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Old 05 January 2009, 12:48 PM
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Default Do you know what the 'most played' console of the year was....

useage minutes of home consoles in the US during 2008....

Gamecube 4.6%
PS3 7.3%
Original Xbox 9.7%
Wii 13.4%
Misc 16.2%
Xbox360 17.2%


and the winner... Playstation 2 at 31.7%
Old 05 January 2009, 01:09 PM
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I wonder how they measured that (given that the PS2, Gamecube etc don't go online). Sounds like one of those surveys that can be manipulated to prove whatever statistic you want it to say...
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nielson ratings IIRC
Old 05 January 2009, 01:12 PM
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So totally inaccurate and subjective then
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
So totally inaccurate and subjective then
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So whats misc 16.2%

Someone somewhere still has an Atari Lynx that works?

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Originally Posted by Iain Young
I wonder how they measured that (given that the PS2, Gamecube etc don't go online). Sounds like one of those surveys that can be manipulated to prove whatever statistic you want it to say...
GC does, I have the modem, but never used it.
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Originally Posted by EddScott
So whats misc 16.2%

Someone somewhere still has an Atari Lynx that works?

I have
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i bet hour-for-hour, DS trashed all those figures.
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Originally Posted by ChefDude
i bet hour-for-hour, DS trashed all those figures.
its not a "console"
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Does that mean that the 16.2% misc group is made up of us Dreamcast owners?
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i realised DS wasn't in those figures, but I did wonder why it wasn't a console.

There's a fine line between console and not-a-console for DS and PSP, especially as you can get gadgets to connect them to a TV.
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
Does that mean that the 16.2% misc group is made up of us Dreamcast owners?
when was the last time you played on it ?
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