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I think it really just falls onto what your goals are. I see P90X for people that need to lose weight or for those that may have a weight that is within the norms but have no real physical strength/endurance (ex: your average college nerd).
Fitness and was a bit of an obsession for me in college - ate a strictly vegetarian diet (still do aside from fish), paid strict attention to my diet and was a workout freak. I think P90X is a good set of tapes that was heavily and effective marketed to build hype, but I don't buy some of the "ground-breaking" statements. Anyone who sticks to a high-intensity workout routine for 90 days and adjusts their diet (emphasize in the P90X program) is going to lose weight and feel better.
In terms of their claims of "muscle confusion"... I don't buy it. I think that is something that should only really be a concern for people that have been training for a while - and even then, changing your workout every 3-4 weeks should help prevent a premature plateau. People with weight training experience are not the target market for P90X.
Personally, I've considered doing a P90X cycle. I can re-build strength pretty easily but I'm terrible at building endurance effectively, and that is where I think P90X shines.
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