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Demotruk on 05 January 2010

Considering Nintendo has a monopoly on the female market for home consoles, I'm thinking there is some mistake here.

 

The successful PSP games are very male oriented, the fact that DS isn't mentioned is suspicious. I think the original Nielsen blogger made a mistake and that mistake (like they've done before with their graphs) has been repeated by the press.



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BTSaga on 05 January 2010

Video Games
Percentage of households that own a device they specifically use for
gaming: 73%
Percentage of households that own a video game console or handheld system: 54%
Household penetration of the 7th generation of game consoles: 41%
Percentage of households that own a handheld console: 23%
Percentage of active gamers that are female (defined as playing at least one hour per week): 45%
Percentage of Nintendo Wii owners and of Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) owners that are female: 49% and 52%, respectively

thats on their "fact sheet"



outlawauron on 05 January 2010
Demotruk said:

Considering Nintendo has a monopoly on the female market for home consoles, I'm thinking there is some mistake here.

 

The successful PSP games are very male oriented, the fact that DS isn't mentioned is suspicious. I think the original Nielsen blogger made a mistake and that mistake (like they've done before with their graphs) has been repeated by the press.

Nielsen says that's wrong.

52 per cent of US PSP owners are female, as are 49 per cent of Wii owners, according to Nielsen. 45 per cent of active gamers (defined as users who play at least one hour per week) are also female.

EDIT: Bah, actually. With Nintendo's spin, that may be true.



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Sephiroth357 on 05 January 2010

My Grandmother can't get off of mines.

This explains it so well.




Demotruk on 05 January 2010

That's basically a list of the facts the blogger revealed.

Why would they mention PSP and not DS? Does anyone here think the PSP might have a bigger female to male ratio than DS? Looking at the top games for both, I don't believe that for a second.

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=65566

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2008fall/presen/e/index.html

http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=DS&publisher=&genre=&minSales=0&results=25&sort=Total

http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=PSP&publisher=&genre=&minSales=0&results=25&sort=Total



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dizzydee_011 on 05 January 2010

Girls like games too. Try talking to them instead hiding in the corner next you guys see one.



dirkd2323 on 05 January 2010

I know A lot of people that have PSP, and I mean a lot, not one is female, not to say females don't play the PSP, I just don't by the 52% part. maybe 20-25 % . I smell Bullshit.



atma998 on 05 January 2010

I really don't believe it either. I never saw a girl with a PSP in my entire life, I'm not saying that some girls doesnt own a PSP but 52% is way too high imo.



gamelover2000 on 05 January 2010

I guess japan plays a huge role?



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Sephiroth357 on 05 January 2010
Demotruk said:
That's basically a list of the facts the blogger revealed.

Why would they mention PSP and not DS? Does anyone here think the PSP might have a bigger female to male ratio than DS? Looking at the top games for both, I don't believe that for a second.

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=65566

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2008fall/presen/e/index.html

http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=DS&publisher=&genre=&minSales=0&results=25&sort=Total

http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=PSP&publisher=&genre=&minSales=0&results=25&sort=Total

Yes, PSP features eat DS features.