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Console Brand Loyalty and Lifestyle Choices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-love/hate-them-equally dept.

RotoGo writes "A new survey done by GamerMetrics shows that 38% of gamers prefer the Playstation 3, making it the most anticipated system. The Wii only got 22% of the audience as their number one choice. Perhaps more interesting are the 'lifestyle' choices reported by the survey. Nirvana was cited as the favorite band for those loyal to the Xbox brand and Eminem was the top pick for the Playstation brand. The Nintendo camp prefers Gorillaz and Smallville for entertainment. The study also discovered that people that like the Xbox brand are the most likely to own an iPod and a TiVo while it is the Playstation gamers who are most likely to go outside to see a movie."

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  1. Sounds like a hygene product by suso · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they should have called it that.

    Nintendo: Lifestyles (for men's pleasure)

    1. Re:Sounds like a hygene product by Valdrax · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nintendo: Lifestyles (for men's pleasure)

      Wrong market. The console's clearly not targetted at the 20-30 crowd. It should be "Nintendo: Lifestyles (for kid's pleasure)."
      ...
      ...Wait, um... maybe not.

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  2. The unasked question by Chemisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    They have forgotten to ask the one question that is surely uppermost in the minds of Slashdot readers; namely, what brand of console does one buy to maximize his chances of getting laid?

    1. Re:The unasked question by joe+155 · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you have to ask that question, chances are the answer won't matter ; )

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    2. Re:The unasked question by dorbabil · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's on a list of the new features added to the Phantom.

    3. Re:The unasked question by Meagermanx · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just buy some Axe. It works on TV.

    4. Re:The unasked question by Shadarr · · Score: 3, Funny

      I bought my girlfriend a DS with Nintendogs for her birthday and got laid that night, so that would be my advise.

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  3. Brand loyalty? What's that? by CerebusUS · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've an Xbox, a PS/2, a Gamecube, a DS, an Xbox360 and a PSP.

    I'm apparently loyal only to the economy at large.

  4. I heard... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Vito's hunky new fire dude is an xbox 360 man. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

  5. Re:Brand loyalty? What's that? by CerebusUS · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll give them $15 if it comes in collector's edition packaging.