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Gribble on 29 January 2013
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Without actual numbers of subscribers though that doesn't mean much.... I'm sure playstation plus is successful, but throwing out a percentage increase doesn't actually say if the subscription is popular or not.  I really hate these empty stats companies throw out.  I wish they would just give the real stats...

 

Looking at your friends list does though. I have 25 friends on there and 14 of them have PS+. Now if everyone who has PS+ did the same in this thread, we'd have a good idea of what the average was.

anecdotal evidence does not give a good idea of what an average is, I'm sorry.  

How would it be anecdotal evidence ... or are you suggesting that some people may lie?

 

an·ec·do·tal  

/ˌanikˈdōtl/ 

 

Adjective
  1. (of an account) Not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.

understand?

So you think that people will lie.

understand?

no, that is not what anecdotal means.  It can I guess, but it means that it is based on personal accounts instead of research.  For example, you said you have 14 friends out of 25 that subscribe to ps+.  I have 33 and only 2 of them subscribe to ps+.  Is either a good indicator of total ps+ membership as a whole?  no, because it is based on our own personal accounts.  

If somebody wanted to get an average, you would have to poll all kinds of gamers, many of which are not represented on this site at all.  You would have to poll different regions, different cutltures, etc.  And you would have to poll a lot of them to get anywhere near a number large enough to even be in the ball park of possibly getting close to the actual average.  

That is why I said your anecdotal evidence would not give a good idea of the average, capiche?

Well of course it wouldn't be scientific, but it would be interesting. Although I could still argue that, regardless of whether it would be the result of different cultures or regions, given enough participants, it could still be seen as a reasonable indicator of an average.  And please, don't give me dictionary definition or use words like 'capiche' as if in some what that makes you superior. It makes you pedantic and damned rude.