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Tweens and Teens Reveal Their Holiday Video Game Wish Lists Guitar Hero, Mario Party DS, Super Mario Galaxy, My Sims and Halo 3 Among
Most-Wanted Games for 8-17 Year-Olds; Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 Among
Most-Coveted Game Systems

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Video games and game systems will continue to be hot holiday gifts this year, with more than 80 percent of tweens and teens expecting to ask for a video game title, game console or handheld system, according to a recent survey by Game Crazy, a video game specialty retailer. Game Crazy went straight to the source to find out the video game gifts that will make kids happiest during the holidays. The survey found that, across all ages and genders, Guitar Hero, Mario Party DS, Super Mario Galaxy, My Sims and Halo 3 are some of the most-wanted video game titles. The Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 will also continue to be hot sellers.

Most-Wanted Games (8-17 Year-Old Boys and Girls)
-- Guitar Hero (Rated T)
-- Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
-- Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
-- My Sims (Rated E)
-- Halo 3 (Rated M)

Girls
-- 8-10 Years-Old:
-- Nintendogs (Rated E)
-- Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
-- My Sims (Rated E)
-- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Rating Pending)
-- Guitar Hero (Rated T)

-- 11-13 Years-Old:
-- My Sims (Rated E)
-- Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
-- Nintendogs (Rated E)
-- Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
-- Guitar Hero (Rated T)

-- 14-17 Years-Old:
-- Guitar Hero (Rated T)
-- My Sims (Rated E)
-- Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
-- Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
-- Halo 3 (Rated M)
Boys
-- 8-10 Years-Old:
-- Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
-- Pokemon Battle Revolution (Rated E)
-- Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
-- Transformers (Rated E10+ or T)
-- Mario Strikers Charged (Rated E10+)

-- 11-13 Years-Old:
-- Guitar Hero (Rated T)
-- Halo 3 (Rated M)
-- Madden 08 (Rated E)
-- Need for Speed: Prostreet (Rating Pending)
-- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Rated E10+ or T)

-- 14-17 Years-Old:
-- Halo 3 (Rated M)
-- Guitar Hero (Rated T)
-- Madden 08 (Rated E)
-- Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
-- Need for Speed: Prostreet (Rating Pending)

Most-Wanted Video Game Systems:

Girls
-- 8-10 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PS3
-- 11-13 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PS3
-- 14-17 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360

Boys
-- 8-10 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360
-- 11-13 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360
-- 14-17 Years-Old: Sony PS3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii

SURVEY METHODOLOGY

The Game Crazy survey was conducted online August 17-20, 2007, by Weekly Reader Research. 1,000 U.S. male and female participants, ages 8-17, were recruited from Weekly Reader Research's INSIDERS survey research community. Random sampling procedures were employed to ensure the respondents accurately reflect the nation's 42.7 million 8-17 year olds in terms of age, race/ethnicity, gender and census region. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval.

About Game Crazy

Game Crazy(R) (www.gamecrazy.com) is the nation's second largest specialty game retailer with more than 600 locations across the country. Hollywood Entertainment of Wilsonville, Oregon was acquired in 2005 by Movie Gallery, Inc. and operates Game Crazy. Movie Gallery, Inc. is the second largest North American home entertainment specialty retailer with more than 4,000 stores located in all 50 U.S. states and Canada.

 

ack, sorry, I posted this in the wrong forum by mistake.

Still interesting, but I sort of expected the results for boys 14-17...but then again who didn't?

Game Crazy said: -- 14-17 Years-Old: Sony PS3

I remember when I had that on my signature.

The good ol' times. 

That Mature gamers want a ps3?

Wow, I thought PS3's demograph would be at least 11-13 year old boys.

so everyone loves nintendo (for now at least), but the only non nintendo exclusive is halo 3, and people actually do want teh ps3. interesting.

I think it's funny that they want the ps3 itself, but all the games they want are on other platforms.

Still, it goes right along with what I've been saying: People want the ps3, and they're waiting for either a price drop or a specific game (MGS4, FFXIII, Tekken 6, GT5) before getting one.

Either way, it seems that the 360 is currently the least popular system, despite the popularity of Halo 3. It makes no sense, but that's the warped mind of the consumer.

If Sony can manage to get a $399 ps3 on shelves for the holidays, I can see a lot of parents caving in and getting it for their kids.

So children and girls wants a Wii crap I am a child now X_X.

According to this MySims should sell like crazy.

We will see soon.