Which console has nerdiest followers?

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Bodhesatva said:

TheSource said:

This is pretty silly. I know nerds, jocks, men, women, whites, blacks, and asians with various consoles. What do you expect when the consoles each sell millions of units?

I'm always amazed that games still have a nerdy image now, when 360 and PS3 are loved by hardcore gamers, and when Wii is loved by new audiences and much of the old gaming audience. When I had my Wii in my dorm Freshman year literally every attractive girl my room mate and I knew would come to our room just to try to kick our asses in bowling or tennis or boxing. These boxes all have tremendous pull with large audiences. I know plenty of little kids growing up on Halo and GTA and I know people in their 30s who enjoy those games too. Demographics of gaming don't really fit anymore.

Are you saying we can't make generalizations, Source? Obviously you can take generalizations too far, but some generalizations -- such as "Females don't play the PSP much, but they do play the DS" is a valid generalization that is now supported by statistical data. I'd assume we could make similar generalizations about 360/Wii, although we don't have hard data to support that conclusion.

Not saying I disagree with your central premise -- I agree that this generalization in particular cannot be valid -- but I do want to point out that some generalizations do in fact apply and are reasonable and justified.

 It is human nature to generalize. It is how we learn.  Hell, until we could prove things by hard scientific data, almost all the things we "knew" were really just assumptions.  Is fire hot?  Everytime I touch it it burns like hell, however centuries ago one couldn't prove that statement definitively one way or another.