Clickable Culture – ‘Gen Nexters’: Social Gamers?
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Jan 102007
I am shamelessly reprinting a bunch of stuff from Clickable Culture’s post on this because, well, I love stats.
- 69% of Gen Nexters say new technologies make it easier to make new friends, compared to 53% of Gen Xers.
- 86% of Gen Nexters are at least occasional internet users, compared to 91% of Gen Xers, 73% of Baby Boomers, and 46% of Seniors.
- 51% of Gen Nexters say they sent or received an instant message in the past 24 hours, compared to 22% of Gen Xers.
- 54% of Gen Nexters have used a major social networking site such as MySpace, 38% say they use it once a day, 38% say they use it once a week. 44% have created a social site profile.
- 49% of Gen Nexters say they play console-based videogames, compared to 35% of Gen Xers, 13% of Baby Boomers, and 3% of Seniors.
- 36% of Gen Nexters say they’ve played videogames in the past 7 days (of that 36%, 51% were males).
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Has this been upsub’d to the Minitrue? Or is it a ++ungood to the Prolefeed?
Gah I think Orwell was right about the destruction of the English language through media newspeak. My mind is spinning having to translate who the heck is in all those Gen’s 🙂
I would have to agree with this assessment.
I’m on the border between X and Next, I’m 27, and I know quite a few “Nexters” and “X’ers.”
Of the “Nexters” I do know, they use technology to extend their social network. I know many that met people for romantic relationships online, most have Myspace accounts, and they tend to be technically literate.
The “X’ers” I know are different. “X’ers” use the internet as a device purely to obtain information and services. “X’ers” also tend to be more antisocial with regard to the internet, most shun networking sites like myspace. “X’ers” are also less literate when it comes to the use of technology than “Nexters.”
As each generation passes, they will use technology more and more with regard to social networking. My Antro teacher and I believe the next world wide social revolution is going to happen right here, so stay at your keyboards so you can get the marching orders(:-P)
Oh I like stats also!
Here are some: (Enjoy!)
(Caveat: This is a small sample size (because we’re in closed beta, and a population biased toward online MMOG’s)
People who have a blog:
54.84% No
45.16% Yes
*Realized when running this on the database I need to start capturing Blog Platform (WordPress and etc.)
Importance of playing games with people you know, when choosing a new game:
35.48% Very Important
32.26% Important
19.35% Neutral
6.45% Unimportant
6.45% Other
Importance of word of mouth in game purchases:
63.64% Very Important
24.24% Important
9.09% Neutral
3.03% Unimportant
Preferred means of getting non-gaming news and information:
67.65% Online
23.53% TV
5.88% Radio
2.94% Other
People who met in game and play together:
54.84% Yes
32.26% No
12.90% N/A
People playing games on a mobile phone/PDA
75.00% No
25.00% Yes
*Note: I was going to post the Phone/PDA penetration by manufacturer, but decided against it, the sample size isnt representative enough to extrapolate market penitration accurately.
Digital Download as a method of game aquisition:
38.24% Excellent
20.59% Good
14.71% Average
11.76% Horrible
11.76% NA
2.94% Bad
Digital Download effect on purchase decision (subscription based games)
47.06% No
38.24% Yes
14.71% N/A
Breakdown of connection type:
59.46% Cable
29.73% DSL
8.11% T1 or higher
2.70% NA
*Note that no one is using dial up!
This just gives me a warm fuzzy:
54% of Gen Nexters have used a major social networking site such as MySpace, 38% say they use it once a day, 38% say they use it once a week. 44% have created a social site profile.
Is there really any difference here or are Xers just older than Nexters? Any reason to think Nexters won’t drift downwards in their usage of this stuff once they’re married with kids and such? Or that Xers wouldn’t have used all this stuff more if it had existed in its present fully developed form 10+ years ago?
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