Brilliant Sean Mastrom's blog entry

[Squilliam]

noname2200 said:

Squilliam said:

Soriku said:

Squilliam said:

Soriku said:

Squilliam said:

Sky Render said:

 

Take this example

Super Mario Galaxy has sold 6.86 million and there are 1073 listed game owners

Resident Evil 4: Wii has sold 1.48 million and there are 451 listed game owners.

If this site was proportional to the Wii population then there would be either 2050 Super Mario Galaxy owners or 215 Resident evil 4 Wii owners. Therefore the tastes of the Wii owners on this site are not representative of the Wii population is a whole.

 

That cuts both ways, though. 452 people on this site own Halo 3 (sales 8.17 million). 428 own Metal Gear Solid 4 (sales 3.12 million).

In other words, this site doesn't represent the general population for any system. Not the Wii, not the 360, not the PS3. That's not too surprising though, seeing as how we're a self-selected sample.

 

You got me! :)