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In Seattle WA did Microsoft a stately gaming dome decree... Home of soulless yuppies and whinging slackers, Seattle is also apparently official metropolis of gamers... at least according to a poll conducted by Sterling Bestplaces. A poll coincidentally funded by Microsoft.
What was the totally fair and balanced criterion?
- "The large amount of games played on Xbox Live
and the high number of video games owned put Seattle at the top of list, but clearly the survey confirms that games are sweeping the U.S.," said Bert Sperling, founder of Sperling's BestPlaces.
Is it just us, or does that make it seem as if the criterion on a survey sponsored by Microsoft to find the epicenter of gaming was "How many people play XBox Live?"
But to be fair, this was the other criterion: "the number of video game systems owned per household — Xbox 360 , Xbox , Window-based PCs, PlayStation 2 and GameCube — number of games purchased, number of game rentals, and frequency of online gameplay via Xbox Live or Windows games, among other factors." It still seems pretty Microsoft oriented, but that — at least — makes it look a bit better.
We Built This City On Videogames [Gamescoreblog]
