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Nielsen: Wii Attracting Young Boys, Older Women in Droves

With all the talk of Nintendo expanding the video game audience, it should come as little surprise that new data from Nielsen Media Research suggests that Wii fares best with young boys and older women. The metered usage data, which covers last year's all-important fourth quarter (October – December), shows that Nintendo's console does a good job attracting boys age 6-11 and women age 25-34.

Furthermore, usage of the Wii by women over 35 is much higher than with the Xbox 360 and PS3. Wii Fit, Guitar Hero and Rock Band were cited as products that have been particularly enticing for older females. While the Wii has certainly brought in a new audience, the more traditional 18-24 age group (often looked at as the hardcore gamer demographic) has engaged in much less Wii usage – for both genders in this age range.

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TOSgamer5539d ago (Edited 5539d ago )

Translation:

The Wii is a dumb down console for those who haven't developed fine motor skills yet (boys 6-11) and people who have never played games before. Now there's nothing wrong with that. Those people deserve to have fun as well. But I'm just telling it like it is.

FinalomegaS5539d ago

Ok there Dr.Phil.

Please remember "Nielsen Media Research suggests"

Analyst suggesting info.

I know the wii data is so hard to gauge due to the nature of the system.

I have one and I know a lot of guys my age have one... I can assure you we do not fall into any of those 6-11 or 18-24 range.

wiizy5539d ago

nintendo is doing exactly what it planned...and the sales shows it... entertain everyone.

gta28005538d ago

X-box=12 to 17 year olds who's console was bought by someone other than them. Which easily explains why LIVE is flooded with a bunch of snotty, spoiled, immature kids that cuss all day and keep throwing out the N word all the time.

Wii=6 and up. This one is easy to tell. Considering the fact that Nintendo has always had the family consoles with games usually targeted for kids.

PS3=18 to 24. This explains why you rarely run into immature people on PSN. People who own PS3's most likely work and bought the system their selves. If parents are looking to buy their kids a console they usually go out and buy the cheaper consoles too, explaining why there are so many kids on xbox and wii.

lord_of_balrogs5538d ago

You're an idiot, and your bias really shows. I bought my 360 with my own money, and I plan to buy a PS3 with my own money as well. It's not good to generalize that certain consoles attract certain people when each have their hardcore and their casual games. The fact that PSN seems more mature is that only the "hardcore" gamers will invest in a mic as it does not come in the box like the 360. That weeds out the people who will abuse them. PS3 has just as many kids as the 360.

BrotherNick5538d ago

Whatever makes yourself look better lol.

gta28005538d ago (Edited 5538d ago )

Well, I know I shouldn't generalize. I know for a fact that not only kids own 360's and Wii's but I think it's safe to say that more than half of them do.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC4h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC3h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer4h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6023h ago(Edited 3h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya1h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde1h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil9h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx1h ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro9h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B6h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21836h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh6h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia6h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins6h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal6h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod1d 9h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??