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Teenagers fed up with video games? |
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Piper Jaffray recently completed it's bi-annual survey on youth habits and trends, which partly includes the topic of video games. 700 teens from 12 high schools across the US and Canada, along with an additional 1,235 students via online surveys participated. The results are, at the very least, pretty interesting.While the results indicate a healthy 81 percent of student households are in possession of at least one video game console and 59 percent of students play regularily, the survey also asked if teenagers plan to change their game habits any time soon: A whopping 80 percent stated they won't spend as much time and money on video games anymore. Almost 70 percent said their interest in video games in general is dying down.
So is this just a natural development or the result of more and more mediocre cookie-cutter games on the market? Too bad the article doesn't say anything about the exact age bracket of the surveyed teenagers.
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Great we learn to swim and get GFs and stuff, but that hardly changes it. The games aren't gettign any better, they only change the graphics.
Thats why Nintendos doign really well with the DS at the moment. Much as sony or microsoft fans will try deny it, they have highest sales, not because its chepest like they want to believe, but because the games are changing.
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When considering only the video game aspect of the study done in the article. It's not really a surprise that kids are getting turned off. The new breed of consoles are getting too expensive for Joe Blow High School (or College) Kid to afford. Xbox 360 bundles going for $700 for the first few months and that's the only way you can get 'em? And now that you can get them without a bundle, you still can't hardly find them anywhere? Horse-pucky, I say! PS3 is only going to be worse with it's higher MSRP. Then there's the PSP. $250 for the "Value" pack? $250 for a portable game console is getting a bit ridiculous. I bought one for myself anyway, but I'm a 28 year old engineer with no kids. I've got a little money to spend on extravagant toys for myself. For the money kids are spending on games consoles these days, they could put a decent down payment on a loan for their first car. Hmm... car or video games? Not really a tough choice, IMHO. The fact that so many games are rehashes these days only makes the decision that much easier.
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