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From: Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric <jonric@vaultnetwork.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 03:04:38 -0400
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At 12:20 AM 26/07/01 -0400, Mike "Talien" Tresca wrote:
>> From Computer Gaming World #205, p. 25:
> "Unnoticed amidst the hype and hoopla of the Electronic
> Entertainment Expo (E3) was a new survey claiming that
> interactive entertainment is now the most popular entertainment
> activity in the United States, surpassing even movies and
> television. According to the survey, produced by IDC research,
> 34 percent of Americans say playing computer and video games is
> the most fun entertainment activity, compared with 16 percent
> who say watching TV, 13 percent who say surfing the Internet,
> and 12 percent who say going to the movies is the most fun.
> Moreover, 57 percent of those who play games most frequently
> report that games are more fun than any other entertainment
> activity, with TV coming in a distant second at 13 percent."
> It's like "Brave New World" only Raph wrote it. >:)
You may not want to take everything you read at face value. The
above comes from a survey commissioned by the Interactive Digital
Software Association. Its press release announcing the results does
include the figures shown above, but farther down, there's also the
following:
"The annual survey was conducted by the Custom Research Division of
the NPD Group for the IDSA. The study is the most in-depth and
targeted survey of its kind, gathering data from more than 1,651
nationally representative households that have been identified as
owning either or both a video game console or a personal computer
used to run entertainment software."
Note in particular the part that says "households that have been
identified as owning either or both a video game console or a
personal computer used to run entertainment software." This means
the results are not representative of all Americans, but only of
those who have consoles and/or run PC games. Not the same by a long
shot.
Can anyone say "spin doctor?"
Richard Aihoshi - "Jonric"
RPG Vault, IGN Vault Network
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