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Men Spend More on Video Games Than Music

Posted by Zonk on from the why-wouldn't-they? dept.

Jakob Paulsen writes "According to research group Nielsen Entertainment, men now spend more money on buying games than on buying music. This adds further credit to the general belief that video games are displacing other forms of media for the attention of young men. Nielsen base their findings on interviews with 1,500 people in January and February."

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  1. Understandable by Dash'n'SlashDot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think this is more of a product of men being more capable of pirating music than of pirating games as emulation of current consoles is hardly a replacement for the real thing.

    1. Re:Understandable by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 2, Funny
      Minorities also spend far more money on video [g]ame purchases than caucasians.
      That's because caucasians are a dime a dozen these days.

      No, wait; I think that I parsed your sentence wrong.
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  2. $35 bongo controllers... by goodenoughnickname · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where do all the people who bought Donkey Konga fit into all of this?

    Oh wait a minute... nobody bought Donkey Konga.

  3. For me... by terrisus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gender: Male
    Time I spend listening to music per week: 0 Seconds
    Time I spend playing video games per week: More than 0 Seconds

    That was easy.