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FishyJoe on 04 April 2008

I'm very surprised the Wii is at #3. This means that the PS3 is under 10%. X360 has a huge share.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/04/04/npd-xbox-360-most-widely-used-system-for-online-gaming-wii-and-ps2-follow/

Research group NPD published a 2008 report on online gaming earlier this week, announcing that 72 percent of the total U.S. population ages 6-44 plays video games.

One of the items in the release:

Among those who use a video game system for online gaming, Xbox 360 is the top system used, with 50 percent stating they play games online via that system. On average, Xbox 360 owners spend the most time per week using their 360s to play games online, followed by PC and PS3 owners using these respective systems for online game play.

That squares with what I’ve long assumed: Xbox users seem to be much more into online gaming than the norm. I contacted NPD to find out more about online usage of the other consoles, and was provided with some additional info. This new detail doesn’t describe how heavily people who own a given console use it for online. But it does indicate which consoles get people online, something that is surely a reflection of the installed base:

Among those who use a video game system for online gaming, Xbox 360 (50%), PlayStation 2 (22%) and Nintendo Wii (18%) are the top three systems used, with Xbox360 continuing to command a dominant lead.



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dsoverpsp on 04 April 2008

^not surprised - not many Wii games can go online



FishyJoe on 04 April 2008

No I meant I'm surprised the number is so high.



smiles123 on 04 April 2008

is this worldwide or just the united states



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FishyJoe on 04 April 2008

NPD is only the US.

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gebx on 04 April 2008

I'm a little confused with the wording

It says 360 is followed by the PC and then the PS3

but then it says top three video game systems are 360, PS2 and Wii?

Is "PS2" a typo meaning PS3?



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BenKenobi88 on 04 April 2008

I don't see how this is surprising, there's only about a dozen Wii games that have online play.

And they say there are more XBL users than online PC gamers? I'd like to know if they're including Steam, because that's where a majority of PC play happens.



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FishyJoe on 04 April 2008

I didn't copy the whole article, you might want to go to the original article for clarification. Sorry about the confusion.



Gamerace on 04 April 2008

Wow, so out of 100 people playing console games online, 50 are using 360 (no surprise) 22 using PS2 (not a typo) for what I wonder? and 18 using Wii. I guess the PS3s low installed base causes it to have lower than the Wii's 18% of that share.



 

BenKenobi88 on 04 April 2008

No, that's a typo. There can't possibly be that many playing online games with the PS2.



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