NPD: 29% of Wii gamers play online. Higher percentage than the PS3.

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Gnizmo said:
Its fairly interesting over all. I am surprised so many online gamers actually use the Wii for online gaming. My guess is that Smash Bros and Mario Kart pull in a lot of players and up the percentage. What seems really strange to me is they have found such a low percentage of peopel who play online without owning a console. I am curious as to wht the PS2, PSP, and DS numbers were. For those curious I will link the actuall press release. Hopefully it will stop people from making ridiculous claims about how this report can't be right.

http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090310a.html

 

Yes read the real report, of the people polled that actually play online, 87% are playing on PC, 50% are playing on 360, 29% are on Wii, and 20% are on PS3.

These people overlap, so someone could play PC, PS3, 360, and Wii online, while others could only play consoles or a console online, as 13% don't use PC at all online for games just consoles.

A chart to better understand the data.

Note the 20% came from the OP which I cannot find any other data for the PS3 percent as even the press release doesn't have it. Gamespot also has 20% listed as they also were given the update from NPD this makes their info quite possibly the truth.