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Samus Aran on 23 March 2010
radiantshadow92 said:
milkyjoe said:
radiantshadow92 said:
theRepublic said:
ShadowSoldier said:
NiKKoM said:
Didn't Sony get the note that Nintendo products aren't only bought by 8 and 9 year olds?

sigh, how many times do we have to go over this? Despite what many of you claim, The DS is targeted towards a "kiddie" audience and the Wii is as well. The people who buy games like Final Fantasy, MGS, Uncharted and Halo are in the severe minority when it comes to Nintendo consoles, which is the audience Sony and Microsoft are pushing for.

Stop with the BS.

i refuse to believe that graph, i have NEVER seen a 34 year old man or woman with a NDS.......whehter anyone likes it or not...nintendo wants to hit a demographic that has do with kids, theres nothing wrong with it, but its just what they are MAINlY trying to do

 

OH and not only that, but its sample of 3000....really?...thats um idk .000234 percent of the DS pop

Haha. So basically what you're saying is, I DO NOT ACCEPT THESE STATISTICS WITH A VERIFIABLE SOURCE AS THEY GO AGAINST MY CORE BELIEF WHICH I HAVE JUST THIS SECOND MADE UP ON THE SPOT.

no..i am saying i dont accept this source because it samples 3000 people out of the entire DS population...the sample number is weak compared to the total number...stop trying to make me look like an idiot...really, its just a debate nothing to get worked over about and go all caps on me >_>

Time to learn statistics buddy. A large part of history is based on statistics only.

 



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radiantshadow92 on 23 March 2010
NJ5 said:
radiantshadow92 said:

haha no, he did not get owned...its a sample number of 3000, no where near the number of DS owners...this graph does not stay true to the gaming demographic of the ds....

You should get edumacated and learn some statistics. A sample size of a few thousand is damn good, even for an election poll.

 

i am taking statistics, and yes a few thousand is good in some cases, but there are so many other variables...like how the "interview" is, and the questions asked....however, i do not see it as a good source, i mean 3000 just isnt enough, ESPECIALLY since they were all surveyed in the same town



Grimes on 23 March 2010

I'm pretty confident Nintendo understands the 8-9 year old demographic pretty well. Are you really going to doubt Nintendo for that age group, seriously?



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alfredofroylan on 23 March 2010

I wasn't here when the DS and PSP started but Do companies always throw feces against each other when a new system is unveil?



huaxiong90 on 23 March 2010
radiantshadow92 said:
huaxiong90 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
huaxiong90 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
theRepublic said:
ShadowSoldier said:
NiKKoM said:
Didn't Sony get the note that Nintendo products aren't only bought by 8 and 9 year olds?

sigh, how many times do we have to go over this? Despite what many of you claim, The DS is targeted towards a "kiddie" audience and the Wii is as well. The people who buy games like Final Fantasy, MGS, Uncharted and Halo are in the severe minority when it comes to Nintendo consoles, which is the audience Sony and Microsoft are pushing for.

Stop with the BS.

i refuse to believe that graph, i have NEVER seen a 34 year old man or woman with a NDS.......whehter anyone likes it or not...nintendo wants to hit a demographic that has do with kids, theres nothing wrong with it, but its just what they are MAINlY trying to do

This graph is in reference to Japan. Unless I'm mistaken, note the (Tokyo, Osaka).

either way, it doesnt cover the DS population...its result has nearly no meaning to what the one who is posted it is trying to show

The basic idea he's trying to give is the appeal the Nintendo DS has to adults.

what i am saying is that this graph does not show it considering the sample number...now if it was 20% or hell even 10%, i would agree to some sense, but the sample is less than one percent....yeah, could have asked anyone in that "interview survey"

No offense to you, but I'm beginning to think either:

 

1. You lack knowledge on how statistics work.

or

2. You're grasping at straws.



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miz1q2w3e on 23 March 2010
huaxiong90 said:

I understand that, and I fully agree (well other than the demographic part, from what I've read, PS3 owners are generally 18 and older).

I just think people are getting too offended over nothing here. It was an ignorant thing to ignore the older audience, no doubt, but like I said I do recall reading Nintendo aimed mainly for the younger audience with the DS when it launched. So, maybe he just assumed they're still following that strategy (which of course, is wrong). I don't think this was aggressive/arrogant like some other PR they've done before.


you do have a point there, but just because it's not as bad/worse than before doesn't automatically make it *good*. BS is BS, i can't beleive they're still trying to label the DS as a handheld for "8 and 9 year olds"



radiantshadow92 on 23 March 2010
Samus Aran said:
radiantshadow92 said:
milkyjoe said:
radiantshadow92 said:
theRepublic said:
ShadowSoldier said:
NiKKoM said:
Didn't Sony get the note that Nintendo products aren't only bought by 8 and 9 year olds?

sigh, how many times do we have to go over this? Despite what many of you claim, The DS is targeted towards a "kiddie" audience and the Wii is as well. The people who buy games like Final Fantasy, MGS, Uncharted and Halo are in the severe minority when it comes to Nintendo consoles, which is the audience Sony and Microsoft are pushing for.

Stop with the BS.

i refuse to believe that graph, i have NEVER seen a 34 year old man or woman with a NDS.......whehter anyone likes it or not...nintendo wants to hit a demographic that has do with kids, theres nothing wrong with it, but its just what they are MAINlY trying to do

 

OH and not only that, but its sample of 3000....really?...thats um idk .000234 percent of the DS pop

Haha. So basically what you're saying is, I DO NOT ACCEPT THESE STATISTICS WITH A VERIFIABLE SOURCE AS THEY GO AGAINST MY CORE BELIEF WHICH I HAVE JUST THIS SECOND MADE UP ON THE SPOT.

no..i am saying i dont accept this source because it samples 3000 people out of the entire DS population...the sample number is weak compared to the total number...stop trying to make me look like an idiot...really, its just a debate nothing to get worked over about and go all caps on me >_>

Time to learn statistics buddy. A large part of history is based on statistics only.

....and i am using statics in my argument >_>....im acutally taking a class this year ^_^.....and your trying to make me look dumb by stating the obvious...theres no need for that



Metallicube on 23 March 2010

Sorry Sony, but I'm not wearing stupid glasses to play 3-D games on my TV, nor am I buying an expensive new TV. That's just absurd. Yeah 3-D on PS3 might be a hit, for rich people, but that's it.



radiantshadow92 on 23 March 2010
huaxiong90 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
huaxiong90 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
huaxiong90 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
theRepublic said:
ShadowSoldier said:
NiKKoM said:
Didn't Sony get the note that Nintendo products aren't only bought by 8 and 9 year olds?

sigh, how many times do we have to go over this? Despite what many of you claim, The DS is targeted towards a "kiddie" audience and the Wii is as well. The people who buy games like Final Fantasy, MGS, Uncharted and Halo are in the severe minority when it comes to Nintendo consoles, which is the audience Sony and Microsoft are pushing for.

Stop with the BS.

i refuse to believe that graph, i have NEVER seen a 34 year old man or woman with a NDS.......whehter anyone likes it or not...nintendo wants to hit a demographic that has do with kids, theres nothing wrong with it, but its just what they are MAINlY trying to do

This graph is in reference to Japan. Unless I'm mistaken, note the (Tokyo, Osaka).

either way, it doesnt cover the DS population...its result has nearly no meaning to what the one who is posted it is trying to show

The basic idea he's trying to give is the appeal the Nintendo DS has to adults.

what i am saying is that this graph does not show it considering the sample number...now if it was 20% or hell even 10%, i would agree to some sense, but the sample is less than one percent....yeah, could have asked anyone in that "interview survey"

No offense to you, but I'm beginning to think either:

 

1. You lack knowledge on how statistics work.

or

2. You're grasping at straws.

im sorry but WHY again do you think i lack knowledge in statics?...i would really love to know your reasoning, seriously....i really wanna know why im wrong in this



Khuutra on 23 March 2010
radiantshadow92 said:

i am taking statistics, and yes a few thousand is good in some cases, but there are so many other variables...like how the "interview" is, and the questions asked....however, i do not see it as a good source, i mean 3000 just isnt enough, ESPECIALLY since they were all surveyed in the same town

Osaka and Tokyo are the two largest cities in Japan.

3000 is more than large enough as sample sizes go.

You are grasping at straws.