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MontanaHatchet on 11 August 2008
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Kasz216 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Kasz216 said:

Ah it was the Nielson Group

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6175665.html

I'll see if i can find the longer article too.

But yeah. Wii usually fell into the more afluent group then... and i've yet to see anything to contradict it.

Perhaps, except that could also imply that the PS3 and 360 are bought more by single person households (such as college students) whereas many Wii owners are teenagers or children, hence why the household income is 100k or more (mother and father both working should easily pull in over 100k a year). Of course, the divorce rate is so high in this country, that that could also be another variable. I imagine couples would also buy a Wii to play together.

Also, if your console has a huge sales disparity with the others, it's likely to be the console that shares the living room space. I'm sure there were a good bit more people who exclusively owned a PS2 than exclusively owned a Gamecube. It's simple. When the other consoles have 7-8 million lead, there's bound to be some overlap.

 

You had that same arguement with Bod... who disproved your hyptothesis with actual facts and data.

Where do you think I pulled the link from?

"Interestingly, the Heavy Gamer segment is a lot younger than one might think too. "What always seems to surprise people, especially those that talk about the 18-34 year-old 'core gamer,' is that a majority of the heavy gamer segment is kids ages 6-17! This is true also for the 'Avid Console' gamer segment. Alternatively, the Avid PC gamer segment is older, with just over 40% represented by 18-34 year-olds," Anita Frazier, NPD industry analyst explained to GameDaily BIZ. "

So no. In fact it's quite the opposite.  Kinda shocked you didn't learn from your previous mistake.

Sorry for not remembering what was said in a thread that is now several months old.

And is it really that shocking that the console that greatly appeals to the "heavy gamer" (6-17 years old) is also the one that sells by far the most? I agree that a lot of PS360 owners are still children, I've seen it first hand. But the console that sells the most by a good amount is going to end up appealing to what you describe as the heavy gamer. Hell, that's not to say that the PS360 aren't also in affluent households, but it's a lesser amount than the Wii. If that link alone was supposed to disprove my argument, it's a bit early to be so condescending.