Do you realise the poll you are talking about, was taken 6 months ago?
Do you also realise that out of the "1billion potential buyers" that only like 1000 people, most of them who will probably own a current gen console, voted?
What you are saying is bullshit.
Big companies are going bust, banks aint giving out mortgages, and a LOT of people have become unemployed... and you think the recession "hasnt reached most people"?
Get a grip.