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Nielsen survey says most PSP users are female, Xbox 360 most played
Jan/100
In its 2010 Media Industry Face Sheet, the Nielsen Company tallied some interesting numbers [PDF] related to the increase of social media and how video game console usage trended in 2009. According to its survey statistics, Sony’s PSP market in the United States contains a slight majority of female gamers — 52% of the platform’s owners in the region, while 49% of Nintendo Wii owners are female. Nielsen’s survey statistics show that, as of 2009, 45% of all active gamers are women.
Social media has, expectantly, made a dramatic leap in usage. Nielsen’s survey claims Facebook membership skyrocketing from November 2008 to 2009 with 109 million members accessing the site at the end of the the decade versus about 47.5 million the year before. Twitter saw its user base increase by 15.9 million members in the same time frame. Both social media sites have seen life on consoles.
Related to each console’s individual usage — besides what the good looking gamers enjoy — Nielsen’s survey claims the Xbox 360 is the most played console (ranked by share of total usage minutes), taking 23.1% of the measured playtime. Sony’s PlayStation 2 netted second with 20.4% and the Nintendo Wii closed up the top three with 19% of the vote. While we know the previous sentence sounds like we just called all console gamers hideous beings, we just mean that ladies are pretty and smell like daffodils compared to the faint odor of Cheetos and Mountain Dew that lingers around us fellas.
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Busted! Lost Luggage Reveals Endangered Fish
Dec/090
On April 5, 2009, 47-year-old Chee Thye Chaw flew home to the United States after visiting family members in Malaysia. While Chaw arrived at JFK Airport, his luggage apparently did not.
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Swine Flu: First Confirmed Case of Dog in U.S. with H1N1
Dec/090
Officials have confirmed a 13-year-old male mixed-breed dog has tested positive for H1N1. This marks the first case of a dog in the United States contracting swine flu.
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Australian Attorney General Atkinson plans appeal of Modern Warfare 2 rating
Nov/090
In a statement to AU GameSpot, South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson said he plans to appeal Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s MA15+ rating in the region. If successful, the game will be banned in Australia and this would be Atkinson’s first time intervening on a rating by the Classification Board. Atkinson explains, “I worry about any game that encourages gamers to perpetrate extreme violence and cruelty on screen, but this game allows players to be virtual terrorists and gain points by massacring civilians.” Those points for killing civilians aren’t the only ones Atkinson is missing.
The anti-game antics of Atkinson are coming dangerously close to reminding us of the United States’ disgraced, former attorney Jack Thompson. The Age reports Atkinson was recently on Aussie national radio and expressed that the Classification Board in Australia “does everything” to “get games in under the radar, and film, generally.” Later, he stated that he has “no trust” in the board to apply guidelines, thus drawing up guidelines for games to have an R18+ classification “would be to draw them up in sure and certain knowledge that they would be stretched and then broken.” So, games aren’t being rated properly, but he won’t support an R18+ rating. Feel free to drop your “facepalm” reactions below in the comments.
Source — Atkinson confirms MW2 appeal [AU GameSpot]
Source — No confidence [The Age]
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Dragon Age: Origins contest offers $12,500, global dominance
Oct/090
Hardcore fans of brutally violent role-playing games will soon travel from their homes in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and handful of other nations to compete in the Dragon Age: Origins Warden’s Quest tournament. Ten teams of four players from across the globe will be vying for $12,500 in cold, hard cash, and bragging rights for their respective nation. Nuclear weaponry is no longer the world’s most valuable asset — leet video game skillz, however, are.
The teams will be going head-to-head, receiving points based on the amount of experience and kills they’ve accumulated, as well as how much of the game they’ve played through. Low-scoring teams will be eliminated, giving the whole event an Olympic games meets Thunderdome meets Nick Arcade feeling that’s really working for us.
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Play DJ Hero at GameStop this Sunday
Oct/090
Activision has announced that GameStop will be hosting a special DJ Hero demo event this Sunday, October 11. The event is taking place at all United States GameStop locations from 10:00am to 6:00pm, and will give gamers the chance to try out the game a full three weeks in advance. Gamers will also have the opportunity to win prizes, including a trip to meet Eminem and see him perform in New Orleans. Naturally, a few copies of the game and some Xbox 360s will be up for grabs as well.
Oh, and before you go, be sure to get a quick primer on the game by reading our recent hands-on impressions. After all, you wouldn’t want to embarrass yourself in front of the whole mall. See the full prize details after the break.
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Those Charismatic Sea Otters: Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week!
Sep/090
September 27th, 2009, marks the beginning of the 7th annual Sea Otter Awareness Week. Aquariums across the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands are featuring a variety of activities, exhibits and educational events to raise awareness and bring attention to those utterly charming and charismatic mammals, the sea otters.
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Woman’s sight restored with tooth
Sep/090
In a groundbreaking procedure last week specialists in the United States have succeeded in restoring a woman’s sight by using tissue taken from on…
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Xbox 360 120GB HDD discounted in the US too, again ‘while supplies last’
Feb/100
After discovering that the Xbox 360 120GB hard drive has been discounted in Europe “while supplies last,” Joystiq has now learned that the drive has been discounted in the United States as well. When asked if the European discount would make it overseas, a Microsoft representative informed Joystiq that the drive has been reduced to $129.99. Again, the rep noted that the discount will apply “while supplies last,” which implies that the 120GB drive won’t be around for much longer. When asked directly if the unit was being discontinued, the rep stated only that she couldn’t comment.
It would seem that several retailers haven’t gotten the memo, as many still list the drive at a $149 price point (the $129 price is listed on GameStop’s website, for what it’s worth). Of course, the drive can also be found much cheaper than the new $129 price, though readers should be aware that there is a very healthy knock-off hard drive market out there.
While Microsoft won’t directly confirm that the 120GB is kaput, all signs are certainly pointing that way. The company has already announced that a 250GB standalone drive will be made available in Japan. With the price cut now effective in Europe and the US “while supplies last,” it’s likely only a matter of time before Microsoft announces the 250GB drive for other territories.
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