| theshoe23 said: Um I make less than $44000 a year and I have all three. Also the XBox 360 wasn't expensive at $399 I take it? At least try to hide your bias. |
You make less than $44,000 or your household makes less than $44,000?
Do you live with your parents or on your own?
Are you Single or Married?
How many dependants do you have?
Do you rent or own?
A single guy living on his own (or worse with his parents) is not really representative of the market as a whole ...
People keep talking about how gamers (in general) are becomming older and diverting away from the stereotype of being a 18 year old slacker, living in his parents basement, and wasting his life away and yet we still look at their disposable income as being representative of the market as a whole. When you're feeding, clothing and sheltering a wife and children $44,000 a year is a tiny ammount of money; in many parts of the country you'd be lucky to be able to afford $400 a year in total on entertainment ...
Edit: Another chart to further my point
| Data | All households | Lowest fifth | Second fifth | Middle fifth | Fourth fifth | Highest fifth | Top 5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households (in 1000s) | 113,146 | 22,629 | 22,629 | 22,629 | 22,629 | 22,629 | 5,695 |
| Lower limit | $0 | $0 | $18,500 | $34,738 | $55,331 | $88,030 | $157,176 |
| Median number of income earners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tenure | |||||||
| Owner occupied | 62.4% | 49.0% | 58.8% | 68.9% | 80.5% | 90.0% | 92.8% |
| Renter occupied | 29.2% | 48.3% | 39.7% | 29.9% | 18.7% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Type of household | |||||||
| Family households | 68.06% | 41.06% | 59.97% | 70.04% | 80.87% | 88.35% | 90.61% |
| Married couple families | 51.35% | 19.03% | 38.89% | 51.00% | 67.05% | 80.08% | 85.59% |
| Single-male family | 4.32% | 3.08% | 4.64% | 5.69% | 4.89% | 3.30% | 2.47% |
| Single-female family | 12.38% | 18.94% | 16.43% | 13.35% | 8.93% | 4.24% | 2.54% |
| Non-family households | 31.93% | 58.92% | 40.02% | 29.96% | 19.12% | 11.64% | 9.36% |
