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Gamers Don't Know Their Own Consoles

Posted by Zonk on from the you-paid-up-now-pay-attention dept.

deadmantyping writes "Ars Technica reports on a survey of 6,260 responses which indicates that only 40 percent of PS3 owners knew that their console included Bluray. Apparently a large portion of gamers aren't aware of the non-gaming capabilities of their systems. Ars speculates that this might help explain Nintendo's apparent dominance in the console market since their introduction of the Wii."

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  1. What? by lattyware · · Score: 5, Funny

    They bought a PS3 without realizing it had blu-ray?

    Dear god... They must be mad.

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    1. Re:What? by lattyware · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, Crazy, a PS3 for video games, everyone knows it can't do that well!

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    2. Re:What? by ArmitageX · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, not really. You can be stupid and still own a console- just ask most of the Halo and Halo 2 playerbase...

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    3. Re:What? by FauxPasIII · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Yeah, wtf? It's almost as if they bought it to just play video games...

      If they bought a PS3 planning to use it to play video games, they're really going to be mad.

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    4. Re:What? by Rod+Beauvex · · Score: 4, Funny

      Um, that's a retractable cupholder. Duh.

    5. Re:What? by IDontAgreeWithYou · · Score: 4, Funny

      I call shenanigans!!! You really expect us to believe that A)You have a wife and B)SHE is bugging YOU to get another game console. Sorry, that is just too much.

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  2. Re:Of course not by heinousjay · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the games section. Every assertion is backed with a personal guarantee, which is backed with all manner of anecdotes. If you want fancy numbers that hold up to scrutiny, get yourself over to the science section.

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  3. Re:Wii-tards by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Correction: people buy the Wii because its peppy!

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  4. Re:I know someone... by LKM · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bought mine because it looks kinda like the monolith from 2001. Same size, too. It's a real conversation starter. True story.