Comments on: Nielson Next-Gen Console Usage http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: mpz http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/#comment-152415 mpz Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:28:15 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/#comment-152415 If you don't bother wasting you time reading ign, then you wont have to 'fact check' them. If their click numbers drop enough they might pull their finger out and raise their professionalism. Anyway - i'd say Sony would be extremely happy with this, given the lower US install base. The ps3 was marketed as a premium adult-priced product, not a teenagers toy. You would want usage numbers to reflect that. Teens also tend to have far more 'game time' available, so the usage statistics for the ps3 are all the more impressive. If you don’t bother wasting you time reading ign, then you wont have to ‘fact check’ them. If their click numbers drop enough they might pull their finger out and raise their professionalism.

Anyway – i’d say Sony would be extremely happy with this, given the lower US install base. The ps3 was marketed as a premium adult-priced product, not a teenagers toy. You would want usage numbers to reflect that.

Teens also tend to have far more ‘game time’ available, so the usage statistics for the ps3 are all the more impressive.

]]> By: Trigga_Tybalt http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/#comment-152361 Trigga_Tybalt Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:24:56 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/#comment-152361 that's a pretty big mistake to make. but then again IGN have always been sketchy at best... that’s a pretty big mistake to make. but then again IGN have always been sketchy at best…

]]> By: Paranoimia http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/#comment-152360 Paranoimia Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:20:53 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/06/06/nielson-next-gen-console-usage/#comment-152360 The thing with stats is that they can be made to say whatever a person wants. Like those ads on TV that say "8 out of 10 women said that Brand X was the best moisturiser." Then you read the small-print at the bottom of the screen, which states that only something like 150 women were asked - which effectively means that the claims are pointless, since the sample is hardly representative of 'the masses'. You could ask 4 people whether they like chocolate or vanilla and come up with a 75% result in chocolate's favour; it looks impressive on paper, but means nothing. The thing with stats is that they can be made to say whatever a person wants.

Like those ads on TV that say “8 out of 10 women said that Brand X was the best moisturiser.” Then you read the small-print at the bottom of the screen, which states that only something like 150 women were asked – which effectively means that the claims are pointless, since the sample is hardly representative of ‘the masses’.

You could ask 4 people whether they like chocolate or vanilla and come up with a 75% result in chocolate’s favour; it looks impressive on paper, but means nothing.

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