Study: Wii U, Vita Don't Interest Japanese Gamers

[Joelcool7]

RolStoppable said:

Joelcool7 said:

I was just going to point that out. This poll is remarkable considering only 5.7% owned a Nintendo Wii over 9% wanting to purchase WiiU shows an increase in demand rather then a decrease. This poll is misleading it claims these consumers are gamers but they obviously are not all what we would classify as gamers.

Owning a single game machine does not make you a gamer. Especially if that game machine was a PS2, that shows they haven't invested in new consoles or hardware in around a generation. This proves they are not the kind of consumer Nintendo or Sony is trying to attract nor would they be interested in next generation hardware.

What's misleading is the writeup of a gaming journalist, because this was a survey among a general population sample, not one restricted to gamers. Only about 700 of the 1,100 surveyed people owned at least one gaming system.

Owning a single game machine makes you a gamer, don't be silly. The survey most likely included a checklist for recent relevant gaming hardware, hence the inclusion of the PS2 which had a long life and the exclusion of the Xbox 360 and any older systems. Also, Nintendo and Sony should be interested in what everyone has to say, including the people who do not play games or haven't played games in a long while.

I agree however this research wouldn't be of much use to them. It doesn't specifically target age groups or levels of consumers.

Sony and Nintendo would probably be interested in a study that asked non-gamers if they are interested in their next generation systems. Or a poll that focused entirely on the elderly or mid aged adults. This survey covers way to wide of a demographic to be all that useful. Also a survey covering only gamers may give a better picture of how successful the systems could be. A survey restricted to Sony fans or Nintendo fans.

Nintendo and Sony need to know this stuff, but this specific survey doesn't offer the depth or facts to actually be of much use. Other then the fact that it proves WiiU is more popular among those surveyed then Wii was!

As for every console owner being a gamer. Well I know several people who bought PS2's because they were a cheap DVD player and many didn't buy a single game and if they did it was usually for a child living in the home. I myself bought my PS3 primarily as a BluRay player and know of at least two individuals who aren't gamers but purchased PS3's because they knew that the BluRay player was of higher quality.

One of them had bought a BluRay player at launch but it wasn't connected to the web and didn't update. It wasn't able to play a lot of the newer BluRays. I told him my PS3 was always updated and I didn't have that problem so he chose to buy a PS3 instead of another BR player.

Just because you own a console does not make you a gamer. Also judging by the ages of many of the responders they could have bought the console for their children and not played games at all. The survey didn't ask how many of you play games on a regular basis it asked how many of you own a games machine.

Owning a games machine and actually being a gamer don't always go hand in hand. You can own a machine and not be a gamer just like you can be a gamer and not own a machine!