PS3 Owners Spend More Time With The Console Than Wii & 360 Owners

Nielsen just released their monthly GamePlay Metrics report, and it showed that PS3 owners use their consoles much longer than any other systems. The average session with a PS3 was 83 minutes in the month of June. In comparison, the average Xbox 360 session lasted 61 minutes, and the average Wii session lasted only 57 minutes. Could super-long Super Stardust HD play sessions be responsible for PS3's unusually long play time?

[renegade]

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[ReconHope]

bill gates with milk on his face? or is that donald trump? anway, yeah i spend alot of time on the web browser.

[Swatjr101]

Has anybody's sixaxis battary died yet mine did last night i have to buy a new one just wondering?

[marinelife9]

I wonder if it meant gaming time or overall time? I have pictures and music and movies stored on my Ps3. I surf the web, it's networked to my PC and can even print off of it. I do play games but maybe only about 60% of the time.

[Siesser]

I have two controllers, and both are going fine (had system and controllers since launch). I usually don't get around to charging them until I get the blinking "low battery" notice, and have no idea if I use them equally since they sit right next to each other and I just randomly grab one.

I find it amusing that your request for an answer to a question has been aggreed and disagreed with. Is that a lazy "yes" and "no?"

[SmokeyMcBear]

you can do so much with this machine, its awesome, a true home entertainment center... and hey it plays games, whaddaya know.

[Kratosnake]

Yup. between stardust, ninja gaiden and my upscaled Final Fantasy XII, I've been playing way too much games. Not even counting the 15 or so blu-rays i've bought and enjoyed.

great machine this ps3 is.

[XxZxX]

dude this is scary. I am doing the exact same games you play now.

[Kratosnake]

hehe...

well they're great games. maybe we're MIND-TWINS!!

[ps3gogetitt]

Remember we use our PS3s for games and movies,....oh yes we all are scientist also doing experiments on our machines, running them overnight, all for the sake of science

I LOVE FOLDING AT HOME...THIS IS THE CULPRIT

[ash_divine]

and to say the system "has no games" I'm interested in here what 360 fans think of this, because according them xbox has all the games and ps3 has none.

This is the definition of irony

[heroman711]

lets not start a flame war

[SlippyMadFrog]

Ever heard of Blu-ray, folding @ home, web browser, ect. You're just trying to start a flame war

[hotshot1237]

actually i play my games alot. and maybe its bcuz we have a system 2 play it on.lol

[PS360WII]

That's intresting. I'm still wondering how they conducted these studies though? I do find myself on the PS3 more often then the others but my play is still pretty evened out.

[Nemesis]

I was wondering the exact same thing.

[ArduousAndy]

do they count folding?

No flame just curious

[s8anicslayer]

very good question, i wonder if thatis taken into consideration! recount please!lol

[drtysouf21]

more play then the Wii or 360.

Edit: Lol People disagree like they live with me or something. Man you guys are funny!

[heroman711]

smae here. lately ive been playing resistance online with my friends every sec i can. For some reason i am really bored with the wii. Is anyone else bored with the wii besides me ????

[rayzorn]

man i see you play your xbox 360 way more when i look through your window. you barely even touch the ps3. darn liar....lmao i know poeple disagree with anything its stupid as h3ll . you can say the sky is blue and the grass is green and someone would disagree.

[sajj316]

I spend alot of time looking into the firmware upgrades and checking out the features included in the update like Remote Play, etc. I've been playing alot of the good ole PS2 games upscaled. I love the technology ... like taking pictures with my digital camera and then putting my SD card into the memory card reader. Blu Ray movies are great with my system. Its a damn well put together system!!!

[s8anicslayer]

well we all know that you can't spend too much time on your 360 because the crap might detonate(caution)play at your own risk!

[heroman711]

dont start flame war

[360Sheep]

also note that the ps3 is on longer than the 360, so where are the red rings of death on the ps3? Its on longer right? Shouldnt it heat up more and fail? I wonder if the whole quality of product plays into this.

[hotshot1237]

lol its true

[gnothe1]

I think its because there alot of PS3 ONLY users out there. I have a PS3 an I have turned it on more today looking for the HS demo than I have in weeks. there just nothing right now that keeps the system on!!

[DiLeCtioN]

i still play resistance online and god its fun..clan wars are amazing.
I cant wait to see my achievements in Home,just imagine my headshots wooooh.

EDIT:yh timi your stats are amazing too bro espcially objective games you own them lol...hmm also we gotta wait for some of the guys to come back before our next match

[timmyp53]

we are both supreme commanders in Resistance but ur death/kill ratio is awesome

[PlayStation360]

That's cool. What's ya'll PSN tags? Can I add ya'll?

PSN: Hakobu

[yocdub]

On an average day I'll boot up, check the store. Play one of the newer games I've just got (Darkness,Rainbow 6, Motorstorm...etc.) and then when I'm done I actually surf the net (usually stop by here for latest news) then finish off by plying Stardust or whatever NEW Demo or game I may have recently DownLoaded. That in its self is about 2 1/2 hours before i head to bed. P.S. I'm still playing through FF12 and GOW Titan mode. So now just waiting for The onslaught of games to come. Also I'm in an was in the WARHAWK beta and currently in the HOME beta and those account for some hours. Then on weekends my wife and I watch movies on the machine, the sound output through my Home Theater is amazing.

[yocdub]

Its funny that someone has DISAGREED with what I do on average with my PS3. I guess I'll have to check my windows to see if your spying on me.

[AznSniper]

[email protected] FTW!

[mintrieri]

Nielson's Gameplay Metrics contradict these findings. Notice that the PS3 is the LEAST played system (probably because it has the least games, go figure.)

LINK: http://kotaku.com/gaming/ni...

[Depressed Mode]

Nice find, makes things a little more interesting.

[felidae]

i use it all day long and i never watch movies.

[timmyp53]

then it would be a much higher hour average some ppl leave their consoles on to fold when they are not playing on it or when they are away or sleeping.

[harpua]

i'm addicted to the bowling game in Home, basically live there.

[hotshot1237]

tell me what 360 had in first year. ps3 gettin much better line up of 1st gen games. please dont coward away from the question

[mintrieri]

Call of Duty 2, Oblivion, GRAW, Fight Night 3 and Geometry Wars. Cheers.

[Vertius]

Among the PS3's first-gen titles has been Resistance: Fall of Man, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Soon to come are Warhawk, Lair, Heavenly Sword, and Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction.

[mintrieri]

You are aware that Ninja Gaiden was on the original Xbox, and is compatible with the 360, right? The graphics may have changed but it's the same great game.

And Oblivion was obviously out a year before.

So, Resistance then. Hmmmm... $499 to play Resistance. Hmmm... Not yet, thank you (especially with a Six-Axis re-design in the works = $80 to $100 for 2 new controllers).

[cityofgod]

i dont understand how some people knock restistance without even playing it. IMo it is one of the best online experiences out there, and i dont understand people's obsession with having a rumble feature on a controller, there really is no need unless u wanna get off. and remember sony invented rumble on controllers, i see them moving on wiht the sixaxis technonlogy, because as we have seen with the wii, this is a much more advanced way to interact with a game than having the controller shake every once in a while

[Vertius]

We were talking about games that came out in their first year for both consoles. Even if some are multiplatform, they were still released on the machine.

[PS3n360]

on my 360. if im gonna put more into PS3 I better quit my job and get a divorce before I pick one up next month.

[Maddens Raiders]

incessantly.

[Maddens Raiders]

disagreed with me. Come here and talk little one.....

How can u disagree. Do you know me? I bet it was POG. Or TParklin. OR was it you Kewl? No way, right?

I'm looking at dingleberry's like Uglyass American and 360Crusader and Mr. Murda...and so on....everybody's trolling now because they have BUBBL3S.

They sTroll in and bloody diahrrea starts to flow from their tracheas. It's really quite a vista. Now, I was wondering if any of you shytbirds are aware of the latest Nielsen ratings that show the PS2 is getting used nearly 50% of the time by people that use games.

So taking that into consideration, are your minds not able to comprehend that the PlayStation 3 owners do the same thing. UglyAss American if you played Resistance and Motorstorm and don't play anything else then that's your own braindead fault. And I bet you suck at the two games you say you play anyway. What's your PSN? You proabably need some Hard - Core training rookie.

No wait I got it, I guess you're PS3 is collecting dust while the 360's away at camp, huh? FKN moron. stfu before you talk dumb shyt again. PSN? What's you're PSN -- show me your fuKcKin papers gawdammit!!!!!

360 Crusadeer I'll lose 2 bubbl3s on you alone you little fkn maggot. How the fk do you know about anything gimp? What's your PSN squirt?

-- "please I have aDvd player for that" -- man I wish Al-Quadea would take you hostage on accident and then use you for a human shield in a firefight against Navy Seals.

get the fuk off this fkn thread. My PS3's are on now and we'll use 'em how we see fit. Don't worry, guesstimate, or hypothesize about shyt that you don't mutherfkn know about jakasses. Get the fuk off the thread already and jump off an overpass already. Don't get mad because you can't leave that C4 brick of a console on longer than a day without serious, serious preparation and a written letter to the fire marshalls. Do everyone a favor 360diksaver don't get on resistance or anything else for that matter......I guarantee you suck ballz at that game and get your teeth kicked in like ugly ass american right?

Fkn pussie fartin trolls. Get outta here lazy eye.

[macalatus]

@Maddens

Just chill, dude! I know people like Jason, Sturmfuhrer14, POG, Mart can be annoying at times but please don't go into a personal tirade against those people, especially if you're just using your hunch feeling "that it was probably one of them". Remember, those guys crave for instant, pure attention. And the only way for them to do so is to post comments (or in your case, stupid, annonymous disagreements) that are sure to send someone into ballistic mode. Giving them the attention that they sorely needed would only empower them more.

Hey,on the consolation side, at least this site is not like Gamespot, where you say something nice about Sony and all of a sudden you got 6 douchebags posting comments like "poor Sony fanboy" or "disgruntled PS3 owner". Heck, one guy (in Gamespot) called me a liar after simply stating that my Day 1 launch PS2 is still working.

Once again, chill dude. It gets frustrating at times but I sincerely believe that other people got it worse than you. Come to think of it, at least you only got 1 stupid disagreement instead of being called a lying fanboy (like what happened to me).

[Maddens Raiders]

I lost my head for a moment yesterday, and apologize to you and the entire room for the language and behaviour, but my sentiments are the same.

cheers

[tplarkin7]

There's something wrong with that study.

[Retro-Virus]

Ofcourse it would, I mean I use it for HD movies, DVD, games and ofcourse SACD ( Try listening to Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd in SACD...just paradise .)

It's the heart of my house and as a consumer I just love every minute Iam using it.

Seriously, the build quality of this device is just a cut above the rest.

[Alymon]

I question the validity of the study. There's not a whole lot of information explaining how they went about figuring this out other than proprietary sound analysis something or another....

I don't really care who uses their systems more. Fact is, I use my 360 at least 3-4 hours most days and probably 5-8 hours on the weekend days.

I love the games, I love the system. I'm sure if I only had a PS3 I'd probably use that the same amount.

[ItsDubC]

If folding were accounted for, wouldn't movie-watching also be accounted for? The article specifically states "gameplay minutes", so that should exclude web-browsing, movie-watching, folding, etc.

Perhaps the PS3 being newer than the 360 has some sort of novelty effect?

[XxZxX]

Wait ain't the XBOTs said PS3 has no games?? What happen there... we spent avg 83 min staring at the XMB?

[Mike134nl]

Ps3 owners played last month 1.5% of the total gameplay minutes. So what about their competition?

So ps3 owners have longer game sessions so what you can blame it on on the ps3 media functionality, folding or on the hardcore gamers (who own a ps3)

[TruthBTold]

Isn't it clear to everyone that we get more gameplay for one simple reason???? Because the average XBOX 360 will only hold for 61 minutes before it breaks...LOL....jokes

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Ps3 players fold. While 360 players fold bodies on the digital battlefields.

[macalatus]

Right. So you're saying you guys either: A) Can't stand losing after five deaths, B)short attention span and get bored easily, C) it's more fun dissing at Sony (the company, fans, console, etc) than actually playing your supposedly "superior console with more fun, superior games", or D) all of the above

Hey, I'm analyzing your own argument here in explaining why your fellow compadres spend less minutes with your 360, so don't bash me for it.

[ps3gogetitt]

IT's because the average age of a 360 gamer is higher than that of a ps3 owner, Not trying to start something but it's summer vacation, no school

[macalatus]

Probably. But the most likely case as one commentator in that Kotaku article linked by assasyn pointed out, PS3 owners are more likely people with careers (22-35 age group) since they can afford the PS3, whereas 360 owner are more likely teenagers who work at retail stores or fast food chains.

[Daewoodrow]

As far as pissing contests go, this one is just nonsense. Which console has the most hours logged per average user? What does that even mean? And the data for those kind of statistics would be far too corruptible.

And what does this mean???

"combined with Nielsen GamePlay Metrics' proprietary audio signature library that matches the unique audio signature of every game tracked on the six most widely available video game consoles"

So they have audio devices that determine what game is being played on what consoles throughout the country? Maybe i'm misunderstanding this, but it sounds like word play to me.

Aside from the biggest issue, how could either console have any hours logged when we're all on this site whining about who has the best console? Perhaps the higher PS3 numbers are because the PS3 users come here and whine through the PS3 web browser.

[razer]

in my household..

The PS3 is on maybe 1/3 of the time.. I don't do the folding junk and the 360 has better Media Center capabilities so if anyone wants to watch a movie, recorded TV shows, etc we do it on the xbox. You really can't beat the TiVO like functions of the 360 w/ MC.

But it's going to be getting some use now that Heavenly Sword demo is out! Yeeah baby!

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Look what I found. THE ENTIRE ARTICLE.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ni...

[razer]

So according to the full article the PS3 is played the least!?! So why in the hell does this article state the opposite? Am I missing something? Or is this a combination of a bunch of fantards twisting the numbers AGAIN?? From this it looks like it's played less then XBOX1 and Gamecube.. yikes!

#1 PS2
#2 Xbox
#3 Xbox 360
#4 Gamecube
#5 Wii
#6 Playstation 3

EDIT: OHHH I see what has happened now. Out of all the dismal numbers good old PS3fanboy picked the 1 number out of all the stats that was actually high for the PS3. LOL How bloody pityful... Now it makes more sense.

[SuicideNinja]

Updates take forever. 30-60 second XBL updates vs 5-10 minute PS3 updates that include you having to jump through hoops of plugging in, restarting the controller twice, agreeing to the silly legal agreements, etc. And waiting for LOAD screens in Ninja Gaiden Sigma that pop-up at ridiculous times (even with data copied to HDD). PS3 = worthless dusty black taco waiting forever for FFXIII to come out.

As for the Wii, I'm amazed it can even be played that long...unless there are a bunch of friends over. There's not much for time stealing games for it...or people are discovering Zelda.

[snittolo]

(since monday) I've been playing resistance, calling all cars, SS HD, Flow, and GT HD. I also downloaded a bunch of HD movie trailers and starting to transfer some movies and music over to it as well. Including my PsP remote usage I would say in the past 4 days that I have had it i've used it more then my 360 in 6 months. Their is just so much variety in what I can do I'm enjoying it a lot more, and running folding @ home at night time is great as well.

[JasonXE]

what were the conditions of their study. Oh well, The only thing I play now is Gears of War and its usually for an hour or so. I use to play Forza 2 but loss my appeal for it. I have Project Sylpheed and Vampire Rain that I got free to review but there replay value are short.

I would say a hour or 2 hours is about right. Other than Gears of War, I watch some downloaded HD movies, trailers, a multi of arcade games like Solitare, Geometry Wars, Aegis WIng, and just recently played the 2 out of the 4 demos that came out this week alone; MotoGP 07 & All Pro Football 2k8.

When Mass Effect or Lost Odyssey comes out, I can see myself playing for more than a hour. Also the people who are Halo crazy will probably play that game non stop. I'm starting to wonder what the purpose of these studies in the first place.

[sadiq]

i love putting funny clips of stuff on my ps3 like family guy

[Laka]

They spent more time on the PS3 because not all of them own 360 or the Wii. That's nothing to brag about. By the way, I just sold my PS3 for the Elit because it got less time played and I gave away the Wii because graphic doesn't live up to my expectation.

[nomad117]

I'm 14 and I can buy a ps3 i got it 2 weeks after launch i got a 20 GB
and i own 7 games i don't want to name them because lists are really dumb