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Shocking research shows men like video games

by Alexander Sliwinski on Feb 28th 2008 10:30PM

People with any type of condition triggered by shock may want to stop reading now, but research by Frank N. Magid Associates shows that console gaming is the top choice for entertainment among young males. Now breathe, BREATHE! It's a lot to take in at once. GameDaily posted the charts for the study of 1,864 Americans which shows among males overall console gaming came in third behind using the internets and watching TV. Among males 12-34 console gaming came in first and then drops dramatically in older demos.

The research shows that women overall would rather talk on the phone, watch a DVD, listen to music or read a book before playing a console game; however, there is an odd spike among 18-24 year old females for console gaming. Playing free web-based games did better with females, particularly among women of a mature age. No real shocking revelations, but we're always appreciative of research that gives some understanding to gamer demographics.

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Tags: gamedaily, PS3, research, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (44)

This just in: Researchers have found that water is wet and the sky is blue.

What?!

Hey! no its not!

Theskyispink.com

great that picture is gonna give me nightmares

...fuck now theres water on my keyboard... nice picture

damn after the grammar nazi thread earlier today I now have to do this.
*There's*

This just in: Fernando Rocker is a Nintendo fanboy.

*audible gasp*

I always knew you were a little fruity!

NO WAI!

Oh no! Our secret is out!

Sounds like someone went to college!

Your mother went to college.

Oh snap!

You just got TOLD!

this picture will hunt my dreams forever thanks joystiq also that rick astley video. please no links

Hunt them, eh? Bow and Arrow or sniper rifle style?

My faith in humanity just lost some HP.

Beetlejuice: "Wo-WOW~!"

Studies show that studies study stuff. Film at eleven!

"Studies" bother me immensely when they try to proclaim something as fact when they've only questioned 1000-2000 people. There's 300 MILLION people in the US. Somehow only asking 1800 people doesn't seem like a big enough pool.

/endrant

I hate that too.
survey two people in a biased manner:
50% of gamers go on murder rampages

1000 is statistically viable in a population of 300 million. I've used it for predictive temperature patterns and it does work.

Agreed. I don't really totally disregard this kind of study, but I don't give it full trust either.

Before you throw away the stick because there's fire on it, look into statistics and sample size effectiveness. Just dont burn yourself, its a little complicated.

OMG this is scarier than Bioshock.

So it's only midly scary and not so entertaining after you get 20 minutes in?

While I completely disagree with Anticrawl on Bioshock's entertainment factor, I do have to agree that that analogy was of poor quality.

How about this: Why, that research is as obvious as Mario Galaxy's ending!

Anticrawl: You, sir, must have an entertainment impairment.

i am a male but i don't really like video games

That's nice to know, but uhhh, why are you on Joystiq? The nice blue borders?

You DO like videogames. The rest you are unsure of...

"Wait, you mean that there IS a Man?"
"Yup."
"And that the Man invented the 3-point shot in basketball so that the white man could get a fair chance?"
"Yup"
"And that OJ was innocent?"
"Erm...."

That picture is amazing. I think I want to start a lolmonkeez meme...

I was thinking the same thing! In fact, I was thinking a couple of captions would be great:

"Oh snap!"

or

"Wut ded u say?"

Best. Picture. Ever.

Agreed.

Monkey has a sweet stache

I didnt notice

but the stash does make him look very debonaire

THERE'S NO MONKEY

LIAR

So therefore this must mean that most males want to shoot up schools and beat up hookers?

yey I get to be in an odd spike...

Whats with all the spam posts lately?

Get out! Next thing you're gonna tell me is men like porn! Oh wait, "Using the Internet" is already listed...

That does it! Next girlfriend will HAVE to be between 18-24!

*calls up fiance and breaks it off*

.....you can KEEP THE DAMN RING! x_X

oh my. that's incredible.

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