Nielsen ratings are fact, Wii third place in overall console usage

that is a bullshit rating. most of the people here say they haven't touched their wii in months. who fills out hese thing, like 20 people?

ummm... these systems havent been out nearly as long as the ps2. Of course they dont have the same usage time.

lol so people only watch 7.3 of bluray movies before turning them off?

what a bunch of poor people

I can relate to this list,
I do use my 360 ten times as much as my PS3.

*yawn* More of DToids typical anti-Wii sentiment.

No, no. Don't mention that the PS2 beat out all current-gen consoles. No, no. Let's not mention that "Other" just barely came in lower than the Xbox 360. No, No. Let's not mention that the original XBox beat out the PS3.

No, fuck that. Let's instead mention that the Wii is in third place so that the anti-Wii fanboys can have a field day.

You're an asshole, Brad.

i was pointing out something i have read on this website. that when i read c-blogs, i read that alot of people haven't touched their wii in months. i didn't hate on the wii but was pointing out MY observation.

the one thing i asked was how many people fill these things out?

JAG? Ugh.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh K???

Uh oh, Here come the defense forces.

Not surprising with the amount of shovelware on the Wii. Since there's still tons of good games for the PS2 and most people have one, I can see why it's still at the top.

the system with the most good games? so cooking mama is a good game now? largest set of experiences(?) gamers? i believe that 9 year old kids and soccer moms aren't experienced gamers at all, the latter being bandwagon jumpers and the former being little kids.

where the fuck do you live because as a ps3 owner i even know the 360 has the most good games. yeah, the wii has the most games because most of them aren't really games but crap mini-game shovelware.

the ps3 has the most best quality rated games based on games per system. if could remember the link i would link it.

go back under your rock.

whoops! dammit.i failed on the quote. well, i still don't take it back.

it should have tipped me off but i was still in the thoughts he was defending the wii.my love is blind, so is my hate.

Wait...Anti-wii fanboys? Does that make sense to anyone besides John B's dumb ass?

@-PL-:

Actually, Neilsen operated through several survey companies. I get one of their video game surveys about once a month, and it does get rather detailed.

Their questions break down what consoles you own, how many hours per week do to play each console, what kind of games do you play on each console, were the hours spent in the previous week on each console more or less than the week before, and so forth. So, they do go into quite a bit of detail.

I also noticed that usually the only people who qualify are those who have spent more than 10 hours playing per week. I've been doing surveys for so long (hell, that's how I mostly funded my XB 360 purchase) that I can identify what survey it's for just my the preliminary questions that are asked, and I've found that if I don't say at least 10 or 15 hours for video game pay I'm suddenly hit with "You do not qualify for the remainder of this survey." So, they're obviously making sure that only real gamers take the rest of the survey.

The only thing that I have to question is the "Other". All of the gaming surveys that I've taken also include PC game time, and I can't imagine that there are so many "other" consoles out there to account for 16.2%. I'll bet money that the PC is included in that one, even though they claim it's a "console" curvey.

WTF?!!? No Atari Jaguar??

Psh

@Jonathan:

As someone who also appreciates the Wii for what it is, I agree. It does run the gamut from hard-core games (No More Heroes, MadWorld) to kiddie games more than any other console.

The problem right now is one of perception, as is proven every day here on DToid by the "graphics > gameplay". Nintendo has no innocence on that poor perception either. (Don't even get me started on that fscking Wii Music.)

Sadly, I wish I had a magic bullet for this. I am hearing people who don't even have a Wii talk about MadWorld and how cool it looks like it will be. So, maybe that glass ceiling is starting to break.

And you got it nailed on the PS3. They used Blu-ray for no other reason than to build their numbers in order to crush HD DVD. Now that HD DVD is dead, they've done nothing viable to push the PS3 as a gaming platform.

I do like my PS3 but I play my Wii and XB360 far more simply because they have the better games. I've already blown through Ratchet and Clank and Quest for Booty; I'm not a racing fan; and for FPS I stick with the keyboard/mouse on my PC. So what else is there for the PS3 that I can't get on either of the other two consoles + PC? Nothing that I can think of. For that, Sony has no one to blame but themselves.

Is other the DS, IPhone and PSP?

*yawn* More of DToids typical anti-Wii sentiment.

This.

i wana see how many 0s are needed for 3D0

The “Other” category is of interest, mainly because who the hell knows what people are playing.

They might've crammed portable games in there.

I believe those Wii statistics, though. I haven't played mine in a long time.

This seems about right. The PS2 is much cheaper than the other systems and has a huge library of games. It was the most popular last gen system.

What's funny is that the PS2 has far more kiddie games and shovelware than the Wii and yet no one mentions it. The most popular system is always going to get the shovelware. It's only logical to pump out the shitty games on the more popular system.

I personally think that the Wii has the best library of games for the current gen systems. I play it more than my 360 and I almost never touch my PS3. I can't handle shooters on a non Wii/PC system.

@SubOrbital:

Welcome to Destructoid. Enjoy your stay.