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Forums - Sales - Global teens survey puts PS3 on top, girls and kids prefer the Wii

StanGable on 16 May 2008
Naum said:
now they should ask people between age 18 - 45.

Wrong! The preferred market for videogames sales is people under the age of 13. This is also true for many other businesses however everyone that has had a decent education knows that kids source of money is limitless as parents buy what kids want most hence the reason Wii is winning and will win in the end.

What are you looking at, nerd?
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Grampy on 16 May 2008
Ajax said:
It's clear. The Wii is for kids and girls.

Yea right, it's little girls and children that have preordered all those copies of Wii Fit. You weren't paying attention. It is also adults. Only adolescent males up to possibly the early 20s constitute almost all of the hardcore gamers. That should be pretty obvious. Go to any computer game tournament and see how many participants don't fall in this group. Damn few.

 



Grampy on 16 May 2008
Rock_on_2008 said:
So the world prefers the PS3. woohoo another win for the PS3.

Too bad that doesn't translate into sales.



Grampy on 16 May 2008

I know that PS3 fans need something encouraging right now but I think a critical reading of this survey provides anything but.

For the PS3 to be leading by only 5% in what has to be their best key demographic group is not that encouraging since the Wii almost certainly leads in all groups younger and older. That’s a mighty slim lead to hold in your home turf.

Besides which, if I were a kid and you asked me which console I would say a PS3 because I could then sell it, buy a Wii and pocket the difference. LOL



rasone77 on 16 May 2008

I don't think anyone here wouldn't have seen this one coming. I mean they did ask the market that is least likely to say Wii what they thought was better. That's just a no-brainer and doesn't prove anything.



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Leni on 16 May 2008

well, Wii sold almost double Xbox360 and Ps3 combined in April (lovely GTA IV release).....

i don't think that it's only kids and girls who buy the wii, also it's not kids and girls who make games like RE 4 and RE Umbrella C. to pass 1 million!!



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Alby_da_Wolf on 16 May 2008
Naum said:
now they should ask people between age 18 - 45.

Well, I'm in this range: I prefer PC and I'm very tempted by Wii, but I could pretend to prefer Wii to make girls content and avoid looking geeky before their eyes

 

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Esmoreit on 16 May 2008
Audiomatic said:
Esmoreit said:
Ajax said:
It's clear. The Wii is for kids and girls.

And the guys trying to get girls home.


Its true!!:) girls like the wii. Also the Wii-excuse is great way to get a woman at ur place and maybe score! (happent to me last saturday). I blame Wiifit for that!!!!! I love u NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!


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 Let's see that happening on Halo.



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Kasz216 on 16 May 2008
bdbdbd said:
I read the article. Percentage that rated each console good or great was:
PS3 69%
Wii 64%
360 58%

24% did own a Wii, 23% 360 and 21% PS3.

20% of the interviewed were planning on buying a console.

So, since there was a huge overlap and close percentage, apparently it doesn't tell too much about what console they are going to buy after all, since the 20% who plan to buy a console, apparently weren't asked which one they are going to buy.

21% had a PS3... with 24% having a Wii?

That kidna ruins their whole study. I don't get why people are so lazy in their statistical sampling.

Edit: After looking into it more... man. What a badly done study. I hate how unproffesional some people are with their number collecting.

THEY USED STATISTICAL WEIGHTING: for one... which is just... i don't even know. It's just a bad idea. Also they used statistical weighing to give each country an "equal result". Which is even more ridiculious.

74% said they were guided by brand name awareness.

Once again, Mike B finds a horribly done internet survey.  Good job Mike B.