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Burek on 14 July 2014
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MoHasanie said:
BMaker11 said:
MoHasanie said:

Its a poll of just 5000 people so I wouldn't give this much importance. 

Ugh...not this again. "Just 5,000 people so ignore it" (is the gist of what you're saying). #1 the poll was nearly 6500 people. And #2 presidential poll trackers like Rasmussen, Gallup, NPR, and the Washington times use less than 1500 respondents in their polls (some of those are less than 1000). The resulting percentages as >3% margin of error, and that's based on the sampling to be indicative of a 125M people. 1500 respondent sample size. Less than 3% margin of error representing a population of 125M voters.

6488 is an extremely large sample size.

Here is what another article said about this poll: 

Now, to be fair, this is just an online poll, and its sample is probably not a fair representation of China’s gaming market. The audience could also be biased in favor of the PS4; it’s probably posted elsewhere too, but I found it in an article that mentions Sony in the title. The Xbox One is also discussed in the article itself, but the Sony headline might be attracting more Playstation fans than Xbox fans.

You are correct, and in the title I made sure to point that out, and the article itself never hides those facts.

However, if we learned anything from VGC forums, titles and topics about one console certainly don't stop fans of others to read those topics, comment on them and answer polls. 

Sure, a poll like this is certain to have some bias, and definitely is not foolproof, but should not be blatantly dismissed a priori. Article, though short, even gives a decent explanation on the reason behind the results, and that surely is the biggest hurdle MS needs to overcome - brand recognition.

And with MS getting a ton of bad press in China lately with Windows controversy, it sure usn't helping the XBox branding efforts.

PS4 will launch who knows when, and XOne has a chance to build a fan base, but I believe Chinese total console sales will be closer to Italy or Spain than to UK or US numbers.