By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Majin-Tenshinhan on 27 March 2009
Edit Thread
ithis said:
Khuutra said:
ithis said:
Khuutra said:

Don't pigeonhole buying demographics into cliches and blurbs, you will not be able to predict anything.

Let's see here.... this one's just about Japan, but I'll try to find more:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/japan/article2629649.ece

Whoop! Found it!

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/153048/nintendo-average-age-of-wii-player-is-29-years-old/

I was off by a couple of years though. D'oh!

Aha, so the majority of Wii gamers in Japan are females between the ages of 40 and 62. I told you this will save the gaming idustry from censoship.

Second link is a title, nothing more. It's like Sony sayind that they have 20+ million PSN accounts without any explanation.

Don't be obtuse, it is saying that they make up a significant demographic, which brings up the average age.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/140575/average_wii_player_is_age_29_nintendo_says.html

http://wii.qj.net/Average-age-of-Wii-owners-is-29-says-Fils-Aime/pg/49/aid/109854

When you say that the average age of your players is 29, the language there is very specific. There is no room for ambiguity. This is not buyers. It is players.

I know, can't you spot attempt at humor? It does say that most of you are women though.

 

Thank you for the next two links. First one, same Title news, different site. Says "average Wii player is 29".

Second comes to save the day. Says "Average Wii owner is 29". And gives a name to the quote. So, which is it, since it's clear that it's the same news/story, but different interpretation. And if it's the average Wii owner number, that I'm right :P.

 

 

 

Except that it makes no sense in the context.

"Contrary to popular belief, according to the man of kicking ass and taking names, the average age of Nintendo Wii owners is not below 13 or above 60. In a conference call, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said Wii owners are still mostly core gamers."

That would make no sense whatsoever, and wouldn't prove anything, if these owners were just people who were buying Wiis for their kids. Nice try, though.