Penny Arcades surveyed 38350 readers on their gaming preferences

Penny Arcade's surveyed 38,350 readers on their gaming preferences, which has to be the largest sample of its type. Like, ever.

It's well worth a nose. The average age of those questioned is 26, and 94 percent of them are male.

They're not too keen on PS3 either, apparently.

Console Ownership:

• PC: 86.3%
• Xbox 360: 54.1%
• Wii: 53.5%
• PS2: 52.7%
• Nintendo DS: 51.5%
• iPhone/iPod: 29.9%
• XBOX: 26.2%
• PS3: 24.5%
• Sony PSP: 20.5%

You would think that the PS2 would have been higher than the rest of the consoles.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/02/02/penny-arcade-surveys-40000-gamers-on-net-speed-and-console-ownership/

I would like the iPhone to have been on its own. Strange it comes above the PS3. PC gaming obviously is dead as always, eh console fans? :Pblue_hazy_basic

Based on my experience with gamers and by gamers I mean your "your average real life not from system wars gamer" it seems about right.Oscar-Wilde

Very true. Every time I see a poll on here I think to myself... o.k., but your only fooling yourself.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]I would like the iPhone to have been on its own. Strange it comes above the PS3. PC gaming obviously is dead as always, eh console fans? :PSecretPolice

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]I would like the iPhone to have been on its own. Strange it comes above the PS3. PC gaming obviously is dead as always, eh console fans? :Pblue_hazy_basic

Based on my experience with gamers and by gamers I mean your "your average real life not from system wars gamer" it seems about right.Oscar-Wilde

True Story

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]Yeah, I thought the PC would be much higher over 360 then that. :P Seriously though, all doing fairly well but PS3 it seems is lagging big time.AncientDozer

Not to be contrary, because I don't think PC gaming is dead, but almost everyone owns a computer these days. It's essential for all sorts of things from work to entertainment. Not just for gaming. It doesn't necessarily make it a gaming rig, either. All we know is that 86% of the people own computers. Not how many games they own (this is more important for the PC since it is not a gaming-centric platform) or how often they use it for gaming. It has always been my belief that the PC is a beast of a different sort. I only bring that up so the PC elitist don't let the hot air blow their heads up. AncientDozer

"Penny Arcade's surveyed 38,350 readers on their gaming preferences, which has to be the largest sample of its type. Like, ever."

EDIT Its more like console fanboys keep saying that no one (or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore.

[QUOTE="AncientDozer"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]Stupid PC only getting 86.3% ..... blue_hazy_basic

shame, ps3 is the best console this gen, the quality of the machine is unmatchedbigLLL

just like the xbox last gen

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]Yeah, I thought the PC would be much higher over 360 then that. :P Seriously though, all doing fairly well but PS3 it seems is lagging big time.AncientDozer

Actually VG247 reported it wrong it is ownership, full survey results

Average Age: 26

Boy/Girl Split: 94% Boys, 6% Girls

Internet Usage:
- Cable/DSL: 84.7%
- LAN: 8.0%
- Fios: 3.0%
- WiMax: 0.7%
- 56k Modem: 0.5%
- Other: 3.1%

Where do you read PA from?
- Home: 93.8%
- Work: 49.2%
- School: 19.8%

Average Number of Hours of TV Per Week: 6.1 Hours

Console Ownership:
- PC: 86.3%
- Xbox 360: 54.1%
- Wii: 53.5%
- PS2: 52.7%
- Nintendo DS: 51.5%
- iPhone/iPod: 29.9%
- XBOX: 26.2%
- PS3: 24.5%
- Sony PSP: 20.5%

Average Game Library Collection: 73

Average Gaming Hours/Week: 18

Average Household Income: $66,000

Average Games Purchased/Month: 2

Game Genres Played:
- RPGs: 89.7%
- FPS': 79.0%
- Platformers: 63.3%
- RTS': 59.9%
- Turn Based Strat: 56.0%
- Tabletop/CCG: 40.0%
- Simulations: 37.7%
- Web Based: 37.5%
- Driving/Racing: 31.4%
- 2D Fighters: 29.9%
- Shooters: 29.0%
- 3D Fighters: 28.0%
- Sports Games: 14.7%
- Flight Sims: 10.5%

Phone Usage:
- Non-Smartphone: 65%
- iPhones: 15.7%
- Blackberries: 7.9%
- Windows Mobile Device: 6.9%
- gPhone: 2.9%
- Treo: 1.5%

Sites that get visited over twice a week:
- Penny Arcade: 96.1%
- Kotaku: 22.5%
- Joystiq: 12.1%
- Wired Blog: 10.3%
- IGN: 9.5%
- Gamespot: 7.1%
- 1up: 5.2%
- Destructoid: 2.6%
- Gamespy: 2.6%
- Gamepolitics: 2.2%
- GamesRadar: 1.3%

[QUOTE="AncientDozer"]Not to be contrary, because I don't think PC gaming is dead, but almost everyone owns a computer these days. It's essential for all sorts of things from work to entertainment. Not just for gaming. It doesn't necessarily make it a gaming rig, either. All we know is that 86% of the people own computers. Not how many games they own (this is more important for the PC since it is not a gaming-centric platform) or how often they use it for gaming. It has always been my belief that the PC is a beast of a different sort. I only bring that up so the PC elitist don't let the hot air blow their heads up. blue_hazy_basic

"Penny Arcade's surveyed 38,350 readers on their gaming preferences, which has to be the largest sample of its type. Like, ever."

EDIT Its more like console fanboys keep saying that no one (or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore.

If 86% preferred PC then that would leave only 14% to the rest. But there's clearly more, which pretty much rules out gaming preference.

Now it does say ownership, and if it is then the percentages make more sense.

Not to be contrary, because I don't think PC gaming is dead, but almost everyone owns a computer these days. It's essential for all sorts of things from work to entertainment. Not just for gaming. It doesn't necessarily make it a gaming rig, either. All we know is that 86% of the people own computers. Not how many games they own (this is more important for the PC since it is not a gaming-centric platform) or how often they use it for gaming. It has always been my belief that the PC is a beast of a different sort. I only bring that up so the PC elitist don't let the hot air blow their heads up. AncientDozer

"Penny Arcade's surveyed 38,350 readers on their gaming preferences, which has to be the largest sample of its type. Like, ever."

EDIT Its more like console fanboys keep saying that no one (or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore.

If 86% preferred PC then that would leave only 14% to the rest. But there's clearly more, which pretty much rules out gaming preference.

Now it does say ownership, and if it is then the percentages make more sense.

shame, ps3 is the best console this gen, the quality of the machine is unmatchedbigLLL

[QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"] BS, if you read the link you'd know they asked the readers about their gaming preferences not just about what they own, there is plenty of info in the poll indicating that the question was related to gaming and that the PC is being counted as a console. SpruceCaboose

Public surveys?

The same kind we have here (and in which the PS3 mostly always wins) and people discredit automatically because anyone can vote mulitple times?

I don't know. Seems rather strange that the iPhone is higher than both the PS3 and PSP. What kind of gamers visit the PA site?

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"] BS, if you read the link you'd know they asked the readers about their gaming preferences not just about what they own, there is plenty of info in the poll indicating that the question was related to gaming and that the PC is being counted as a console. Oscar-Wilde

Public surveys?

The same kind we have here (and in which the PS3 mostly always wins) and people discredit automatically because anyone can vote mulitple times?

I don't know. Seems rather strange that the iPhone is higher than both the PS3 and PSP. What kind of gamers visit the PA site?

Vitro-Vivo

Public surveys?

The same kind we have here (and in which the PS3 mostly always wins) and people discredit automatically because anyone can vote mulitple times?

I don't know. Seems rather strange that the iPhone is higher than both the PS3 and PSP. What kind of gamers visit the PA site?

Vitro-Vivo

[QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] And if you read the link, you would know that the sample is also highly biased, making the scope of the survey limited to just about the PA readership.SpruceCaboose

I have taken 3 different statistical courses in college for my two majors. I know how statistics work well enough to know that this survey certainly won't generalize past the PA audience.

Actually you are right so yeah disregard my posts defending this crap. Also no sorry i don't believe you, i have met brain surgeons, lawyers and politicians on boards like these, everybody knows everything in the Internet.

Actually you are right so yeah disregard my posts defending this crap. Also no sorry i don't believe you, i have met brain surgeons, lawyers and politicians on boards like these, everybody knows everything in the Internet.

Oscar-Wilde

[QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"]

Actually you are right so yeah disregard my posts defending this crap. Also no sorry i don't believe you, i have met brain surgeons, lawyers and politicians on boards like these, everybody knows everything in the Internet.

SpruceCaboose

PS2 and the Nintendo DS both sold in the 100+M range but they're both near to the x360's 30+ M sales??

That is about what I would expect from a survey conducted by a website made for gamers. A less biased sample would have been infinitely more useful in terms of getting the "real world" picture, IMO.SpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"]

Actually you are right so yeah disregard my posts defending this crap. Also no sorry i don't believe you, i have met brain surgeons, lawyers and politicians on boards like these, everybody knows everything in the Internet.

Oscar-Wilde

Say... speaking of.... did you take the survey? I didnt... hm... I wonder how many people in the "real world" actually took this survey... maybe, just maaaaybe... Spruce is right? Hold this poll as a fact if you want... but Spruce is right, and his point makes complete and undeniable sense.

[QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] I don't care what you believe, but its true. I took a stats course in Jr College for a math credit, I had to take one for my Psychology major, and I had to take one for my Comp Sci major. They were all more or less the same class, but they had differing focuses each time. One was my choice, other two were required, and had I known, I would not have taken the first one.carljohnson3456

[QUOTE="AncientDozer"]Not to be contrary, because I don't think PC gaming is dead, but almost everyone owns a computer these days. It's essential for all sorts of things from work to entertainment. Not just for gaming. It doesn't necessarily make it a gaming rig, either. All we know is that 86% of the people own computers. Not how many games they own (this is more important for the PC since it is not a gaming-centric platform) or how often they use it for gaming. It has always been my belief that the PC is a beast of a different sort. I only bring that up so the PC elitist don't let the hot air blow their heads up. blue_hazy_basic

"Penny Arcade's surveyed 38,350 readers on their gaming preferences, which has to be the largest sample of its type. Like, ever."

EDIT Its more like console fanboys keep saying that no one (or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore.

I think you need to re-read the link. The overal poll is Gaming preference but this part...

Console Ownership:
- PC: 86.3%
- Xbox 360: 54.1%
- Wii: 53.5%
- PS2: 52.7%
- Nintendo DS: 51.5%
- iPhone/iPod: 29.9%
- XBOX: 26.2%
- PS3: 24.5%

....Specifically says ownership, not gaming usage. I am not claiming that nobody(or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore, but to think that everyone(or even a large majority) that owns a PC, games on it is just as preposterous

Actually VG247 reported it wrong it is ownership, full survey results

Average Age: 26

Boy/Girl Split: 94% Boys, 6% Girls

blue_hazy_basic

the life of a gamer is a lonely one

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"] You need to read up on how survey data works and on their reliability on a bigger scale you'd be surprised on how accurate they are.Oscar-Wilde

I have taken 3 different statistical courses in college for my two majors. I know how statistics work well enough to know that this survey certainly won't generalize past the PA audience.

Actually you are right so yeah disregard my posts defending this crap. Also no sorry i don't believe you, i have met brain surgeons, lawyers and politicians on boards like these, everybody knows everything in the Internet.

[QUOTE="Oscar-Wilde"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] I don't care what you believe, but its true. I took a stats course in Jr College for a math credit, I had to take one for my Psychology major, and I had to take one for my Comp Sci major. They were all more or less the same class, but they had differing focuses each time. One was my choice, other two were required, and had I known, I would not have taken the first one.carljohnson3456

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

Actually VG247 reported it wrong it is ownership, full survey results

Average Age: 26

Boy/Girl Split: 94% Boys, 6% Girls

st1ka

the life of a gamer is a lonely one

[QUOTE="st1ka"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

Actually VG247 reported it wrong it is ownership, full survey results

Average Age: 26

Boy/Girl Split: 94% Boys, 6% Girls

carljohnson3456

the life of a gamer is a lonely one

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="AncientDozer"]Not to be contrary, because I don't think PC gaming is dead, but almost everyone owns a computer these days. It's essential for all sorts of things from work to entertainment. Not just for gaming. It doesn't necessarily make it a gaming rig, either. All we know is that 86% of the people own computers. Not how many games they own (this is more important for the PC since it is not a gaming-centric platform) or how often they use it for gaming. It has always been my belief that the PC is a beast of a different sort. I only bring that up so the PC elitist don't let the hot air blow their heads up. thew13

"Penny Arcade's surveyed 38,350 readers on their gaming preferences, which has to be the largest sample of its type. Like, ever."

EDIT Its more like console fanboys keep saying that no one (or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore.

I think you need to re-read the link. The overal poll is Gaming preference but this part...

Console Ownership:
- PC: 86.3%
- Xbox 360: 54.1%
- Wii: 53.5%
- PS2: 52.7%
- Nintendo DS: 51.5%
- iPhone/iPod: 29.9%
- XBOX: 26.2%
- PS3: 24.5%

....Specifically says ownership, not gaming usage. I am not claiming that nobody(or hardly anyone) games on PC's anymore, but to think that everyone(or even a large majority) that owns a PC, games on it is just as preposterous

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="st1ka"]

the life of a gamer is a lonely one

The_Game21x

:lol: @ those psp numbers. It really is sad how hard that flop handheld has fallen.Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Have you seen the PSP sales?