RolStoppable said:
1,000 people is usually a big enough sample to arrive close enough to the actual numbers. Increasing the number to 10,000 people wouldn't lead to notably better results. The bigger problem is to get a sample that is representative of the entire population. If you use the results of this survey (Japan has a population of about 120m people if memory serves me right), you have 12m buying either system for sure, about 42m being on the fence about either system and the rest being not interested at all. The sample is biased towards gamers though, because 64 % of the people surveyed own at least one of the following systems: PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS. It wasn't a survey solely among gamers as the thread title suggests. I doubt that 64 % of Japanese people own a gaming system, so you are better off by splitting the results at least in half. 6m will buy for sure, 21m on the fence; just sounds more believable. Of course a lot of people who answer "will buy for sure" end up not buying it. The bottom line is that while this survey is by no means perfect, it's not all bad either. Certainly not as flawed as you suggested. |
You just like what you're hearing.
How can our dispute be put to the test? Vita sales numbers?
