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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Neilsen: CORRECTION - People buy Wiis and actually DO USE THEM

Kenology on 09 April 2009
Arius Dion said:
I wonder if this thread will get as much attention.

Probably not.  Good chance the trolls in the Neilsen fail thread may not come over to this one because the data doesn't actually say what they'd prefer it to.  Or, they might come in and try to spin.  Who knows.

 

@blacksaber:  Thanks!

 



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Demotruk on 09 April 2009

theprof00 said:
all this shows is that out of the total minutes played between consoles, wii takes up the #2 position. That doesn't mean much because it has ~50 million consoles.

Just to break it down for you, if wii and 360 were almost tied in that graph it would mean that 360 gamers game twice as much. LOLz nice try

What are you talking about? There aren't twice as many Wii's as Xbox's in the US, it's 23:17. As such, Wii only fares slightly worse than 360.



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Naum on 09 April 2009
theprof00 said:
all this shows is that out of the total minutes played between consoles, wii takes up the #2 position. That doesn't mean much because it has ~50 million consoles.

Just to break it down for you, if wii and 360 were almost tied in that graph it would mean that 360 gamers game twice as much. LOLz nice try

 

Umm doesn't this chart show the avarage time for each console? so how many consoles that are sold doesn't matter.

 

or Am I seeing it wrong?



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saicho on 09 April 2009
Demotruk said:

Awesome. Unfortunately falsehoods often travel faster than their corrections.

True. I'm pretty one day someone will cite the incorrect chart as an evidence to show how Wii owners just buy it and don't use it.



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

Arius Dion on 09 April 2009

Yeah, Kenology. I see the prof has already proven your point.



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Roflinator on 09 April 2009

I find it funny how the Wii didn't get a big boost in March...considering Brawl and all. lol



Demotruk on 09 April 2009
Naum said:
theprof00 said:
all this shows is that out of the total minutes played between consoles, wii takes up the #2 position. That doesn't mean much because it has ~50 million consoles.

Just to break it down for you, if wii and 360 were almost tied in that graph it would mean that 360 gamers game twice as much. LOLz nice try

 

Umm doesn't this chart show the avarage time for each console? so how many consoles that are sold doesn't matter.

 

or Am I seeing it wrong?

 

 

I think you're seeing it wrong, why else would the PS2 still be so far ahead a few years into the generation?



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famousringo on 09 April 2009
theprof00 said:
all this shows is that out of the total minutes played between consoles, wii takes up the #2 position. That doesn't mean much because it has ~50 million consoles.

Just to break it down for you, if wii and 360 were almost tied in that graph it would mean that 360 gamers game twice as much. LOLz nice try

 

Nice try yourself. Nielsen only looks at TV usage in American households, last I heard. The Wii has closer to 20 million in the US market compared to 360's 15 million. So judging by this graph, 360 gamers play only 10-20% more than Wii users.



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theprof00 on 09 April 2009
Inigo13 said:
theprof00 said:
all this shows is that out of the total minutes played between consoles, wii takes up the #2 position. That doesn't mean much because it has ~50 million consoles.

Just to break it down for you, if wii and 360 were almost tied in that graph it would mean that 360 gamers game twice as much. LOLz nice try

 

 Nielsen is American data, so your numbers above are way off.  Or in your language: LOLz nice try.

the point is you don't even know what this chart says. at 22m vs 17m 360 is still beating wii by more than 25%

 



lapsed_gamer on 09 April 2009
Naum said:
theprof00 said:
all this shows is that out of the total minutes played between consoles, wii takes up the #2 position. That doesn't mean much because it has ~50 million consoles.

Just to break it down for you, if wii and 360 were almost tied in that graph it would mean that 360 gamers game twice as much. LOLz nice try

 

Umm doesn't this chart show the avarage time for each console? so how many consoles that are sold doesn't matter.

 

or Am I seeing it wrong?

No, basically they amassed all the time playing games and then graphed the percentage each had in those hours. So just under 1/4 of all time videogaming was spent on the PS2 etc. 

 



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