twesterm said:
So you haven't gone through college yet have you? Just about every guys dorm room had at least one gaming system (usually XBox and PS2 while I was there-- there were Gamecube's but not many) and while there were a good number of NCAA games (because, you know, school spirit and all, even SMU had it), you didn't see as many sports games as you think. Also, I'm not surprised that Wii's and PS2's are the most common systems since most people living in dorms don't always have $500-600 to waste on a console; they have more important things to buy like books and beer. |
Doing mattress deliveries in a college city for 3 years I've seen a lot of college dorms and student apartments. After the 360 came out I saw very few PS2's in them, it was primarily 360's. I had to stop doing deliveries right before the Wii came out (oh yeah life lesson there, be careful with boxcutters and don't slice all the tendons, nerves, and blood vessels in two fingers) so I don't know how it's changed.
I wonder with the Wii though how many of the students bringing them are girls. Again from my experience the only Gamecubes I saw was when doing campus area deliverries was when the mattress was for a girl. It wasn't common but I wonder if the greater number of Wiis is due to its inroads into the female demographic. Also, it's entirely possible that the only system the Resident Director (who I am assuming is middle aged) is familiar with is the Wii. Sort of like how for the last 10 years no matter what system someone had it would be called a Playstation by an average Joe and for the 10 years before that average Joe would have called it a Nintendo.
As a side note, this article also supports my experience that college students have the second highest HDTV ownership which I mentioned in the recent HDTV ownership thread. They were also about the only people with video game consoles hooked up to their HDTV.
