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fkusumot on 28 September 2007

More Japanese kids play the NES than the PSP

September 28th, 2007

One of the many questions goo Research submitted to 1,165 elementary school children in Japan. This particular question takes into account 764 children.

What kinds of video games machines do you often play on?

Nintendo DS 82.2%
Nintendo Gameboy Advance 39.8%
Sony PlayStation 1, 2 or 3 37.4%
Nintendo Wii 35.3%
Nintendo Gamecube 31.4%
Nintendo Gameboy, Gameboy Micro 19.8%
Nintendo 64 15.2%
Nintendo Super Famicon (SNES) 15.1%
Nintendo Famicon (NES) 11.9%
Sony PlayStation Portable 10.5%
Microsoft Xbox 5.8%
Sega Saturn 5.1%
Sega Dreamcast 4.8%
Other 16.4%

http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/09/29/japanese-kids-prefer-the-nes-to-the-psp/
http://gonintendo.com/
 



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Neos on 28 September 2007

i dont get it, the numbers dont add up



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superchunk on 28 September 2007

@Neos, it was probably a checkbox type of thing. Same person has multiple answers.



stranne on 28 September 2007

Too bad they didn't separate the Playstation answers.



Engelos on 28 September 2007

Nintendo's strongest market is kids, nothing new.



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Final-Fan on 28 September 2007
Engelos said:
Nintendo's strongest market is kids, nothing new.


Au contraire. The DS apparently is played "often" by more than FOUR OUT OF FIVE Japanese elementary school students [probable edit:  who are gamers]. That is ridiculous, and it's more than twice as much as the next highest number. That is new.

We all knew that Japan is halfway to adding the DS to its pantheon of gods, but this ... 82%!



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Final-Fan on 28 September 2007

Here's a question: Why is the Game Boy Micro lumped in with GB Original rather than GB Advance?



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albionus on 28 September 2007

So the 360 didn't even rank? Are they counting the VC as NES/SNES/Gen/N64 because I seriously doubt 15% of Japanese school kids play a Super Nintendo. That or the numbers below the top 5 are seriously skewed



fkusumot on 28 September 2007
albionus said:
So the 360 didn't even rank? Are they counting the VC as NES/SNES/Gen/N64 because I seriously doubt 15% of Japanese school kids play a Super Nintendo. That or the numbers below the top 5 are seriously skewed

These numbers might help you make a more informed comment: 

126 million population Japan
48 million households Japan
17 million population under 15 years age Japan
17 million SNES sold in Japan
19 million NES sold in Japan



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konnichiwa on 28 September 2007

In the Western world kids don't want to play those old consoles and in Japan they still like it :s.

And more Saturn than DC :s?

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