Just browsing the tech page over on the BBC and noticed this:
Some pretty interesting results.
Some pretty interesting results.
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I think the way they class a gamer as 'anyone who's played a game in the last six months' makes the whole thing pretty pointless. A quick game of Snake on a mobile phone in August, and you're a fully fledged gamer! -
I agree - that seems to be the one flaw in the entire article.Comment
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Hmm. So that makes both my parents and my wife "gamers". They'd laugh in your face if you called them a gamer.Comment
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But if you look at the results most of the respondents seemed to class themselves as a 'heavy gamer'. I like their chuckie egg bar graphs!Comment
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Nice article though! The put some effort in with the gaming theme. It is interesting in that it shows the tastes of ANYONE that has picked up a game in the last 6 months. And that kind of research shows what people who hardly play games are after. I'm telling you, a Suduku release on DS would clean up in this country.Comment
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Define a 'gamer' then. Is there a certain number of hours per week, or maybe a number of titles owned. Casual players are here to stay now, revenue from them is enormous and will continue to grow, they have to be counted.Originally posted by toythatkillsComment
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Yes, but I would hesitate to call someone who has played one game once in the last six months a 'gamer', even a casual one. Just as I wouldn't call someone who tried one cigarette a 'smoker'. There has to be a cut off.Comment
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That's all very good but the majority of the time the BBC can't write a games article and get the facts right to save their lives.Comment
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Hell yeah. We help keep the industry alive.Originally posted by babs
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