Guys, watch out: your console speaks to your personality type

9:25 AM on 11.06.2007   |   Dale North

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What does game console ownership say about you? Well, to me, it says that you like videogames, but according to MSN's dating & personals section, owning certain consoles may say something about your personality.

The article "Guys & their games..." asks a few professionals about what a certain gaming console may say about its owner. While they don't say many negative things about any particular console, it looks like Wii owners come out smelling like a rose.

Ed Magnin of DeVry University’s Dallas Metro campus gives the answer you'd expect for Wii owners:

Wii says he’s a fun guy. The Wii-mote will force him to get up off the couch and actually get a little exercise while he’s playing. Of all of the consoles, the Wii is probably the best date machine, as a lot more of the games appeal to both sexes. Challenge him to a game of tennis or bowling.

Some of the other answers are ironically funny (to gamers). Carl Arinoldo, psychologist, on the Xbox 360:

Preferring the Xbox 360 may say that the owner is willing to play cooperatively.

All of the responses on the PS3 are very complimentary, and as a PS3 owner, I'd love to agree with the "sophisticated," "intelligent," and "deep pockets" statements, but I think the video above sums it up much better than I can.  Ladies, you're not going to land the hunky guy in the MSN article's  picture --  you stand a fair chance of landing a Chad Warden if you pay attention to article's advice. Steer clear, I'd say.

This article doesn't cover those guys like you and I that own all the consoles, but that's probably a good thing; we don't want to hear what they'd say about us.