outset.
This study was conducted on a group of 793 players console. These results will be used to write my seminar paper. Moving this theme had two objectives. The first was to describe a group of console players into account such factors as the division of gender, age, education. In this regard I am also interested in the same game console, how they are perceived by the players themselves and what they see in them the pros and cons. The players describe how other people playing. What konsolowi Players interested in playing addition. The second objective of this work was more symbolic. I would like to simply to draw attention to the subject matter of Polish researchers consoles. Separate zone, video games console. Polish literature analyzing the game moving subjects came to the conclusion that console games are marginalized. In textbooks there is a big generalization consoles in the direction of the sector of computer games. In my opinion, such mixing of the two "worlds" is incorrect. Today's gaming consoles are beginning to displace PCs as a platform to play. In Poland this phenomenon is still under construction, but just look at the countries of Western Europe. There are computer games sector, much less than that spent on games consoles. Avoidance This generalization is also aimed at a broader look at the games console. To draw attention to their history, the game that never appeared on the computer. The basis of the contrast of these two market segments is also a way to use the same games. Completely different "position to play." For computers this is typically a monitor, mouse and keyboard. In the case of the consoles, looking from the perspective of today, this is a HD TV, the right package (standard for console gaming system is 5.1), the controller for games (as well as their diversity such as the controller for the Wii). These factors also affect the different perception of the Player, another way of playing, and pick the games themselves.
Self-examination, a high response rate for such a short time available survey (less than a week) also brought home to me one thing. Consoles sector in Poland is now a niche, looking through the prism of science. Such a high response (793 people) of the respondents shows how little attention is given to the gaming market segment. The reason for this is said by me to harmonize with the segment of computer games. My job is to change that perspective.
Here I present a brief description and an explanation of the study.
decided to conduct his research over the Internet, reaching out to the players through forums on the subject of a console. In this way, I was able to hit a wide and diverse range of players. Picked the forums that meet these guidelines:
- forums that are closely related to the topic of consoles, and are not added to the forums such as themed computer games and new technologies
- forums moving theme of all the consoles
- forums focusing moving subjects consoles on a theme relating to the Games konsolowymi (Like retro games, Japanese games, blogs devoted to games)
- the official forums, the company created by the console manufacturers (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo)
- unofficial forums created by the players dedicated to one current-gen console or a particular portable console, in which case guided by the position in the Google search engine
- monthly forums on games consoles
- Polish
only forums I believe that this type of separation has helped me become closer in the direction of objectivity and to characterize the current interest in the actual use consoles on the Polish gaming market.
The survey was open from 21.03.2010 to 27.03.2010. Filled 793 respondents. I put it on 16 selected forums on the subject of a console. Below is a direct address and a brief description:
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Polskie-Forum/ct-p/cPL - the official PlayStation forum
http://xboxforum.pl/ Forum - Xbox 360
http://www.ps3site.pl/forum/index Forum - PS3
http:// wiiem.pl / forum / - Powered by Console Wii
http://psp-team.pl/forumpsp/index.php?act=idx – forum o konsoli PSP
http://www.ndstuff.pl/forum/index.php – forum o konsolach DS
http://www.gameboyzone.vdl.pl/forumgb/index.php – forum o konsolach GameBoy
http://www.psxextreme.info/index – forum PSX Extreme – polskiego miesięcznika o konsolach
http://forum.neogo.pl/index – forum Neo+ - polskiego miesięcznika o konsolach
http://konsolowisko.pl/forum/index – Forum
consoles http://www.konsola.pl/forum/index.php?act=idx Forum - consoles
http://gameonly.pl/forum/index.php Forum - consoles
http://www.skizo.org/forum/index.php?act=idx Forum - portable consoles, PSP and DS, which also has a fairly extensive section on other consoles ( stationary and retro)
http://www.retroage.net/forum/index.php - forum focusing on the retro consoles
http://poofa.org/index.php - A forum where there is interest from the world of consoles
http://j-games.pl/index.php Forum - Japanese games
For their part, I encourage you to visit each of these forums.
Results of the survey:
first Gender
vast majority of the respondents were male (95%). Only 5% of the respondents are women. These types of results are not surprising. Paradoxically, 5% of women playing consoles, it's not such a small result. It's almost 40 respondents. Coefficient of women who play slowly begins to emerge, and 5% among the respondents is documenting this thesis. However, the same result shows clearly that console games are currently in Poland, men's domain.
second Age vast group of console players are young people aged from 1915 to 1926 years (78%). The age range was 9-14 with only 5% of respondents, while no respondent was not at the age of 3-8 years. The results of the study are offset by a stereotype for Games, which says that the games are targeted mainly for children. The results of the survey show something completely different.
third Education
Almost half of respondents have secondary education (46%). One quarter of the players of higher education (25%). Is almost the same players with primary education (24%). Only 5% of respondents have professional training. These results are certainly determined by the average age of respondents.
4th Marital status Over half the respondents were not being in any respect (66%). 25% of respondents in non-marital relationship, while only 9% of them are in formal relationships.
5th Profile Views Most respondents, nearly half (48%), a PlayStation 3 console Taking into account other current-genes is the high score. Xbox 360 has 37% of respondents, while the Wii is only 14%. Many people have a PlayStation 2 (40%). The segment handheld'ów most people have a PSP (37%), but the holders DS'a much from this result does not come off (32%). A lot of people, taking into account the date of manufacture, a PlayStation (26%). Game Boy Advance is owned 18% of respondents, while the previous generation console, Game Boy 17%, which can also be regarded as a decent result. A large number of respondents has the oldest of these consoles such as NES (11%) and SNES (9%). On the other hand, very few people have an Xbox (6%). In your other consoles (9%), most people stated to the Sega Saturn, which does not allow for one on the list. Many people called to define the console to play platforms such as iPhone, iPod Touch, PC, N-Gage, so. "Ruskie egg" and the Pegasus. The latter is probably a manifestation of sentimentality, while mentioning the PC was probably due attention to the fact that the computer is also used to play. I-phone, in turn, is a sign of the times. In this section, in marginally also appeared to play platforms such as Atari 2600, Atari Jaguar, Virtual Boy, Sega GameGear, Sega Master System, Amiga, Intellvision, Gizmondo, Interton 4000, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, Sega Mega CD , Amiga CDTV, Amiga CD32, Supervision, Nintendo Pokemon Mini, Philips Cdi, Coleco Vision, JXD 1000 or TV Connector.
color in the table set apart for companies producing consoles. Red is a Sony, the parent company in our market. Green mark it Microsoft, whose latest console ranks pretty high on the Polish market, but Nintendo's consoles are marked in blue are in possession of a greater number of respondents. Yellow color is a company Sega, which currently does not produce any console. Gray mark it with other platforms to play.
6th Since when respondents are playing on the console Nearly half of respondents (45%) game consoles for over 10 years. 31% Game 5 to 10 years. Very few people (4%) is just starting to play. This chart shows the the attachment of respondents to the play. Over the years, they still want to play, on the contrary it is still cultivating.
7th Hours per week devoted to playing Most people (27%) game console from 6 to 10 hours a week. A little less of people from 1 to 5 hours (21%) and from 11 to 15 hours (19%). Very few respondents play less than 1 hour per week (3%). On the other hand are those who play more than 30 hours per week (6%).
8th Preferred genre Most people as their favorite genre chose shooting games (69%). Equally high popular adventure games (67%). Immediately after them are RPGs (57%), Jump (48%) and race (45%). Lower interest among respondents to create sports games (30%), logical (26%), music (25%), strategic (24%). In other (7%) most respondents mentioned such genres as action games, fighting, slashery, stealth and skill games.
9th Chosen mode of play vast majority of respondents answered that the game in offline mode (91%). From this it follows that 9% of respondents only game on the network. The online mode selects 67% of respondents. This result confirms my point staked prior to this study saying that despite access to the Internet (Prov. survey conducted via the Internet), up 33% of respondents not currently using a network game. One reason may be lack of knowledge about the network service games.
10th The console on which respondents are playing mostly among these consoles to play by the respondents is the Playstation 3 (40.6%). Immediately after it found itself the Xbox 360 (26.2%). In third place among the most popular consoles used to play was a portable console DS (12.7%). Subsequently, the most commonly consoles are to play PSP (5.9%), Wii (5.6%) and PlayStation 2 (4.9%).
11th Number of games purchased during the year Most respondents bought from 6 to 9 games a year (26%). Many people buy 3 to 5 games (21%), but also more than 13 games during the year (18%). In turn, from 10 to 13 games I buy 16% of respondents. There are also people who do not buy games (8%).
12th Value for processing Most consoles, because 33% of respondents opposed to reworking of consoles. In turn, 31% of respondents were altering the console itself is neutral, but they are not converted console. 21% of people do not support processing of consoles, however, as declares, has revamped console. However, 15% of respondents favor altering the console.
13th Relationships with peers Half of the participants assessed their relationships with their peers as very good. 36% evaluate them well, but few people examine them as neutral (7%). Only 4% of those polled are people closed, and 3% by avoiding contact with their peers. This chart shows that the vast majority of players are communicative and sociable person. To a much lesser extent, they are people that avoid social contacts.
14th Impulse that led to reach for the console majority of respondents believe that went on to the console for entertainment (77%). 33% of people in the recourse to the console sees the desire to detachment from everyday life. 19% led to the purchase of the console under the influence of friends. On the other hand, only 7% of respondents bought a console at the instigation of the family. Very few people are guided by the press (6%), advertising (3%) and fashion (3%). However, in other reasons (10%) respondents pointed most of their passion, hobbies, interests, desire to be the incarnation of the heroes games, Umilenie travel, boredom, lack of having to update the equipment, the possibility of interference in the virtual reality and the lack of sports facilities because of a disability .
15th The respondents saw the pros by playing Most respondents (79%) believe that the games have improved their language skills. More than half of respondents (61%) games owes increase their reflexes. 41% of people think that the games increased their ability to make quick decisions. 27% of respondents in the game sees the opportunity to meet the hidden dreams, impossible to achieve in everyday life, while 19% believe that games affect the increase in communication skills. In other pros (9%) the respondents they see in playing the most attention was paid to the opportunity to meet new people entering the friendly familiarity, improved mood, relaxation, effective way to boredom, expand logical thinking, abstract thinking skills increase, improving rhythm, low energy, cultural development and education. In turn, 9% do not have recognized any advantages arising from the play.
16th Cons what respondents perceived by playing Over half the respondents believe that playing them less time needed to perform other actions (53%). 31% of those surveyed believe that games affect the reduction in their willingness to education. 9% of respondents believe that the Games contributed to the increased aggressiveness. 7% of the games sees the deterioration of family relationships, while only 5% of respondents would like to move the event from the game for everyday life. Last result debunks the stereotype again talking about the fact that many players play a scene in the game known, in everyday life. These people are just a handful. The other downside (4%) of the respondents perceived by playing, most people blamed the deterioration of vision, a lot of money spent on the game at the expense of other products and lack of sufficient time for sleep. A few people as well emphasized the drawbacks of playing to spend time playing at the expense of science, the increase in the level of frustration due to inability to play at a time, slowing down the process of acquiring knowledge, obesity, addiction. In turn, 31% of people do not have recognized any disadvantages arising from the play.
17th How to evaluate players konsolowi other people with whom they play Half of those surveyed believe that other people are playing nice people. On the other hand, 40% believe that people are very communicative and open. 26% of players do not no definite opinion about other people playing because they rarely talk with these people. 22% of respondents believe that other people playing frequently abuse profanity. Least because only 2% of respondents believe that the players with whom they play, people are closed in themselves, who are not willing to talk.
18th Other treasures in addition to gaming, the players enjoyed konsolowi Most respondents are interested in playing in addition to the film (92%) and music (89%). More than half of respondents also indicated interest in the book (59%). Fewer people are spending free time in the disco (23%) and in opera and theater (15%). Among other treasures (11%) with those of the players, most respondents indicated sport, cinema, concerts, pubs, comics, manga and anime. A few people also pointed out concert halls, museums, internet, photographs, and meet with friends.
Proposals for audit. itself to create and send out the survey gave me much pleasure. I am very surprised by the turnout response. Excessive cross bar for me was getting 400 replies, the result 793 return questionnaires frankly surprised me. In the week in which the survey was open, I met with a lot of comments, criticisms, suggestions and praise. From this place, I would again like to thank all respondents for taking your time to me. A very pleasant surprise for me was the sincerity and the multiplicity of responses to open questions. I admit that they have given me much food for thought. If it happens that I conducted another survey, certainly I will take into account many of the interviewers raised by the content. However, although the survey was not perfect, it seems to me that it rubbed some trails on the way towards a wider look at the games console. Do other researchers will follow this path and will upgrade my work? I hope so. As one of the players, that you, and what I wish.
poll conducted by website www.eBadania.pl
