PS3 fanboys generally come across as emotionally retarded 14-year-olds with severe learning disabilities and a crippling dependency on the validity of a hunk of plastic as a means of proving their own worth. Amazingly, however, the users more commonly associated with the PlayStation 3 are educated adults with decent jobs. Quite, quite amazing.
"Right now, it's primarily male," said PSN director of operations Eric Lempel when asked about the PSN audience. "The average age is 28 years old, in usually the middle- to higher-income range. They over-index against those with graduate degrees. But it's expanding.
"What we're finding ever since we've introduced services like the video download service, we're getting more of the household on the PlayStation Network. Some of the top rentals and sales on the video side have been content that probably doesn't appeal exactly to that 28-year-old male. It's more those movies that are geared toward women."
This news is pretty good, as it proves that the sniveling fanboy class truly is a minority. Either that, or it proves that otherwise educated and well adjusted adults turn into teenage psychopaths as soon as they get online and start talking about the PS3. Let us pray that it's the former.
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1:00 AM on 09.02.2009
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Honestly though, isn't everyone only two steps away from being a psychopathic teenager?
Isn't the average game in his mid to late 20s? That part isn't surprising. I guess the educated part comes from it being the, until recently, most expensive system choice.
And Xbox fanboys don't fit this criteria either? lol
now this is unexpected.
Good thing I'm pretty.
In other non-news, The Pope says statistically Catholics are the best people ever, and make Mary Poppins look like Hitler.
Stay tuned at 11 to find out fat kids' statistics about cake.
As an editor sir, you should work to keep it less biased... I don't get how your still holding on to that job.
It's really bad when you're trying to sell someone a PS3 and one of these closet fanboys come in and start talking to the customer and crazy up the place. The actual customer gets creeped out and loses interest. Funny how that works in REAL life as opposed to the internet.
MS: The average xbox live user is male, 26, smarter and has 2 girlfriends!
Nintendo: The average Wii Online user is your grandmother, 99, smart enough to buy a second controller and no boyfriend... but has 4 kids so they can play Brawl to pieces so it's all good!
PC: The average internet user is an asshole!
Isn't that why the 360 average is so low. It's the customers that highlight the average, & most 360 customers are from the U.S.
Guess they were wrong about the maturity (I never claimed to be average or even normal), after all I own a PS3 & just made the above comments...whoops a donkey!
Ya know, the kind of money that makes buying a 600 dollar console an easy decision.
And I'm sure most parents would choose a 360 or Wii for their teenage or younger children based on cost alone, at least before the price cut.
I could believe this.
Hahahah, I lol'd.
/cry
I loved Kaden101's comment. I wonder what the averages are for the wii. I'm guessing 35-year old women with 3 games (Wii Sports, Wii Fit and Mario Kart).
28 Years of Age: Makes sense since most kids wouldn't have the proper allowance let-alone approval to purchase a, then, $599 home entertainment system. Although, this number might start to drop since the price cut will give my age-range users an opportunity to finally purchase it.
Decent Income: Makes sense that someone who has a decent job and makes a decent amount would have absolutely no problem paying whatever it takes to have a full HD gaming entertainment experience. Although, this number might drop as well since less expensive, more accessible, PS3 Slims were announced recently.
Well Educated: Well... I might be going on a limb here, but anyone who pays a little extra cash for something that's MORE than worthwhile, and that's fully equipped to keep you entertained for years to come without the fear of crashing and breaking down on you... that sounds like the purchase of a well educated man to me.
Just saying...
This just in: beer gets you drunk.