Pages: [1] 
|
 |
|
 Author
|
Topic: Disconnect from reality (Read 4129 times)
|
|
|
Segoris
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2637
|
Unless you meant to link elsewhere, D3 is showing up because of it is in the category listed as "Top 10 Games to Buy Next" and not listed as a top 10 game currently being played. So D3 being there seems right as the criteria for the what to buy next section is as follows: Source: Nielsen Video Game Tracking asks the following question every week among gamers: “Which video game are you most looking forward to buying next?” What I found weird were the Top PC Game titles - all of them except WoW and LoL just seemed like bullshit. |
|
|
|
|
Ingmar
Terracotta Army
Posts: 19280
Auto Assault Affectionado
|
The only ones that jump out at me as odd are GTA:San Andreas, LoTRO, and fucking Second Life.
Remember Warcraft 3 probably = DOTA, and Half-Life 2 probably means "all those games that run as HL2 mods".
|
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
|
|
|
|
pxib
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4701
|
Hanging Gardens of Babylon!
Big Fish is the Nintendo Wii of PC gaming.
|
if at last you do succeed, never try again
|
|
|
|
Kail
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2858
|
The only ones that jump out at me as odd are GTA:San Andreas, LoTRO, and fucking Second Life.
HL2 is on there, too, which seems unlikely unless they're lumping in TF2 and CS:S. And I've never even heard of "Hanging Gardens of Babylon" so I find it kind of unlikely that it's beating out Skyrim, Battlefield, and Call of Duty all at once during the holidays a month after their release. |
|
|
|
|
Ingmar
Terracotta Army
Posts: 19280
Auto Assault Affectionado
|
That Big Fish stuff is crazy popular. Just not with 'core gamers' like us.
|
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
|
|
|
|
pxib
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4701
|
It mops up the bored housewives and empty nesters demographic. If you like time management games and hidden object games Big Fish is pretty much the only place you'll find something with a budget.
|
if at last you do succeed, never try again
|
|
|
Segoris
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2637
|
Remember Warcraft 3 probably = DOTA, and Half-Life 2 probably means "all those games that run as HL2 mods".
That's about what I figured as well after I made my post. After reading other people's replies I can understand the games not aimed at core gamers are there but I still don't get how GTA and LOTRO are on there vs Skyrim, SWTOR, etc. |
|
|
|
|
Thrawn
Terracotta Army
Posts: 3089
|
Remember Warcraft 3 probably = DOTA, and Half-Life 2 probably means "all those games that run as HL2 mods".
That's about what I figured as well after I made my post. After reading other people's replies I can understand the games not aimed at core gamers are there but I still don't get how GTA and LOTRO are on there vs Skyrim, SWTOR, etc. Says it's for Dec. 2011, SWTOR wasn't out until the 20th of Dec. if I remember correctly. |
"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
|
|
|
UnSub
Contributor
Posts: 8064
|
There may also be time lag between data collection and reporting.
|
|
|
|
schild
Administrator
Posts: 60350
|
Hanging Gardens of Babylon!
Big Fish is the Nintendo Wii of PC gaming.
Correction, they're the Zynga of PC gaming. They're in the business of finding a formula and duplicating it, over and over again. |
|
|
|
|
Segoris
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2637
|
Says it's for Dec. 2011, SWTOR wasn't out until the 20th of Dec. if I remember correctly.
Ahh yeah, that makes sense for that title then |
|
|
|
|
Lantyssa
Terracotta Army
Posts: 20848
|
Doesn't Nielson have set participants? It's not like they're going out and randomly sampling people. I can imagine some oddities creeping up with gaming versus TV.
|
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
|
|
|
HaemishM
Staff Emeritus
Posts: 42666
the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
|
The GTA: San Andreas thing may be because it was on Steam sale at least 2 or 3 times during the holidays for really cheap.
|
|
|
|
MahrinSkel
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10859
When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
|
Oh, yay, sweeps week is coming has come to games.
--Dave
|
--Signature Unclear
|
|
|
|
Pages: [1] 
|
|
|
 |
