I've already said what "active user percent" means. It's in the link I gave before. It's how much time the average user of a console uses it as a percentage of the total time they could use it for.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.
| Demotruk said: I've already said what "active user percent" means. It's in the link I gave before. It's how much time the average user of a console uses it as a percentage of the total time they could use it for. |
Heh, so I got those percentages absolutely wrong then =) *went reading*
If the stats are correct, nothing surprising. Wii owners don't play as much. I propose to have any Wii owner's gamer card torn up.
Demotruk said:
That's a standard thing to do with graphs, you'll find the same thing on currency charts etc. I agree it's misleading if you're not used to it, but when you're used to the convention the space between the minimum and zero is redundant, thus removed. |
I think it is a standard thing when your main goal is to see how something changed over time, just like it is with currency or with stocks. If you want to compare different items however, it shouldn't be done in my opinion. But I agree with you, it is quite common.
@mai: Thanks, I think the points you bring up are correct, so your numbers should be more accurate than mine.
| nintendo_fanboy said:
@mai: Thanks, I think the points you bring up are correct, so your numbers should be more accurate than mine. |
Well, we both got graphs totally wrong =) I wasn't able to find what's the methodology behind those graphs. Internet sites that citing Nielsen usually full of fanboish rant rather than useful info, so I went on explaining those numbers by myself, until Demotruk cleared all issues (see link above).
Demotruk said:
"The active user percent tells us how often a person used their console out of the total amount of time the console could have been used during the measurement period."
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/stateofvgamer_040909_fnl.pdf
Thus, it's not about the number of "active users", but how often the console is used per user. "The active user percent tells us how often a person used their console out of the total amount of
time the console could have been used during the measurement period"
|
Demotruk -- sorry for not seeing this before. Still, this Nielsen-provided definition is a bit hard-to-follow.
The active user percent tells us how often a person used their console out of the total amount of
time the console could have been used during the measurement period.
This would mean that Xbox 360 users and PS3 users play over 2-1/2 hours per day, every day.
I also wonder if there is not some self-selection bias in those who have People Meters ... but that is a topic for another day.
Mike from Morgantown
 I am Mario.I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble. Wii Friend Code: 1624 6601 1126 1492 NNID: Mike_INTV |
I believe it's a percentage of their free time, otherwise they would have said "percentage of time" rather than "out of the total amount of time the console could have been used". That would make it more likely to be ~30 minutes or less possibly for the average X360 owner.
I haven't given the methodology a full reading, but I'm sure it can be clarified.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.
Funny how Kotaku didn't read the definitions section either:
http://kotaku.com/5334413/people-buying-less-but-playing-more-wii-excepted#comments
(So of course the report is being used as a reason to trash the Wii).
Mike from Morgantown
| I am Mario. I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble. Wii Friend Code: 1624 6601 1126 1492 NNID: Mike_INTV |
| mike_intellivision said: Funny how Kotaku didn't read the definitions section either: http://kotaku.com/5334413/people-buying-less-but-playing-more-wii-excepted#comments (So of course the report is being used as a reason to trash the Wii). Mike from Morgantown |
http://kotaku.com/5334947/xbox-360-triumphs-over-ps2-in-nielsen-ratings
They certainly could have worded it to be less offensive to the wii.
GOTY Contestants this year: Dead Space 2, Dark Souls, Tales of Graces f. Everything else can suck it.
Yes, by Kotaku's logic 88% of X360 owners play infrequently or not at all, if that were the case the industry would probably be in serious trouble.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.
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