| Conegamer said: In comparison, PlayStation claimed 28 percent of the Twitter conversation, while Xbox claimed 25 percent. So in that regard, it's perfectly plausible to say that Nintendo "won" this year's E3. |
I have to disagree. Twitter is hardly ever a reliable source for pretty much anything, as it can be insanely deceiving. Gossip Girl and pretty little liars are two of the most tweeted series. Their ratings? Worse than almost all Fox, ABC and CBS tv shows. Same with Vampire Diaries. Yes, people talk about them on twitter, but is it really an indication of anything?
From my limited experiece from using twitter, the ones who use twitter the most are teenage girls. I don't know what percentage of wiiu owners (or potential owners) are female, but didn't Ninty mention that half of the wii install base was female?
Also, two more things: a) the time that Ninty's event took place compared to Sony's (I live in the UK and was asleep when it happened). People who use twitter seem to tweet the most when something is taking place (so less people would be inclined to tweet after waking up). b) You've seen how vocal the psvita fanbase is. Had a few big games been announced for psvita, I'm sure it would has almost as many tweets as wiiu had. They are both vocal fanbases starving for new titles (generalization, I know), so of course their fans get excited, while ps4 owners pretty much know that Sony will deliver when it comes to the ps4. It's all a matter of when rather than if.
I'm just gonna leave you with one example of how unreliable twitter can be: Wonderbook. When the game was announced at E3, I remember that it was trending on twitter. It was the only game trending (or the highest trending game). Yet look at it's sales. Was it actual interest in the game or just people talking about it on twitter?
