Tue, Aug 11, 2009 | 15:49 BST
Nielsen says Wii has fewest percentage of active users
Nielsen Games has released new data regarding game usage in the US and the report states that Wii has the fewest number of active users compared to the other consoles.
Usage of the console even trailed behind the GameCube.
According to the research, despite the recent decline in game sales, more people played games in June compared to June 2008 with total usage up 21 percent. Data suggests the average console user played 768 minutes.
Xbox 360 was played on the most, followed by PS3, Original Xbox, PS2, GameCube and then Wii. However, data usage also shows that Wii has double the number of female players on Xbox 360, and more than Xbox 360 and PS3 combined.
Console usage as a whole showed that 50 percent of user minutes accounted for current gen consoles , with 31 percent of minutes spent on PS2, GameCube, and Xbox and 19 percent of gaming time spent on PS One, Atari 2600, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, etc.
IndustryGamers has the Nielsen charts posted, go have a look.
10 comments
#1
Blerk
11/08/09, 3:37 pm
How do they get these figures again?
11.5% of owners ‘active’ over a six-month period seems horrifically low even for the ‘winner’.
#2
G1GAHURTZ
11/08/09, 3:42 pm
Who do you know that actively plays their Wii?
#3
Tonka
11/08/09, 3:45 pm
Nice definition of “active”: Person who plays video games
#4
Grimrita
11/08/09, 4:00 pm
Almost all Wii owners see their little Wii turd sitting their gathering dust. They bought it because it was the ‘must have fad’ and now realise just how poo it is
#5
G1GAHURTZ
11/08/09, 4:01 pm
Where’s anasui?
#6
freedoms_stain
11/08/09, 5:28 pm
No one asked me what I’ve been playing on. It’s probably done by sample survey, which means it’s probably as accurate as young-Earth Creationism, as in completely un.
#7
MushroomStamp
11/08/09, 6:41 pm
This makes total sense!.. as many of us have stated. The wii is for Casual users. Real gamers use the 360 or PS3.
#8
DaMan
11/08/09, 10:05 pm
how do they get these figures? visiting people across US, going door to door?
#9
Psychotext
11/08/09, 10:18 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Ratings
#10
DaMan
11/08/09, 10:23 pm
oh =o