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Forums - Sony Discussion - Nielsen study: 52% of PSP owners... female.

atma998 on 05 January 2010
Sephiroth357 said:
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.


...and DSi features eat PSP features.



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Slimebeast on 05 January 2010

Ridiculous numbers.

I am glad that almost everyone here seems to call BS on this survey.



Sephiroth357 on 05 January 2010
atma998 said:
Sephiroth357 said:
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.


...and DSi features eat PSP features.

PSPGO features eat DSi features.




dunno001 on 05 January 2010
BTSaga said:
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%


So... are they trying to tell me that 1 in 5 households in the US have a PC that's used specifically for gaming, and no consoles at all? Then why do sales of most PC games, well... suck? I call BS on Neilsen's figures from this alone.

-dunno001

-On a quest for the truly perfect game; I don't think it exists...

Demotruk on 05 January 2010
dunno001 said:
BTSaga said:
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%


So... are they trying to tell me that 1 in 5 households in the US have a PC that's used specifically for gaming, and no consoles at all? Then why do sales of most PC games, well... suck? I call BS on Neilsen's figures from this alone.

The vast majority of time spent gaming is done on PC games, mostly free flash games, but WoW helps boost the numbers too.



A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.

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atma998 on 05 January 2010
Sephiroth357 said:
atma998 said:
Sephiroth357 said:
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.


...and DSi features eat PSP features.

PSPGO features eat DSi features.


I wasnt aware that PSPgo can take pictures?



Avarice28 on 05 January 2010

I actually "agree" that the data maybe correct. The reason being is that my daughter who is a casual gamer mind you asked for the lilac psp bundle because she loves Hannah Montana and she wanted to get the new rock band game.  Mind you she also has cousins that have both the wii and the ds; this was odd to me as well.  Most of the younger females in my family have either a psp or a DS so it may be because of that bundled that sparked the interest in the PSP.  Most of them also play a ton of those petz games as well (which the psp seems to have a ton of).



dunno001 on 05 January 2010
Demotruk said:
dunno001 said:
BTSaga said:
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%


So... are they trying to tell me that 1 in 5 households in the US have a PC that's used specifically for gaming, and no consoles at all? Then why do sales of most PC games, well... suck? I call BS on Neilsen's figures from this alone.

The vast majority of time spent gaming is done on PC games, mostly free flash games, but WoW helps boost the numbers too.



Oh, I'm aware that a lot of people play games on the PC; my issue comes to the Neilsen wording of "specifically." If people are buying a PC to play Peggle, I have an issue here. I can see people buying one for WoW (even if it's not for me), but I don't really see the 1 in 5 bit either. (The difference between those with a gaming device and those with a gaming system being 19%.)

-dunno001

-On a quest for the truly perfect game; I don't think it exists...

c0rd on 05 January 2010
Miguel_Zorro said:
Again, I do not believe this study can be true. As someone who works in this field (analytics, research, etc.) I can think of a number of mistakes that they could have made. Furthermore, I know several people who work at Nielsen, and none of them are particularly bright.

This study just doesn't align with common sense.

Ha, I laughed at that bit.


I'll bet this data is incorrect, they probably mixed it up with the DS. They've made similar mistakes before.

I mean come on, 52%? The majority of PSP's out in the wild are owned by females? I don't believe it.



Demotruk on 05 January 2010

I think you may be reading too much into the word "specifically". I think that's only there because a PC is generally not a gaming product while a console is, so they mark that box if they 'specifically' game on it.



A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.