Troll_Whisperer said:
Hephaestos said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
EdStation3 said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Hephaestos said:
my sister's baby's nany, who's a 50 year old illegal alien from the philipines, saw my 3DS and said "oh it's the new one", and when I offered to show her a picture on it she said "but you need glasses no?".
So the misconception in this example is not that it's a new one (commercials have this pegged), it's that people don't understand that it's glassesless 3D...
and no she's not a gamer, her previous kids in care had the other DS, and she saw this on TV.
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I like how you mention the fact that she's a 50 year old illegal alien from the philipines, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of your post or the thread. 
OP: Meh, I still think the 3DS will be ok after a pricecut. It is true that some people believe it is just a new model of the regular DS, though. My gf did.
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Please don't bite my head off for saying so, but foreign parents in general know way less than non-foreign parents. For the record, my parents are foreign. It's not like this across the board, I realize I'm generalizing, but my foreign friends parents and/or my parents foreign friend usually know nothing about video games. While my friends with canadian background's friends have a rough idea about video games.
Also working in electronics sales I spent a lot more time, a lot more often explaining things like PSPs and DSs to people with foreign parents than non-foreign parents.
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Don't worry, I didn't find it offensive, just funny.
I understand that people who migrate abroad have other concerns above videogames, it makes sense.
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ah but she's not a parent ^^.
i pointed it out as it's an unlikely profile for a gamer, so unlikely to be informed out of interest. it seemed relevant to me at least :p
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I didn't say she's a parent. I said it's normal that immigrants are less likely to know about videogames.
What's the difference between being a parent or not? Are you trying to confuse me? ;-p
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Not immigrants.... but immigrant parents. Immigrants know a lot about gaming. Just a lot of parents coming from 3rd world countries don't even have a clue what they're buying their kids.
