Maybe this shouldn’t be such a big surprise, considering that just about every household seems to have a PlayStation 2 lurking in their entertainment center. The fact that you can still find a lot of outstanding games to play on it (for next to nothing) surely makes the console attractive to the average consumer. But to all, it still serves as a sobering reminder that having the latest and greatest console on the market doesn’t matter to everyone. According to these damning numbers from Nielson’s GamePlay Metrics service, it seems that it doesn’t matter to most people.
With the recent launch of the service, its first batch of data for us to comb through makes this point becomes painfully clear. For the month of June, the PS2 accounted for a whopping 42.3% of total console usage. Did you catch that? We’re not talking about the PS3, Xbox 360, or the Wii — a console dating back to the year 2000 is what still seems to be the hot item. And here we thought the Wii was the one to watch out for. I’d show you the dreary percentages of the “big three,” but it would be a waste of time. Yes, they are that bad.
Just when we started to believe that the next-gen consoles were hitting their stride, along comes Nielson to slap us back to reality. Does this serve to further the argument that videogames are outpricing what most people are willing to pay for them, or is it “still too early” to call?
[Via Gamesindustrybiz]
