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SnesTea on 10 March 2009
TheBigFatJ said:
scottie said:
Just as a clarfication. I am assuming that the actual numbers are

PC 87%
360 6.5%
Wii 3.something%
PS3 3.something%

As in, the 360 has 50% of the 'console market share' for online

Anyway, huge jump for the Wii 18-29 in a year. Partially due to Mario Kart, but what other games do we think are responsible. CoD?


No, for clarification it was 20,000 people polled about 5,000 of whom played online (25%).  Of those 25%, 87% of them gamed online using the PC.  50% of those 5,000 gamed online using the 360.  29% of those gamed using the Wii, and 20% of those used the PS3 online.

That totals to like 186%.

 



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scottie on 10 March 2009
TheBigFatJ said:
scottie said:

Your "clarification" is really wrong.

There were 20,000 people polled.  Approximately 5,000 (25%) of them played games online.  Of those 25%, 87% of them gamed online using the PC.  50% of those 5,000 gamed online using the 360.  29% of those gamed using the Wii, and 20% of those used the PS3 online.

For example, if I were polled I would have answered PC, Xbox 360, Wii.  Many people use multiple systems.  The fewest people used the PS3 and nearly 50% of the online gamers used the 360.

 

Ahh, rightio. That is quite impressive then



famousringo on 10 March 2009
Snesboy said:
TheBigFatJ said:
scottie said:
Just as a clarfication. I am assuming that the actual numbers are

PC 87%
360 6.5%
Wii 3.something%
PS3 3.something%

As in, the 360 has 50% of the 'console market share' for online

Anyway, huge jump for the Wii 18-29 in a year. Partially due to Mario Kart, but what other games do we think are responsible. CoD?


No, for clarification it was 20,000 people polled about 5,000 of whom played online (25%).  Of those 25%, 87% of them gamed online using the PC.  50% of those 5,000 gamed online using the 360.  29% of those gamed using the Wii, and 20% of those used the PS3 online.

That totals to like 186%.

 

 

Hint: None of those options are mutually exclusive.

But since this information is presented in such an unclear fashion, I'm not sure if any useful conclusions can be drawn other than online gaming is much stronger on the Wii than it was a year ago.



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Max King of the Wild on 10 March 2009

how does npd know this?



Paperdiego on 10 March 2009
Snesboy said:
TheBigFatJ said:
scottie said:
Just as a clarfication. I am assuming that the actual numbers are

PC 87%
360 6.5%
Wii 3.something%
PS3 3.something%

As in, the 360 has 50% of the 'console market share' for online

Anyway, huge jump for the Wii 18-29 in a year. Partially due to Mario Kart, but what other games do we think are responsible. CoD?


No, for clarification it was 20,000 people polled about 5,000 of whom played online (25%).  Of those 25%, 87% of them gamed online using the PC.  50% of those 5,000 gamed online using the 360.  29% of those gamed using the Wii, and 20% of those used the PS3 online.

That totals to like 186%.

 

 

i play online on my Wii, Ps3 and every so often on my pc...



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TheBigFatJ on 10 March 2009
Snesboy said:
TheBigFatJ said:


No, for clarification it was 20,000 people polled about 5,000 of whom played online (25%).  Of those 25%, 87% of them gamed online using the PC.  50% of those 5,000 gamed online using the 360.  29% of those gamed using the Wii, and 20% of those used the PS3 online.

That totals to like 186%.

 

 

As I said, I would have responded:

PC 

360

Wii

I updated the OP to be very clear.



MaxwellGT2000 on 10 March 2009
Max King of the Wild said:
how does npd know this?

 

Same way they know software sales, they ask :P



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chapset on 10 March 2009

this is biased the article doesn't even mention what those 5000 had for a console, lets say 2500 of them owned a wii and 1450 of them played online compare to maybe 1300 who owned a ps3 and 1000 who play online the stats wouldn't look the same



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Max King of the Wild on 10 March 2009
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
how does npd know this?

 

Same way they know software sales, they ask :P


didnt ask me



Yakuzaice on 10 March 2009

Umm, shouldn't it be 29% of online gamers use the wii to play online.  These numbers don't tell us what percentage of Wii or PS3 owners play online, so I'm not sure why you are comparing in that way.  We don't know if there are 20,000 Wii owners in this poll or 2000.