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Taken from www.officialxboxmagazine.co.uk: -
"The results of the largest survey of gamers this year has revealed that Xbox is the top console of choice this Christmas.
Over 12,000 US gamers were asked, "What console do you plan to buy in the coming year?" and 39 percent answered Xbox! 27 percent answered PlayStation 2, and 17 percent plan to pick up a GameCube.
The study also showed that game demos are the most influence over game purchase decisions. When asked "Which of these items highly influence your game purchase decisions?" nearly 8 out of 10 respondents (78%) ranked game demos the number 1 factor, far ahead of the number 2 response: game reviews (47%). Both television commercials (35%) and magazine ads (31%) trailed furthest behind as drivers."
Not bad eh?
"The results of the largest survey of gamers this year has revealed that Xbox is the top console of choice this Christmas.
Over 12,000 US gamers were asked, "What console do you plan to buy in the coming year?" and 39 percent answered Xbox! 27 percent answered PlayStation 2, and 17 percent plan to pick up a GameCube.
The study also showed that game demos are the most influence over game purchase decisions. When asked "Which of these items highly influence your game purchase decisions?" nearly 8 out of 10 respondents (78%) ranked game demos the number 1 factor, far ahead of the number 2 response: game reviews (47%). Both television commercials (35%) and magazine ads (31%) trailed furthest behind as drivers."
Not bad eh?
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Yeah but it'll look best on X-Box. ;-)
Splinter Cell's multiformat anyway..
Don't forget Blinx!
*Drools over Splinter Cell feature in mag*
*Drools over Splinter Cell feature in mag*
Nope it has won game of ECTS go and check gamespot.com and go into the news section :)
Mantis wrote:
> Just read SplinterCell was voted best game at ECTS, as well as E3.
Someone's made a mistake there...
Do you mean Xbox game of E3?
As I remember, that unplayable Doom 3 footage won it (somethings not right about UNPLAYABLE games being "game of the show") with Metroid Prime coming a close second.
> Just read SplinterCell was voted best game at ECTS, as well as E3.
Someone's made a mistake there...
Do you mean Xbox game of E3?
As I remember, that unplayable Doom 3 footage won it (somethings not right about UNPLAYABLE games being "game of the show") with Metroid Prime coming a close second.
I'm not disputing this survey, but the thing with surveys is that you can ask three sets of people the same question and get three different answers.
The reason people tend to believe the polls giving PS2 top spot is that so many polls have given the same result.
The reason people tend to believe the polls giving PS2 top spot is that so many polls have given the same result.
Yeh but you will foget when all the good games arrive.
You really need a bit more information in these surveys. How do we know that most of the people surveyed weren't die hard gamers (which they most probably were) and were looking to buy their second or third next gen console? Or that some people had no idea what they were talking about and answered for the sake of it?
Just read SplinterCell was voted best game at ECTS, as well as E3.
:P Hooray, I want it more.
:P Hooray, I want it more.
gamezfreak wrote:
> Wookster (sorry i like calling you that :D)
No problem - a lot of my friends call me that. Gets quite an amusing response when we're out and about. :-)
> I don't beleive Microsoft have screwed up, its the Publishers that are
> screwing up
Oh, I agree - but at the end of the day, it's MS's responsibility - when choosing a launch date for the machine - to ensure that there are sufficient quality titles.
They won't admit it publicly, obviously - but I bet someone, somewhere in the MS buildings, has had a major butt-kicking.
> Wookster (sorry i like calling you that :D)
No problem - a lot of my friends call me that. Gets quite an amusing response when we're out and about. :-)
> I don't beleive Microsoft have screwed up, its the Publishers that are
> screwing up
Oh, I agree - but at the end of the day, it's MS's responsibility - when choosing a launch date for the machine - to ensure that there are sufficient quality titles.
They won't admit it publicly, obviously - but I bet someone, somewhere in the MS buildings, has had a major butt-kicking.
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