Attention mommy and daddy: Forget the college fund, your kid wants a PlayStation 3 for Xmas. And, if you don't get them one, they will hate you forever and you'll be forced to deal with years of drug abuse and illegitimate children. You don't want that on your conscience, do you?
According to poll results from the Weekly Reader Research, American children from ages 5-18 said "they would prefer to have" a PlayStation 3 over all the other systems. Be prepared, these results may shock you:
- 40% want a PS3
- 25% want an Xbox 360
- 22% want a Nintendo Wii
- 13% would rather have none (we'll call these the bastard children)
The study also reveals that girls don't like video game systems as much as boys -- holy crap what a shock. According to the poll, 23% of girls would rather have neither console, while only 3% of the boys would rather have none.
So, how many were polled? Here's the raw data: "This survey had 3,013 total respondents, 1,538 of which were boys, 1,475 of which were girls. 965 of the respondents were ages 5-9, 769 of them 10-12, 792 of them 13-15, and 487 of them 16-18."
Shocked? Surprised? I'm not. I've been saying for ages that the PlayStation is a much stronger brand name to the casual consumer than Wii. Only time will tell if these stats ring true as next-gen is finally ushered in.
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4:07 PM on 11.16.2006
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Mommy or daddy: Billy, what do you want?
Billy: I want a PlayStation 3.
Mommy or daddy: OK. *runs off to sell kidneys to illegal organ farm*
Anyways, I bet not even half of the kids that took part in this poll knew anything about the Wii. They just know the name PlayStation and how great it is (which it is sweet) and just choose that.
If those aren't problems then the Nintendo's 200 million in Wii advertising is going to be a decent budget to try to beat Sony's branding bloody... mostly when kids start pushing the console through word of mouth.
Sony's apocalyptic lines are getting media coverage.
We just have to wait a month or two after this weekend to actually get a fair poll.
01) It has the word PlayStation in its name.
02) Their friend want it.
Yet I still continue to hear people asking for "Zelda for PlayStation" every so often. Stupid fucks.
I've talks to plenty of parents and grandparents who want to purchase the PlayStation 3 for their children or grandchildren who want it so badly. I try to talk some sense into them, telling them that they should only purchase it if they're entirely certain that their children or grandchildren know enough about the console to warrant a purchase. It just disgusts me that the general public will shell out money for something that they know virtually nothing about.
Personally, I feel that kids are dazzled by glitzy graphics. They want to play what the "adults" play, and Wii ain't helping the cause with it's less intimidating image. And as most people pointed out, kids don't have to pay for the PS3, their parents do. After all the time I spent in retail though, most parents don't give a damn what the kid wants. They get what's available, and it sure as hell ain't going to be the PS3.
Also, Lord Sartorious is totally right.
I remember when I got my NES, I begged for Castlevania for christmas but what ended up under the tree?
Castle Quest!
Fuck me. That may be the worst game ever! But my mom was trying her best. She had no idea that not only did I not get what I wanted but I got something that was total shite!
Being a good little kid, I smiled and said thanks mom.