Hardcore gamers exist, says market research |
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Fanboys and hardcore gamers have been up and about since videogames were born. Luckily, the rest of the known world is starting to acknowledge that little tidbit of information.An IGN article talks about the a market research report done by the NPD Group on why people want to buy a next-gen console. In the report entitled "Next Generation Purchase Intent," consumers were divided into four gamer types: Prefer Portable, Infrequent, Secondary and Heavy Gamers. Obviously, just about everyone on QJ falls under their Heavy Gamer category, described as being the ones who use up the most time and money on games.
According to the report, 87% of the respondents looked at appealing game titles when choosing their picks for next-gen. It was probably one of the reasons the previous PlayStations went so well post-launch, though it's a bit more spread out for this generation of game consoles. They also cited backward compatibility (68% of respondents) as another important factor in choosing one console over another. Again, another stalemate of sorts with quantity for all three consoles, so the price of playing older games or using your discs from previous consoles will definitely play a part here.
Most surprising in this report is some information taken from hardcore gamers. According to this, hardcore gamers are just a little bit more interested in getting a Wii (79%) rather than a PS3 (70%). There's a big "but" here, though: if they could afford to get only one piece of next-gen hardware, consumers gravitate towards the PS3 instead. Let's just hope they know how much it actually costs beforehand.
Before you go all nuts though, please remember that the data was collected from July 11 to 28, through an online survey of 16,670 consumers aged 6 to 44." Why you're answering an online survey at the age of six, we have no idea.
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The picture is funny.
funny picture i like the owl. lol
Hey, I loved the PS1 and the PS2, but I don't think I'll be buying a PS3 this gen. If I could only choose one I'd choose the Wii!!
I tried a PS3 at my local Target the other day. Unfortunately, it crashed before the demo finished loading. What a reliable piece of hardware.
Forgot to mention the one thing that's making me not get a PS3, the Cell Processor. Who cares how powerful it is if it can't even last half an hour?
i think the design of the ps3 is ugly.... but anyways... 600 bucks thats crazy
yay, i hate those *****s,
and don't tell me this is off topic!
About the crashing.
Because the chance that it's just you is very low.
hey, ive seen you a couple of times on the forums, howd you get banned? o and i think the only thing stopping me from getting a ps3 is the price.
PS3 is an overpriced bragtoy, just like the PSP.
Totally! I mean, in MY day, 2 terraflops of processing power cost fifty cents! And I had to push the pixels uphill! BOTH WAYS!
You youngsters and your new fangel "TV's" and "Radio", in my day a rock and a stick was MORE than enough, and we were lucky to get that!
... Heh.
^_^ You guys enjoy your rocks.
Good one kid.
The ps3 is a bit much, having 6 processors is too much, you only need really is a bout two, because a computer runs insanely fast on a core 2 dual processor, and it has to run windows, and it has to run the game from the harddrive at the same time, while the console just runs the game from the disc. Dont get me wrong that the ps3 is still a good system. But im probably going to get the Wii, and maybe all the rest of the consoles, so i have the best of the three worlds, HALO 3, (whatever is good for ps3) and Super smash brothers