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Rock Band Survey Hints At Sequel, New Pricing

Reader "shroom" wrote to us recently to let us know that he'd taken part in an online survey that asked his opinion on a number of Rock Band related topics, including questions that hinted at new pricing structure possibilities for the current release and a "full featured sequel." Describing Rock Band 2 as "similar to full featured sequels you see released by other big video game franchises, such as Need for Speed, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy" adding new capabilities on par with a "Guitar Hero to Guitar Hero II" iteration, the survey simply asks how interested one would be in purchasing Rock Band 2.

That couldn't be more devoid of details, sadly. More interesting is the survey's data gathering on alternate pricing schemes, indicating that EA and MTV Games may be looking at giving you more Rock Band for your buck.

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Off Topic Kotaku Survey: Revenge of Sales

You know, we run these surveys from time to time, with yours truly forced to do the Sales department's evil bidding. I'm just a henchman, a lackey, the ectomorphic Odd Job to my Auric Goldfingers in sales. Or maybe I'm the powerless Thunder to my David Lo Pan's at Gawker HQ. Whatever the analogy, the whip-holders have fired up the survey machine once more. This time, it's personal... and very comprehensive. Appropriately, the prize has been upped to a whopping $300 worth of AmEx gift card. It's a bit of time investment, but we'll definitely appreciate it as we enjoy our food, shelter and clothing for the foreseeable future. The rules are here. Survey says!


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American Game Developers Make $73,600 (On Average)

Game Developer magazine has just published the results of their annual Game Developer Salary Survey. Their findings? The average American developer salary—excluding people like part time testers and richie rich studio heads—was $73,600 in 2007. That's up scant $284 from 2006. Other findings of note include:

• 18% of producers are women (that's high for the industry)
• Business/Marketing personnel made most, averaging $101,848/year
• QA testers made the least, averaging $39,063/year

But there are lots more fun facts and figures in the release after the jump. So enjoy! (Our apologies if you make less than average. It's time to ask for that raise. Just make sure to print the report on company paper.)

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Sony Wants To Know Why You're Hacking Your PSP

The engineers at Sony can't be too thrilled with fighting the constant battle against PSP hackers, issuing firmware updates that "strengthen security" in a futile attempt to curb piracy and homebrew applications. Going by a recent survey commissioned by Sony Computer Entertainment, passed on to us by a reader who was asked to take part, the company seems to be looking into the reasons why PSP owners are opening up their portables.

Sony reps call the survey a part of "ongoing PSP consumer research", attempting to learn more about the size of the PSP hacking population and the mentality behind the behavior. Questions like "Do you know of anyone who has "hacked," or modified, transferred and customized their PSP firmware and software?" were included elsewhere in the poll.

We're following up with Sony to learn more about its research.


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It's Another Kotaku Survey Giveaway!

Hi, Kotaku readership! It's your survey pimp again, whoring out another Gawker sales team mandated survey that could net you big bucks! By "big" we mean "one hundred US dollar value" and by "bucks" we mean "GameStop gift card." Feel like helping a Senior Editor out? Then fill out our survey, dammit! It's almost totally pain free. I'm told the standard Gawker contest rules apply. (Please. They'll hurt me if you don't do it.)

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It's Kotaku Travel Survey Time! (...The Hell?)

Hey, Kotaku faithful! We need your help on an off-topic task. Since we regularly travel to locations 'round the globe in search of passed out booth babes, hands-on time with Japanese cell phone games and the odd zero G space flight, we do a lot of flying. We're trying to figure out who's doing the flying thing well, which necessitates a survey and the opinions of lots of Kotakuite brains. Here's the survey, if you feel like helping us out. In addition to infinite gratitude, you may win a $100 American Express gift card, allowing you to buy five copies of Cruis'n.

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NPD: Gaming is a Stress Reliever

About 63 percent of the U.S. population play video games, and a majority of them see game playing as a way to alleviate stress and to help them unwind, according to a new study conducted by the NPD Group.

The report is based on online survey responses from 5,039 members of NPD's online consumer panel conducted from Oct. 11 to Oct. 18.

Of those who game, 30 percent said they are spending more time gaming this year than last year while another 30 percent or so said they are spending less time and nearly 40 percent say they are spending about the same amount of time. The heaviest gamers in the survey were 18 to 34.

"The new type of game experiences brought to the market over the past several years are succeeding in reaching a broader audience. The challenge for the industry is that consumers are a fickle group, and with the great variety of options pulling at their limited free time, they're going to be easily distracted unless something really compels them to stay with gaming," said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. "To reach these less involved consumers, the industry has to work even harder, but doing so can produce great rewards."
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Casual Gaming Bring Generations Together

Nothing brings a family together quite like casual gaming. A new worldwide study has found that 92% of casual gaming parents and grandparents agree that casual games help them bond with their children and grandchildren, with 70% of those saying they see educational benefits for their kids from playing casual games. The study also touches on the perceived benefits of casual gaming, with our old favorite hand-eye coordination topping the list. See? Casual gaming is awesome! Everyone should do it! The study was conducted by PopCap Games, one of the largest casual game publishers in the world, who are in no way biased towards finding new reasons for people to play casual games. I'll be publishing the results of my own non self-serving study later this week, which found that 90% of my former sexual partners polled were extremely satisfied, citing substantial increases in pleasure, sensation, and map-reading skills. More »

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The Nine Basic Types of Gamers - Maybe

Chris Bateman at Only a Game has an interesting - if jargon heavy - post up on his nine hypothetical types of gamers, broken down by patterns of play, emotions, and skills. What's his purpose for putting such a list together? He's trying to design a survey that could lead to answering a couple of questions: "What are the basic types of player? Can we uncover a comprehensive inventory of play styles? What would this teach us about games and game design?" More »

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Princeton Research Surveying Gamers

I was getting ready to sit down to some dinner with my wife and son last night when the phone rang. It was someone conducting a survey for Princeton Research. More »

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One in Seven Centenarians Have Gamed

No, I'm not talking about those half-horse, half-humans, this is about people 100 or older. More »

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Survey: Pick Sony's Next Blogger

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Survey: Pick Nintendo's Next Blogger

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Survey: Sony's Rep Killing Blu-ray

It looks like Sony's grand scheme to turn the Playstation 3 into a Blu-ray Trojan Horse may have backfired. A recent survey here in the US points to a distrust of Sony and their strong-armed, cram-Blu-ray-down-your-throat tactics as a major factor in consumer negativity surrounding the Sony-backed format. More »

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Activision Surveys Parents on the ESRB

An Activision survey released today found that an overwhelming 84% of parents surveyed were very familiar with the ESRB ratings system, with 79% saying they pay very close attention to the ratings of games their children play. In other just as accurate yet completely unrelated surveys, 95% of people in prison are not-guilty, 97% of men could have sworn she was 18, and 100% of women don't have sex on the first date. More »

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PS3 Version Survey

Man, Sony loves their surveys lately. The most recent one to hit our radar was sent by a reader. The Playstation 3 Hardware Version Survey is relatively self-explanatory. More »

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Sony Survey: Does this Dress Make Me Look Innovative?

This sort of makes me sad. I was randomly selected to participate in a Sony survey for the Playstation Portable. The questions read like something that comes up in the tailend of a really bad break up with a needy girlfriend. More »

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Capcom Quizzes About Dead Rising 2

I know, I know. "What's up with all the Dead Rising posts this morning?" Look, first of all, it could be worse: we could be posting Dead Rising cheat codes. But Dead Rising fever, by way of the pesky Z bacterium, has feverishly gripped Kotaku tower. More »