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A 9% to 91% increase sounds a change in sample selection or data collection to me. There is no way that mobile gaming went through an 82% increase in two years when the only change to the gaming landscape is the 3DS and maybe $100 off the iPod Touch.
Well duh?!? Kids like gadgets. If it's something they cam carry around even more so. My dotter is 2 and loves playing with my iPhone, DS, or anything else she can hold with buttons, lights and/or sounds.
Also I'm 37! Wootwooooot average gamers!!!
Also I'm 37! Wootwooooot average gamers!!!
@Harris Hatsworth:
I wouldn't say that. There's a lot more to gaming than iOS and Nintendo. Android's presence is somehow still growing, and social gaming has been on the rise as well. I figure that social gaming would be particularly popular among teenagers.
I wouldn't say that. There's a lot more to gaming than iOS and Nintendo. Android's presence is somehow still growing, and social gaming has been on the rise as well. I figure that social gaming would be particularly popular among teenagers.
Yep yep, i see lots of kids playing with ipod touches, iphones and even there parents ipads. I say this may cause trouble for nintendo in two big parts of there target demographic, casual gamers, and children. Kids aren't raised on mario anymore.
No, sorry. When you get a difference in statistical information like that, you have to do at least 2 more samples to see if they correlate. I do statistics at work all the time, you can't just shove that big an increase without a full study into the findings or no-one will take you seriously.
@Amtalx
I just listed those two as the most significant things that are new between 2009 and now. Android gaming has potential but I would be amazed if it really made an impact on how many people are "gamers" these days. Farmville and Angry Birds both hit their stride a bit after the latest date this study could've been done (Farmville is June 2010 and Angry Birds is December 2010) but they were there. I really think that reporting that much growth is largely due to the study rather than that much growth actually occuring.
I just listed those two as the most significant things that are new between 2009 and now. Android gaming has potential but I would be amazed if it really made an impact on how many people are "gamers" these days. Farmville and Angry Birds both hit their stride a bit after the latest date this study could've been done (Farmville is June 2010 and Angry Birds is December 2010) but they were there. I really think that reporting that much growth is largely due to the study rather than that much growth actually occuring.
The way in which the question is asked also plays heavily into to this.
Have I played a game on my cell phone in the past month? Well, the answer would be yes, but for only 2 minutes while waiting on some Chinese pick-up. This hardly signals that mobile gaming has had hardly any significant impact on my gaming habits.
Have I played my 3DS this past month? Well, no...but I played it for hours on end the month before when I was trying to beat OoT.
Are we starting to see the flaws in these studies?
Have I played a game on my cell phone in the past month? Well, the answer would be yes, but for only 2 minutes while waiting on some Chinese pick-up. This hardly signals that mobile gaming has had hardly any significant impact on my gaming habits.
Have I played my 3DS this past month? Well, no...but I played it for hours on end the month before when I was trying to beat OoT.
Are we starting to see the flaws in these studies?
Well if you think about it, a mobile phone is a lot cheaper than a handheld console right now and parents can give away their old phones to their kids when they get new ones, or let the kids play with the phones when they're being brats outside. I have a smartphone and I rather let my niece play with it than let her touch my 3DS.
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