping barometer" that had different categories for each product type. While head phones were rated on things like "noise canceling," the new game systems were scored on the following:

• The software suits Japanese business women
• The function fits Japanese business women
• Future/prospective business women

None of this is scientific whatsoever, and from what I understand, no businesswomen were polled. So guess which machine one? Hit the jump for the exciting results.

The article itself is centered around the Xbox 360. A leggy woman sits in a purple chair and plays UNO! The Wii and the PS3 are shoved off in the corner. Some guy, too.

For scores, the Xbox 360 took perfect 5s across the board. The highest score. Note: The "OL" refers to "Office Lady," Japanese English for "businesswoman."

Oddly, the PS3 and...

...the Wii got exactly the same scores.

And look at that! At the back of the mag, Best Gear is giving away one Blue Dragon bundle and one Xbox 360 HD DVD player to two lucky readers. What a kwinky-dink. Brian Ashcraft

Contact information for this author is not available.