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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on January 06, 2010, 02:52:34 PM

Title: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: ManaByte on January 06, 2010, 02:52:34 PM
http://www.edge-online.com/news/nielsen-52-per-cent-of-psp-owners-female

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Statistics released by US market research firm Nielsen illustrate the increasing size and importance of the female console game playing audience.

52 per cent of US PSP owners are female, as are 49 per cent of Wii owners, according to Nielsen. 45 per cent of active gamers (defined as users who play at least one hour per week) are also female.

A September 2009 survey by fellow market research company the NPD Group found that 44 per cent of US-based current generation console users were female.

Nielsen also said that 73 per cent of US households own a device they specifically use for gaming. 54 per cent own either a home game console or handheld system.

Additionally the company ranked the top game consoles by share of total usage minutes:

Xbox 360 – 23.1%
PS2 – 20.4%
Wii – 19.0%


The results show a shift in usage from Nielsen data released in April of last year when the PS2 still reigned supreme thanks to its massive installed base.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Flannel Boy on January 06, 2010, 02:55:37 PM
"The pubic has spoken." Nintendosbooger
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Crushed on January 06, 2010, 02:56:34 PM
"The pubic has spoken." Nintendosbooger

:drool
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Flannel Boy on January 06, 2010, 02:56:59 PM
god damn it
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Crushed on January 06, 2010, 02:59:42 PM
a few years ago some crazy guy walked into our city's cathedral after-hours, waving a gun around and setting the bishop's chair on fire. after the police fixed everything up, the local newspaper's front page headline was, "PUBIC RETURNS TO ST. JOHN THE BAPIST"
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: maxy on January 06, 2010, 03:04:51 PM
pubic :rofl
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Nintendosbooger on January 06, 2010, 03:07:49 PM
I'm not the least bit surprised, considering a lot of the more popular XBox 360 games can be played online, keeping X360 users glued to the games for the online social perks (chat, lobby, goofing off in between frag sessions, etc.). The Wii's only shortcoming has been the lack of a strong and consistent online infrastructure, and while the absence of it hasn't hindered its success or the number of games being sold/played by the 10s of millions of owners, the drawback is that a lot of Wii players are not continuously on their machines. Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: maxy on January 06, 2010, 03:09:45 PM
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52 per cent of US PSP owners are female, as are 49 per cent of Wii owners, according to Nielsen. 45 per cent of active gamers (defined as users who play at least one hour per week) are also female.

Interesting...

Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:19:16 PM
Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse. :lol

Xbox 360 owners are all Dudebros. They're out there getting laid and shotgunning beer while you're flailing your arms on your jazzercise board.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: demi on January 06, 2010, 03:20:20 PM
Most of us, anyway
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:22:41 PM
Dude, we shotgun beer and bang every night, demi. I never heard you complain. :hump
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:23:09 PM
The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse. :lol

Xbox 360 owners are all Dudebros. They're out there getting laid and shotgunning beer while you're flailing your arms on your jazzercise board.

please shut the fuck up with your bullshit statements, dude. ::)
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Third on January 06, 2010, 03:23:57 PM
Where's the Ps3???

Lol, Ps2 higher than Wii.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Nintendosbooger on January 06, 2010, 03:24:52 PM
Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse. :lol

Xbox 360 owners are all Dudebros. They're out there getting laid and shotgunning beer while you're flailing your arms on your jazzercise board.

It isn't true? I thought all Wii owners were casuals, grandmas, and soccer moms, so wouldn't it make sense that they have other shit to do if we were to believe your BS about the Wii audience? Keep it consistent here, asshole. The XBox 360 is the most "played" according to a random survey stat because those gamers play non-ending online games, bullshit around in the lobby, and chit-chat about frag achievements.

The survey is skewed.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Bocsius on January 06, 2010, 03:27:02 PM
I haven't been around so much lately except for the Dragon Age thread. Which icon's joke account is Nintendosbooger? Or is it a collective account that several people maintain?
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:29:14 PM
It isn't true? I thought all Wii owners were casuals, grandmas, and soccer moms, so wouldn't it make sense that they have other shit to do if we were to believe your BS about the Wii audience? Keep it consistent here, asshole.

I never said that. I just said they weren't real gamers (i.e. you).
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:29:36 PM
Taking jokes too seriously? That's our SC. :'(

Aw, your jokes are fucking stupid. Try saying any of your stupid shit to a non-EB'er and see how their reaction is similar to mine.

Also, when did Willco put you in charge of holding his sack? He's a really big boy, he can answer himself.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 06, 2010, 03:30:14 PM
Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse. :lol

Xbox 360 owners are all Dudebros. They're out there getting laid and shotgunning beer while you're flailing your arms on your jazzercise board.

It isn't true? I thought all Wii owners were casuals, grandmas, and soccer moms, so wouldn't it make sense that they have other shit to do if we were to believe your BS about the Wii audience? Keep it consistent here, asshole. The XBox 360 is the most "played" according to a random survey stat because those gamers play non-ending online games, bullshit around in the lobby, and chit-chat about frag achievements.

The survey is skewed.

Too bad Wii owners have to do other things to get some fun in their lives!

360 domination :bow
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:30:32 PM
:lol :lol :lol

A prime example. Really, did Willco make you laugh out loud not once, not twice, but three times? ::)
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:31:49 PM
He wasn't even laughing at anything I said, you crusty, old curmudgeon! :lol
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 06, 2010, 03:35:27 PM
He wasn't even laughing at anything I said, you crusty, old curmudgeon! :lol

NO, DON'T YOU SEE!  IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION IS THAT WE ALL GATHER WEEKLY TO PLOT OUT HOW TO MAINTAIN A HIVEMIND COLLECTIVE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF TROLLING A TOY MASQUERADING AS A VIDEOGAME SYSTEM AND TO MAKE CORNY MORE PARANOID!

DON'T YOU GET IT???
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:35:55 PM
Fuck you, my bifocals make it really fucking hard to read these shitty emedded quotes. Now get off my lawn.

Also, Triumph, you're going to blow a fucking gasket the way you're undulating on my dick. Step off already, you're a bore.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:38:19 PM
Also, Triumph, you're going to blow a fucking gasket the way you're undulating on my dick. Step off already, you're a bore.

:lol
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 06, 2010, 03:39:05 PM
And here I thought the whole point of undulating on a dick was to blow a gasket.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:41:35 PM
For most people. But you're special.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 03:43:01 PM
hey guys i just found a picture of saint cornelius' internet alter ego:

(http://worldoffancydress.com/images/Crusader%20Knight.jpg)
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:44:27 PM
Funny! I found yours, drew

(http://blog.skimkim.com/wp-content/upload/hipster-beard-pbr.jpg)
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 03:45:08 PM
get 'm corny, i believe in you, take down evilbore from the inside, like oh i dont know, A TROJAN HORSE!
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Himu on January 06, 2010, 03:45:18 PM
Corny, I've never understood why you have the need to defend these systems when the people making fun of them are always doing so tongue in cheek. We don't give a shit, so why do you?
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:45:42 PM
:lol :lol :lol

A prime example. Really, did Willco make you laugh out loud not once, not twice, but three times? ::)
:lol :lol :lol

I WASN'T LAUGHING AT WILLCO

That's because you were laughing with me. :smug

... Now get into IRC, so we can finish all our anti-Corny/Wii conspiracy talk.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:46:07 PM
:lol :lol :lol

I WASN'T LAUGHING AT WILLCO

Thanks for explaining yourself! I thought that maybe Willco was bullshitting me.

Himuro, I'm just passing the time. I happen to be a proud owner of a 360 (and a fucking Wii) and I'm the farthest thing from a bro... a bro... whatever the fuck it is that Willco said.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:46:43 PM
... Now get into IRC

jesus H. Christ.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Himu on January 06, 2010, 03:47:20 PM
You're not a brother? :( Dude, you have good taste in hip hop. I consider you a true brother.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 03:48:00 PM
lol himuro thought you were a black person
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:48:20 PM
You're such a total Dudebro. You toke and drink and everything! Just because you might be a little cultured doesn't mean you get to escape the demographic!

Answer the following question:

IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:48:41 PM
Are we using #icon these days? Or #nosc?

#dickriders
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Himu on January 06, 2010, 03:50:07 PM
lol himuro thought you were a black person

No, I didn't. But he could pass as one.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: demi on January 06, 2010, 03:51:11 PM
Dude, we shotgun beer and bang every night, demi. I never heard you complain. :hump

That's so dudebro I completely forgot about that.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:51:28 PM
Yeah, to be fair, Corny is more black than PhoenixDark.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 06, 2010, 03:52:15 PM
You're such a total Dudebro. You toke and drink and everything! Just because you might be a little cultured doesn't mean you get to escape the demographic!

Answer the following question:

IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.

Woohoo! I'm a Dudebro!
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:53:15 PM
You're such a total Dudebro. You toke and drink and everything! Just because you might be a little cultured doesn't mean you get to escape the demographic!

Answer the following question:

IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.

Woohoo! I'm a Dudebro!

You have to answer yes to more than two. You're a wannabe Dudebro, dude.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 06, 2010, 03:53:59 PM
You're such a total Dudebro. You toke and drink and everything! Just because you might be a little cultured doesn't mean you get to escape the demographic!

Answer the following question:

IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.

Woohoo! I'm a Dudebro!

You have to answer yes to more than two. You're a wannabe Dudebro, dude.

I guess I have to go get Modern Warfare 2 to be a real Dudebro.  :'(
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:54:25 PM
Answer the following question:

IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.


Wait so what's the alternative to being a dudebro then?

by the way I have yet to touch MW2. I'm still too busy busting caps in zombies on World at War!

I doubt anyone outside of EB would blow a gasket and accuse me of dickriding if I made a wii joke.

if you have any friends outside of EB, try it!

Yeah, to be fair, Corny is more black than PhoenixDark.

it is true.  :-[
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 03:55:13 PM
Nazi Zombies is borderline Dudebro behavior.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Brehvolution on January 06, 2010, 03:56:21 PM
You're such a total Dudebro. You toke and drink and everything! Just because you might be a little cultured doesn't mean you get to escape the demographic!

Answer the following question:

IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.

What if you get all 4? :hyper
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 03:56:35 PM
Nazi Zombies is borderline Dudebro behavior.

You give me indigestion, Willco.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
do blowjobs count?

spoiler (click to show/hide)
just kidding it was a handjob :'(
[close]
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: demi on January 06, 2010, 04:18:17 PM
I'm a Dudebro. :'(

Wait nevermind, two out of three. I'm still haven't sunk that low!

Modern Warfare 2 isnt that bad.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 06, 2010, 04:20:06 PM
demi and I play it during hot Dudebro sex.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: demi on January 06, 2010, 04:21:37 PM
wow, drew is married too? :/



Everyone on EB is married!
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 04:22:40 PM
wow, drew is married too? :/

 :lol it was a pity hj by of my old girlfriends the day after christmas
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 04:59:17 PM
im married to the game :zzz
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: WrikaWrek on January 06, 2010, 05:00:51 PM
It's cool to have a wii, and it is cool to have the wii when you have a group of friends in the house that include girls, so you can play that wii tennis stuff and mess around if you know what i'm saying.

However, it is not cool to play it by yourself. It's pretty sad actually, unless you're a kid.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on January 06, 2010, 05:46:03 PM
I wonder if that time includes bringing the Wii in and out of the closet and dusting off the box.

Also,

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc130/esmith1985/hohohocornhole.gif)
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 06:36:30 PM
I'm so fucking awesome, OA memes follow me wherever I go. :rock
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: drew on January 06, 2010, 06:37:14 PM
oafag
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 06:40:00 PM
no, just a regular ol' fhag.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Third on January 06, 2010, 06:44:14 PM
OA seems to be down.
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 06, 2010, 06:46:26 PM
Sweet vindication. ;)
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 06, 2010, 06:47:35 PM
Yeah, to be fair, Corny is more black than PhoenixDark.

Who isn't?
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: chronovore on January 06, 2010, 09:33:36 PM
IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:

> Got high?
> Got drunk?
> Got laid?
> Played Modern Warfare 2?

If you answered YES to more than two of the above, you're a total Dudebro.

3 out of 4 :rock

Warts keeping me in check from the full score :'(

Warts are keeping you from playing MW2? What, are they on your thumbs?
Title: Re: The Xbox 360 is now the most played console
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 06, 2010, 10:15:39 PM
Does playing MW2 on PS3 still qualify you for 1/4 Dudebroism?

I think I could debate this for quite a while.