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edge-online.com - 4/8/2009
Nielsen: Wii Has Lowest User Activity
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Nielsen's State of the Video Gamer study, released Tuesday, indicates that Wii owners use their console less than Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. The research firm said Wii owners used their consoles 6.8 percent of the total amount of time that they could have used the system during Nielsen's ...
Build Your Own Multitouch Surface Computer
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Build Your Own Multitouch Surface Computer
— maximumpc.com — It all started while we were researching an article on future user interfaces. Touch interfaces are hardly... futuristic at this point, but multi-touch hardware like the Microsoft Surface or the iPhone is just starting to become a big ... (more) Build Your Own Multitouch Surface Computer

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Who Really Gets the Most Play? Nielsen's Revised Chart Upends the Video Game Market [Updated] | Not Quite Conversation
fastcompany.com - 4/9/2009
Who Really Gets the Most Play? Nielsen's Revised Chart Upends the Video Game Market ...
— fastcompany.com — Nielsen's most recent study of video gamer habits was widely reported and made for great headlines in... the gaming press this week. Too bad some key information in the report was wrong. After a follow-up with Gavin McMillan of Nielsen, I learned that ... (more) Who Really Gets the Most Play? Nielsen's Revised ...

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Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games, Wii, PS3 Incoming? [Xbox 360]
kotaku.com - 4/8/2009
Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games, Wii, PS3 Incoming? [Xbox 360]
— kotaku.com — Amazon today launched the Amazon Xbox Live Store which allows people to purchase Xbox Live digital games... through the online store. Rumors have it that similar stores may soon be arriving for Sony and... (more) Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games, Wii, PS3 ...

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Joystiq:  Nielsen report reveals average game console usage

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Nielsen report reveals average game console usage
Joystiq — ... Fit vow). The PS3 ranked second place, with users spending an average of 6.8 days days, which leaves us with Xbox 360 -- the top dog in this category -- with an average of 7.1 days. Lastly, Nielsen tracked the daily average number of sessions, and, again, Wii was last with 1.78 sessions, whereas the Xbox 360 and PS3 had much higher averages of 2.15 and 2.74 sessions, respectively. So, how would you rank your console usage? Source - Nielsen report (PDF) [via Edge] Nielsen report reveals average game console usage originally ...

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