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Umfrage zu Next Generation Konsolen

09.09.05 - Das Marktforschungsinstitut Info Plant hat am Market Research Institute eintausend japanische Internet User ab 15 Jahren zu den neuen Konsolen befragt.

Welche Next-Gen-Konsole willst Du kaufen (Mehrfachnennungen möglich)?

1. PlayStation3: 72,3 Prozent
2. Nintendo Revolution: 21,9 Prozent
3. Xbox 360: 5,8

Inquiry about the next gen consoles

09.09.05 - Market Research Institute have (between 02.09.05 and 03.09.05) polled 1000 JP Internet users (aged 15 and older) about the new consoles.

Which next gen console do you plan to buy?

1. PlayStation3: 72,3%
2. Nintendo Revolution: 21,9%
3. Xbox 360: 5,8%

 

[Striek]

Nothing surprising/interesting there.

 

[Jonnyram]

Very impressive numbers from Sony.
Keep it going lads.

 

[Timen]

Wow, Revolution allready at 20% and nobody even knows what the machine is all about...

 

[kikonawa]

the name nintendo is enough

even if they rerelease the 8bit NES people will buy it :lol

 

[Crazy Harry]

I hope Nintendo asked them to do this research and repeat it after the TGS when they revealed the Revolution.

 

[ram]

the most impressive fact is, that the japanese consumer could vote for more than one console.

 

[januswon]

09.09.05 - Market Research Institute have (between 02.09.05 and 03.09.05) polled 1000 JP Internet users (aged 15 and older) about the new consoles.

Which next gen console do you plan to buy?

1. PlayStation3: 72,3%
2. Nintendo Revolution: 21,9%
3. Xbox 360: 5,8%

Source (Japanese)

CNEWS Survey in 2005
http://cnews.info-plant.com/index.php?md=txt&key=000075022&id=xbkrfjb-vbe1g
CNEWS Survey in 2004
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/survey/articles/0409/16/news076.html

Which next gen console do you plan to buy? (multiple answers allowed)

Nex Gen Console      2005/9/2~3  2004/9/8~10
SCE PlayStation 3  :    72.3%       34.8%
Nintendo Revolution:    21.9%        8.3%
Microsoft Xbox360  :     5.8%        2.0%
Nothing Special    :    21.5%       54.9%

 

[Ruzbeh]

Oh come on!!!!! Japanese Internet users!?

 

[Ponn]

MS had better show up with some Dog sims, Brain Training games and RPG's at TGS if they want to make an impact. FPS's, Sports and Racing games won't cut it.

 

[Fuzzy]

Wow, Revolution allready at 20% and nobody even knows what the machine is all about...

Don't worry, it'll go down after it's released.

BTW the current market share in Japan (according to MC LTD numbers) is about

PS2 - 81%
GCN - 17%
Xbox - 2%

 

[januswon]

Oh come on!!!!! Japanese Internet users!?

Japan internet population is about 79 Million as at Dec 2004

 

[Ruzbeh]

Don't worry, it'll go down after it's released.

BTW the current market share in Japan (according to MC LTD numbers) is about

PS2 - 81%
GCN - 17%
Xbox - 2%

2% for Xbox? That's actually a lot more than I expected.

Japan internet population is about 79 Million as at Dec 2004

So?

 

[Wario64]

in Sony we trust

 

[januswon]

Don't worry, it'll go down after it's released.

BTW the current market share in Japan (according to MC LTD numbers) is about

PS2 - 81%
GCN - 17%
Xbox - 2%

the official shipment figures in Japan are roughly
PS2 21.25M 83%
GCN 3.85M 15%
Xbox 0.45M 2%

 

[Fuzzy]

So?

Go look up Japan's population to see why he posted that.

 

[januswon]

Oh come on!!!!! Japanese Internet users!?

So?

what's wrong with Japanese Internet users!?

 

[januswon]

Go look up Japan's population to see why he posted that.

Japan's population at Dec 2004 is
Total Population 127.734M
Working Population (15~64) 85.028M
Internet Japan's population 79M

 

[Fuzzy]

I don't know what I was thinking, I knew that.

 

[SuperPac]

MS had better show up with some Dog sims, Brain Training games and RPG's at TGS if they want to make an impact. FPS's, Sports and Racing games won't cut it.

Well, you know the Japanese game market is a little f'd up when Sony will release a game about a singing polar bear but isn't publishing God of War o'er there. It would be fun to have a superdeformed Master Chief brain training game though. Yosh! Ikimashoo!

 

[Beowvlf]

For a second, I was almost slightly impressed by the 360's 5.8%, which seems higher than I would have thought... but then I saw this:

Which next gen console do you plan to buy? (multiple answers allowed)

I highly doubt any Japanese Xbox owners only own that system, and it looks like the same may be true with the 360. That can't make MS feel very good, especially when the majority of the big name Japanese titles they've secured so far are inevitable multiplatform releases. It gets even worse when you consider the 360 no longer has the superior tech advantage the Xbox 1 had over the PS2.