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more about #nielsen Lucas311: Never in my life have I seen a PSP in female hands. I even tried to Google image it... barely one. Nielson numbers are really off. more » Sunrise_Poultry: I'm not really sold on the fact that over 50% of PSP owners are female... The girls that I know that own a DS vs PSP is like 13:1. I'd really like t... more » Omegastrider Has laser eye beams: Last I remember...Nielson surveys aren't to be trusted. Well...Based on how people inflate their tv show ratings... more » Orionsaint: more » Tyrannical: Women who play Farmville on Facebook count as gamers now. more » WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: Wait wait wait wait, I just noticed these are NIELSEN numbers. That means that maybe 500 people were used to determine data for the entire damn count... more » -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!: I take it that Lavender Hannah Montana PSP sold well then? more » bakagaijin: Wow, 3.36 hours a week is the average? That's like half of what I play in one day. Also, I'm surprised about 52% of PSP owners being female. Quite in... more » Helba: So, in conclusion: * Wii shouldn't have been included unless accompanied by an actual this-gen console. *marketing asswipes have come up with yet an... more » WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: the average US household now play for 3.36 hours a week on a console. You mean day. ...Right? RIGHT?! ;-; more » Atomsk88: I can think of Spider-Man 2 as being the rare and amazingly spectacular exception to movie games and their blatant reputation. Anyway, yes, when you ... more » dsectric: The only movie-based game I've bought is Goldeneye ^_^ more » shimage: If I am to believe the internets, 3rd party games do not sell on Nintendo platforms, so obviously movie tie-ins would do worst on the Wii. more » Emperor_Guam: I will only admit to owning one movie game and that is a copy of Home Alone 2 for SNES. The only reason I own it is because someone gave it to me so I... more » Xylophone: Whoa whoa whoa. Hang on. Back up... There's ANOTHER Alvin and the Chipmunks movie out? more » sunpop: The last movie based game I bought would have to have been...uhh The 7 samurai game and that was only loosely based on an old old movie. more » Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: not really a surprise to me... why? shovelware... wii being the leader in shoverware.... these households look for kidsitters and having a multitude... more » mangajunky: They also play Farmville, YoVille, and Mafia Wars. more » SmilingPolitely: Go figure - I was about that age when I decided Mystic Quest was a better buy than Final Fantasy IV. Man, was I dumb. Do your kids a favour and buy ... more » DarkestHero: I cry inside everytime I see a little boy/ Girl buy one of these pieces of garbage.. Last time I was in line that someone was buying one was in EB and... more » -
#research
Nielsen's US Gaming Market: By The Numbers
Market research giants Nielsen have today released a report on the demographics of the video game industry, revealing things like total console ownership figures, gender division and statistics on the number of hours people play video games every day. More » -
#moviegames
Nielsen Tells Us Who Buys Movie Games
Since no one here will admit to buying video game movies - so few rise above the category's shovelware reputation - Nielsen done some research on the demographics most likely to buy titles like Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. More » -
#consolewars
Nielsen Drops the Ball on Console Usage Numbers
Remember that study of video gamer habits Nielsen released earlier this week showing the Wii in third place and the Playstation 3 in seventh, last even after the GameCube and original Xbox? It was wrong. More » -
#wii
Nielsen: People May Buy Wiis, But Do They Use Them?
Entertainment research firm Nielsen have released a fresh set of usage statistics, giving us an insight into not how many consoles are out there, but how long they're actually being used. More » -
#consolewars
So Who's Playing Each Console, And For How Long? [Update]
Nielsen, masters of the survey and the percentage point, have come up with a rough idea of how long you play each of the three consoles for. And by "you", they mean "everybody". More » -
#advertising
Report: Game Industry Spent $823M Shilling Games In '08
The video game industry racked up impressive sales in 2008, pulling in more than $21 billion in sales in the United States alone. That make for a similarly impressive marketing tab. More » -
#research
Americans Spent 2008 Playing World Of Warcraft, PlayStation 2 Games
We get a fair idea of which games sell the most. But what about the games we play the most? Little harder to quantify. That hasn't stopped surveyors Nielsen from trying to find out! More » -
