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Forums - Gaming - Writers strike boosts video game usage by 26%

ferret1094 on 21 January 2008

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=157408

TV and movie buffs are flocking to DVDs and video games, says a new study published on Friday.

The online survey, which sampled an unnamed number of respondents ages 18-49, found that 43 percent of Americans are watching more DVDs. Another 26 percent say they are spending more time playing video games.

Additionally, the study found that 94 percent of Americans are aware of the Hollywood writers strike, which has largely put a stop to new episodes, programs and movie screenwriting.

 



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fkusumot on 21 January 2008

Good news!


I Blame Wii Fit!

Avinash_Tyagi on 21 January 2008

What about the other age groups?

And did this cover both men and women or was this a male dominated survey?



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Faxanadu on 21 January 2008

keep the strike going!



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Parokki on 21 January 2008

Hmm.. comparing last week's sales to those a year ago, it would seem hardware is up something like 5%, but software is up over 20%. Guess there's some truth to this?