| theprof00 said: 1. You'd have a point if this was only 1 year, but it's been consistent throughout the past generation as well. If the questions and how they're asked were the problem, you'd expect a more randomized result. Unfortunately for your point, they've been consistent. 2. Nielson does not work that way. It asks what you are using the console for. You can easily draw conclusions if you know what you're talking about. |
Anyone can find some stat that supports their theory. Having multiple sources makes your theory more legit. Only having one source allows others to find many holes in it as people have done in this thread.
Here is my point about questions. I can ask you a question like this. Are there any policies that President Obama instituted that you do not like. No matter who the president is or what your affiliation, you probably have a few policies you did not like. The stat tracking company can then say, 90% of people polled do not like the President Policies.
This is what I mean by understanding exactly what questions are asked and how they are asked. Without that data, anyone can construe their data any way they want. Political parties have been doing stuff like this for years and its also done within certain stats tracking agencies as well.
As for your Nielsen study, here is one that was posted why people purchase a PS4 over the X1. From this study it seems Price more than anything else was the big difference.
http://www.neowin.net/news/nielsen-study-finds-a-third-of-ps4-owners-switched-from-xbox-or-wii
Here is a blub from that article.
So what did Sony do right in order to sell 10 million consoles and make gamers choose the PS4 instead of the Xbox One? The main reason behind Sony's success seems to be the price difference between the two consoles at launch. Having a $100 cheaper price tag, the $399 PS4 and the Xbox One offered mainly cross-platform titles including CoD: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed IV and Battlefield 4 at launch. Having the same range of games available, the figures indicate the Kinect bundled Xbox One wasn't enough to justify the $100 difference for many gamers. In a logical move, Microsoft released the cheaper and Kinect-free Xbox One bundle half a year later.
As stated, anyone can find data to support their theory. The key difference is knowing if your data paints a complete picture. I am saying your one point of data does not paint a complete picture and the reason is that you only use one source because you already formed your opinion and only sourght to justify it instead of being a good research and really checking to see if its valid.
