Overall, it has been reported that in comparison with the kuala lumpur beach resorts next-generation consoles, Nintendo's Wii is, on average, the least used console.
The survey conducted by Nielson, which was taken on the 18th of this month, broke up the data for males and females and sorted its data by age range, usage percentage (in minutes), and the average number of days the console was used by the subject.
According to the October-December of 2008 period, which was an important number of months for the video game industry, the Wii performed best with young boys, particularly in the range of 6-11 and older women between 25 and 34 as well as over 35. better than broadband women are attracted to games like Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and the popular Wii Fit, which has brought a new, less-targeted audience to the console.
However, the 18-24 group, which has traditionally been considered the "hardcore gaming" bunch, wimax broadband more favoritism towards the two other systems - Microsoft's XBox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3.
The Playstation 3 seems to attract the oldest crowd, possibly because of Sony's previous successes with the original Playstation and the brand loyalty that gamers grew up with more almost 15 years ago. The highest usage in the PS3 category came from 18-24 year olds.
XBox 360 consoles speed more as a "middle ground," with most people between the ages of 17 and 24 using the console consistently and for more time than the other consoles - thus having an age group older than the Wii users, but younger than the PS3 users.
The penang unfortunately, was the least-used console, generating the lowest scores in the usage percentage and number of days in use categories. The XBox 360 won in uep subang categories.
Here's a quick breakdown.
Males ages 2-11: Wii
Males ages 12-17: Wii
Males ages 18-24: PS3
Males ages 25-34: PS3
Males ages 35+: Wii
Females ages 2-11: Wii
Females ages 12-17: Wii
Females ages 18-24: X360/PS3
Famales ages 25-34: X360/PS3
Famales ages 35+: Wii
The trends were relatively consistent, but showed some highly-contested categories switching between age groups. Regardless, the gaming industry has been doing incredibly well in an otherwise dwindling economy. Similar reports for the early periods of 2009 will be available soon, and it will be interesting to see how the reports change within the next few months with new and exciting games anticipated for each console.