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chocoloco on 17 March 2014
vivster said:
Because comparing a library of a thousand games with a library of 30 games makes total sense.

This is the correct response. 30 games are a negligable statistic compared to a sample size in the thousands, obvioulsy.



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TornadoCreator on 17 March 2014
chocoloco said:
TornadoCreator said:
The problem with what's being inferred by this article is that as the saying goes "mature games aren't..."

Sure they may have a mature rating but the average person playing Call Of Duty is 13, the average person wowed by the gore and bare breasts in the latest God Of War game is a teenager, and the average person taking the notoriously family friendly plumber on another jumping romp on the Wii U is... wait for it... in their 30's!!!

Mature games are not mature, it's a complete misnomer. Making a lot of mature, 18-rated games means you're targeting the 13-15 year old boy market. A market filled with immature children puffing up their chest and acting like they're big men, and playing "XTREME!!!" games is a way to do that. The actual mature gamer, they like fun. Now sure, that fun can and does include the likes of GTA, but it also includes the games that the 13 year old CoD kiddies, completely unaware of the hilarious irony, describe as being "for kids"; which tends to include most first party Nintendo franchises for example.

My friends are generally all approaching, or past the age of 30 now, and I'm far more likely to hear someone tell me about how much they enjoyed the latest Mario or Pokémon game than anything mainstream hardcore and violent. I don't think I know anyone who gave half a shit about Call Of Duty, Battlefield, or Titanfall for that matter.

The very concept of "Mature content" or "Adult content" is something I've always found amusing, because all too often mature adults aren't interested by such tacky childish things.

You are making stuff up that is not even funny. I do not know a single adult gamer between 20 and 35 that plays Nintendo over xbox, PC, or playstation.

That's because you don't know any adult gamers... and you're an American teenager... and a troll. Try harder in future. Obvious troll is obvious.

 

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NintendoPie on 17 March 2014
hated_individual said:
Vivster... Your comment is an epic fail.

It has nothing to do with amount of games in the first place, read it again and if you still interpet it incorrectly then something is not right with you... It is about percentage of mature games in games library...

This was pretty funny. Thanks for that.

*Cough*Vivster was actually right*Cough*



Mystro-Sama on 17 March 2014

Don't worry. The foul mouth kiddies will migrate when they stop making cod on previous gen.



famousringo on 17 March 2014
chocoloco said:
vivster said:
Because comparing a library of a thousand games with a library of 30 games makes total sense.

This is the correct response. 30 games are a negligable statistic compared to a sample size in the thousands, obvioulsy.

A joke, I hope?

We're comparing complete populations, not samples. Nothing is being estimated and there is no margin of error to mitigate with a larger sample size because no larger sample is possible.

Console gaming is following in the footsteps of comic books. Once an industry for everybody, then an industry targeting children, now an industry targeting twentyish to thirtyish males. And like comics, console gaming may have just as much difficulty staying fresh and relevant as decline sets in.



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DucksUnlimited on 17 March 2014
hated_individual said:
Vivster... Your comment is an epic fail.

It has nothing to do with amount of games in the first place, read it again and if you still interpet it incorrectly then something is not right with you... It is about percentage of mature games in games library...

Everything about this post is hilarious.