In order of ownership of current generation consoles it's fairly well acknowledged that the demographics of this website are thus:
Nintendo Wii
BIG GAP
Playstation 3
BIG GAP
Xbox 360
I was just taking a glance through the old polls though, and I found an inconsistency. Overwhelmingly in Western RPG's and to a lessor but still obvious extent in JRPG's, the Xbox 360 has the advantage over the other two consoles. Yet VGChartz, with it's small number of Xbox 360 owners, professes to love Role Playing Games more than any other.
I know these polls aren't known for their accurate representation of the gaming public (or even this site sometimes), but what do you think accounts for this discrepency? All I can really think of is Strategy RPG's. As forum members are typically the hardcore type that might play those niche titles, that could help explain the PS3 ownership and subsequent RPG loving. Still doesn't explain the Wii owners though. I have a Wii for old-school Nintendo games. Not RPG's.
Perhaps on the 22nd of February only Xbox 360 owners responded to the poll...
Results - 22/02/09
What is your favorite genre? (The Finals) |
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| Action/Adventure | 283 | 20.84% |
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| Platformer | 118 | 8.69% |
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| Racer | 291 | 21.43% |
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| RPG | 439 | 32.33% |
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| Shooter | 165 | 12.15% |
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| Strategy | 62 | 4.57% |
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| 1,358 |
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