The Xbox 360 is now the most played console

[ManaByte]

http://www.edge-online.com/news/nielsen-52-per-cent-of-psp-owners-female

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.

[Flannel Boy]

"The pubic has spoken." Nintendosbooger

[Crushed]

"The pubic has spoken." Nintendosbooger

[Flannel Boy]

god damn it

[Crushed]

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"

[maxy]

pubic

[Nintendosbooger]

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.

[maxy]

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...

[The Fake Shemp]

Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse.

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.

[demi]

Most of us, anyway

[The Fake Shemp]

Dude, we shotgun beer and bang every night, demi. I never heard you complain.

[Saint Cornelius]

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse.

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.

[Third]

Where's the Ps3???

Lol, Ps2 higher than Wii.

[Nintendosbooger]

Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse.

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.

[Bocsius]

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?

[The Fake Shemp]

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).

[Saint Cornelius]

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.

[Phoenix Dark]

Real life and other obligations take precedence, I suppose.

The "Wii owners have a life!" excuse.

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

[Saint Cornelius]

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

[The Fake Shemp]

He wasn't even laughing at anything I said, you crusty, old curmudgeon!

[Human Snorenado]

He wasn't even laughing at anything I said, you crusty, old curmudgeon!

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???

[Saint Cornelius]

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.

[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[Human Snorenado]

And here I thought the whole point of undulating on a dick was to blow a gasket.

[Saint Cornelius]

For most people. But you're special.

[drew]

hey guys i just found a picture of saint cornelius' internet alter ego:

[Saint Cornelius]

Funny! I found yours, drew

[drew]

get 'm corny, i believe in you, take down evilbore from the inside, like oh i dont know, A TROJAN HORSE!

[Himu]

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?

[The Fake Shemp]

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

I WASN'T LAUGHING AT WILLCO

That's because you were laughing with me.

... Now get into IRC, so we can finish all our anti-Corny/Wii conspiracy talk.

[Saint Cornelius]

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.

[Saint Cornelius]

... Now get into IRC

jesus H. Christ.

[Himu]

You're not a brother? Dude, you have good taste in hip hop. I consider you a true brother.

[drew]

lol himuro thought you were a black person

[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[The Fake Shemp]

Are we using #icon these days? Or #nosc?

#dickriders

[Himu]

lol himuro thought you were a black person

No, I didn't. But he could pass as one.

[demi]

Dude, we shotgun beer and bang every night, demi. I never heard you complain.

That's so dudebro I completely forgot about that.

[The Fake Shemp]

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

[Mr. Gundam]

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!

[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[Mr. Gundam]

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.  :'(

[Saint Cornelius]

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. 

[The Fake Shemp]

Nazi Zombies is borderline Dudebro behavior.

[Brehvolution]

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?

[Saint Cornelius]

Nazi Zombies is borderline Dudebro behavior.

You give me indigestion, Willco.

[drew]

do blowjobs count?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

just kidding it was a handjob :'(

[close]

[demi]

I'm a Dudebro. :'(

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

Modern Warfare 2 isnt that bad.

[The Fake Shemp]

demi and I play it during hot Dudebro sex.

[demi]

wow, drew is married too? :/

Everyone on EB is married!

[drew]

wow, drew is married too? :/

  it was a pity hj by of my old girlfriends the day after christmas

[drew]

im married to the game

[WrikaWrek]

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.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I wonder if that time includes bringing the Wii in and out of the closet and dusting off the box.

Also,

[Saint Cornelius]

I'm so fucking awesome, OA memes follow me wherever I go.

[drew]

oafag

[Saint Cornelius]

no, just a regular ol' fhag.

[Third]

OA seems to be down.

[Saint Cornelius]

Sweet vindication.

[Human Snorenado]

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

Who isn't?