True install base of Gen 6 and Gen 7 and a look at Gen 8

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Kasz216 said:

Carl2291 said:

Im struggling to argue against that. As are other people in the thread, as you can see by them laughing it off, insulting you or deflecting it.

Or nobody has just bothered to, since he literally just made up the number on the spot... which is pretty worthy of just outright dismissil and ridicule.  (Hell, I'd of considered just locking the topic as flamebait had Khan not posted in it.)

Shit if I recall the research correctly greater than 20% of Wii Owners owned more then 2 consoles.

 

Old one from 09 but....

 

Nearly 40 percent of PS3 owners also own Wiis or Xbox 360s, 18 percent of Xbox 360 owners have PS3s, and few Wii owners also possess 360s (26 percent) or PS3s (14 percent).

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/15/npd-provides-stats-on-game-promotion-platform-cross-ownership/

 

I'd actually expect Cross Platform ownership to RISE as the generation goes on... espiecally with the Wii, which lost it's sales luster late on, and likely the back end sales are mostly 360/PS3 owners picking it up for exclusives.   I mean, it probably decreased for the PS3 since it was so unpopular early on, but Wii and 360 likely only increased as the generation went on.

Hard to call multi-console owners casual or new audience.

 

Cross Platform play something he totally ignored and totally invalidates his theories in the first place.

This doesn't support your point.

~20% of Wii owners had multiple consoles;  ~80% did not own multiple consoles.

The 20% are likely to be core gamer / casual, while the 80% are likely to have more non-gamers, kids, and Nintendo only diehards.

The OP has a good point, and he doesn't have to be 100% accurate (neither are VGC, NPD, Nintendo surveys, etc.) he just has to have a good analysis.