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Wii Attracting Young Boys, Older Women in Droves – Nielsen
Wii Attracting Young Boys, Older Women in Droves – Nielsen
New usage data from Nielsen confirms what many of us have observed: Wii is attracting a new audience, but that audience isn't playing very often compared to PS3 and 360 gamers.
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Wii is still the least used console, but does great job pulling in boys 6-11, women 25-34, and women over 35
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So Who's Playing Each Console, And For How Long? [Console Wars]
Kotaku — ... the board, but it's not. While young girls and those 35 and over spent most time playing Nintendo's console, in the 18-34 demographics, it was again, the PS3, with the 360 right behind it. Overall findings? That - at least as far as this survey group goes - the young and the old go for the Wii, while those 18-34 prefer the other two. Which, of course, you didn't already know, which is why you're so shocked about now. Nielsen Study [Nielsen, via GameDaily] [Image] ...

So Who's Playing Each Console, And For How Long? [Update] [Console Wars]
Kotaku — ... switch places in November and/or December Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. Women over 55 spent more time playing the Wii than the others, while 18-24 year-old men spent most time on the PS3. UPDATE - Reader Travis, a statistician of all things, let us know that some of the original conclusions drawn from these statistics were incorrect. They've since been updated. Nielsen Study [Nielsen, via GameDaily] [Image] ...

Little boys and old ladies love the Wii
Fidgit Atom Feed — ... This week's "no duh!" award goes to Nielsen Media Resarch (a.k.a. the folks who do TV ratings) for pointing out that young boys and older women spend more time with the Nintendo Wii than anyone else. Gamedaily took a look at the data and summarized it as follows: ...

Nielsen: Wii audience is youngest, PS3 audience is oldest
Joystiq — ... According to a recent report conducted by Nielsen Media Research tracking console usage during the final quarter of last year (October - December), the Wii appeals to quite the broad spectrum of people, being especially popular among boys age 6 -11 and women age ...

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