| Kantor said: But we don't know that this sample is accurate like you described. For all we know, half of the Wii's could have been used less than an hour a day, and only 10% of PS3s and 5% of 360s. And there are several factors in the equation- usage time, storage conditions, country, care when handling, etc. We don't know that this sample is any good. I mean, the title could at least state that this was a survey of 16,000 people. I also highly doubt more 360s succumb to disc read errors than RROD... |
It is highly likely that such a massive sample is statistically representative, of consoles in North America at least.
And unless there is some large consumer bias, which there also isn't likely to be for brick and mortar retailers, the Neilson statistics work fine for factoring in usage.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.
