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TV Losing to Video Games
An anonymous reader writes "Sony studies gaming habits finds that most games are played from 5pm to 11pm.
Shock! The days of the week might have been more useful..." of course the real point of all this is that the younger generation is turning away from television and turning to games.
most games are played from 5pm to 11pm
And what happens at 11pm? Oh yeah... Cinemax starts their quality material.
The 5-11 slot must be just for students.
I have to go to work every day, so most of my video game playing is restricted to 9am-5pm.
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I prefer to play games where I get to watch TV. Or I play the Sims and watch virtual people watch virtual TV. Fun!
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Who would miss Family Guy and Futurama for a game?
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Civilization and Sim City, whoo boy. I would start playing those in the evening after work and not stop until I noticed (to my surprise) the sun coming up.
So yes, they're online and counting that way, but if you've ever played Everquest, you know that the downtime and the waiting around are so bad you NEED a TV to watch between kills :)
is the day I turn off the computer.
Maybe they could have a virtual survivor, where they still have to swim and get the flag, but I get to crouch on the beach and snipe at them the whole time.
Sony's study also suggests that gamers who play ganes on the PS2 experience nearly 70 percent more "fun-itude" than XBox and Gamecube gamers.
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"These same people then turn around and sit their ass on the couch the same ammount of time and watch TV."
But they're improving their social skills. How will you pick up chicks if you don't stay up to date on the plot-lines of trendy soap operas?
I've heard book sales are up, but not reading, which is highly interesting
Based on this article, maybe all the book sales are strategy guides?
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*shudder*
Parent post is clearly a troll.
Nobody would willingly watch G4.
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remote controls don't require that much hand-eye coordination.
Depends on how many beers youve drunk while watching the box.
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Judging by the illiterate content of most chat rooms , she would probably be better off not reading anything.
You must not be a mindless idiot.
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Nothing but THPS games have always had placement, and billboards at a skateboard event don't seem out of context. Now if Halo2 has a Nokia ad on the side of a Covenant dropship I'll be irritated.
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You just gave them their next idea!!!
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I'm not nearly the gamer I used to be, so this doesn't affect me like it would have 5 years ago. Back then I was seriously opposed to product placement, since I viewed games as pieces of art first and games second. (And still do, to a degree.) How long before these advertisers generate so much revenue for the developers that they begin to dictate the content of the games?
No, no, no, you guys got it all wrong. Duke should say, "Slim Fast replaces two daily meals and contains 24 essential vitamins and minerals yet is still 99% fat free," chug a whole can, and then say, "Damn, that's good!"
As long as they just stick with product placement and don't try to put actual commercials in the game, that's fine by me. I don't want to pay $40 for a game and then have to be subject to ads. (Which is the main reason I don't watch TV.)
Another concern is that the vast quantity of games out there take place in completely fantastic worlds that you just can't easily inject ads into. Most movies are still filmed in live action and take place in environments that at least look to some degree like the real world. If I'm meserized by WarCraft 7 and I'm trying to concentrate on kicking the enemy's ass, one thing that's sure to create a large mental disconnect with the game is to suddenly see a teeny little Mountain Dew truck enter my village from the west and back up to one of the barracks.