MontanaHatchet said:
So you'd take your data over common sense any day, but then you say that even your data won't do? Why even bother arguing then? Apparently neither of us are right and neither of can be proven right so why don't we just stop arguing right now and go have a nice moonlit walk. I said almost always because in very rare occasions it might not be true and I didn't want to make a definitive statement. I can say it applies to this generation because the stats prove it. Just look at some of the Nielsen charts and see how the Wii has more female users and more young users than either of the HD consoles. No different from the PS2. I'm arguing a point I can prove. Instead of digging up old demographic reports and proving you wrong the hard way, I've decided to let you go easy and just assume you have common sense. The common sense to realize that with a much larger demographic, there is more diversity. The PS2 had more users from various countries. It was popular in nations where the other consoles were almost unknown. The...demographics...were...more...varied. It seems you're trying to argue that my point isn't always true, whereas all I'm saying is that the majority of the time it is true and it's been true for every console so far.
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"I didn't want to make a definitive statement" EXACTLY , no definitive statements can be made about what we're discussing . Even if we agreed that there was a high probability that X had a more diversified userbase than Y it still wouldn't be defintive , we could still be entirely wrong . I don't know the exact answers , i'm not sure how your so convinced you know the answer , we don't have sufficient information which make can make those kind of definitive answers with.
"Just look at some of the Nielsen charts and see how the Wii has more female users and more young users than either of the HD consoles. No different from the PS2."
Those surverys are heavily open to scrutiny , don't they tend to use very large samples and aren't they based in one geographical area ( North america ?) . Also are you arguing diversification in the actual people ( in terms of age , sex ) or diversification in terms of taste in games ? one might have an affect on the other but they aren't strictly related.
"The common sense to realize that with a much larger demographic, there is more diversity. The PS2 had more users from various countries. It was popular in nations where the other consoles were almost unknown. The...demographics...were...more...varied."
For one the PS2 has userbase sizes which far exceeded that of it's rivals , the % differences in userbase sizes aren't as big as they were last generation .Also I don't think that any of the consoles are like the PS2 , the Wii for one is marketed in a very different way , this generation shares some similiarities to last gen but I believe this one is very different. Please stop apelaing to "common sense" , it's an artificial (created) concept, one that can be twisted to meet the needs of anyones argument.
"It seems you're trying to argue that my point isn't always true, whereas all I'm saying is that the majority of the time it is true and it's been true for every console so far."
I'm arguing that your point isn't always true and may very well not be true here , i'm also arguing you have no way of definitivley prooving your point . This generation like I said earlier is very different from earlier generations .