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PS2 the Most Played Console In 2008

Posted by Soulskill on from the helps-that-they-sold-140-million-of-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In terms of console usage, the aging PS2 still leads the competition, according to data from US research firm Nielsen. Data the company compiled between January and October 2008 shows that the PS2 commanded 31.7 percent of the total number of minutes spent playing consoles. Only 37.9 percent of play time took place on current-gen systems, with the Xbox 360 (17.2 percent) leading the Wii (13.4 percent) and the PS3 (7.3 percent). Users even spent more time playing on the original Xbox (9.7 percent) than the PS3, while Nintendo's GameCube (4.6 percent) wasn't far behind Sony's new console either." World of Warcraft once again topped the most-played PC game list by a large margin. Tetris was the top mobile game, followed by Bejeweled and Guitar Hero III.

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  1. And some of us by reboot246 · · Score: 5, Funny

    are still playing on the old Atari 2600. :)

  2. Minutes spent correlation to items by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    During 2009 people have spent large amounts of time in apartments, compared to palaces.

    We consider that odd, as we thought living in a palace would be more enjoyable for most of people. We aparently were wrong, people would rather live in 150m than in 5000m.

    1. Re:Minutes spent correlation to items by feepness · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I know the PS3 is expensive but, come on, a palace joke?

      I think he is referring to the PS2 vs any next generation console. Compared to all the next generation consoles the PS2 is significantly cheaper in both hardware and games. While the PS3 has dropped 33% and the 360 has a stripped down $200 box and the Wii is still $250, the price is still way higher than the previous generation in TCO.

  3. Wow by sleeponthemic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Congratulations to Nielsen on their fully accurate statistical analysis. Particularly obtaining data for predominantly offline consoles.

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    1. Re:Wow by Dadamh · · Score: 5, Funny

      I really have to say that combining the phrases "pulled out of someone's ass" and "fudge factor" makes for a really distasteful image.

  4. PS3 Can Play Games? by craznar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had one for a year as a Blu-Ray player and media centre - I never realised you could play games on it. Learn something new every day.

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