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Fastrabbit09 said:
MikeB said:
Fastrabbit09 said:
MikeB said:

> any data to backup that it is 'certainly most popular amongst younger kids'?

8-17 olds

"The Wii was on 32% of wish lists, the Sony PlayStation 3 on 19% and Microsoft Xbox 360 on 17%."

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-11-19-wii-shopping_N.htm

"As for game systems, Nintendo Wii was the most popular among kids ages 8-13, as well as all girls up to age 17, while Sony PlayStation 3 came out on top for boys ages 14-17."

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6479280.html

Why does everyone here assume kids nowadays play a minor role within the gaming industry? Didn't you play video games as a kid?


so u got data to backup that it is popular amongst kids, not that it's mostly kids that want the wii...there is a difference


National survey (what people preferred to get for christmas 2007, US adults):

Top 10 For Men

  1. Flat screen High Definition TV 37%
  2. New Laptop Computer (Windows) 21%
  3. New Digital Camera 16%
  4. New Desktop Computer 15%
  5. GPS Navigation System for the car 11%
  6. Sony PS3 10%
  7. New Cell Phone 9%
  8. New Digital Video Camera 8%
  9. Xbox 360 8%
  10. Nintendo Wii 8%

Top 10 for Women

  1. Flat screen High Definition TV 33%
  2. New Laptop Computer 19%
  3. New Digital Camera 18%
  4. New Desktop Computer (Windows) 13%
  5. New Cell Phone 12%
  6. New Digital Video Camera 11%
  7. GPS Navigation System for the car 10%
  8. Nintendo Wii 9%
  9. Apple Laptop Computer 7%
  10. Tivo or another DVR 6%

 


nice; continuing to make my point

women are half the population and ps3 is not on the list...wii is at 9% for women and 8% for men, so 8.5%

8-17 has 32% wii....but i'm sure <25% of the population is 8-17, thus more of the population that wants a wii is an adult than a child

ie 250 million people in us that are not 8-17 and 50 million that are...that's 21.25million adults and 16 million children...

 

 


 More then half actually. 

What's funny is there were statistical problems with those charts when they originally showed up, that were long forgotten (for example, it's just less likely people polled are going to have a PS3 then 360 and Wii, why would you list a cosnole when you already have it?  What you want and what you actually get can differ do to price and what other people around you want.  etc.) 

Ignoring this though The problem with the Wii is.  Everyone plays it.  While only a few people play the 360 and the PS3.

For example, i may yet still get a 360 before i get a PS3 because there are a number of games on the 360 that my girlfriend would want to play and few she's interested in on the 360.  (Bioshock, Mass Effect vs multiplatform titles also on the 360 and PS2 like Dynasty Warriors Orochi.)

Also my title purchases are often slanted towards what i know she would play as well.   For example my top 3 games to get already out are Batallion Wars, Mario and Sonic and Fire Emblem.  If she gets through No More Heroes and a good part of Trauma Center before buy a new game i may pick up M&S or even Dynasty Warrioirs Orochi.  2 Player co-op does rule in that game.