Interesing poll from Tokyo Gameshow 2005

[sabre2922]

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CESA (Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association) released results of the visitor survey during Tokyo Game Show 2005, 1084 persons was surveyed.

Which consoles do you own?

PlayStation 2 - 86.1%
GameBoy Advance - 60.1%
PSone - 54.2%
Super Famicom - 54.2%
GameBoy (Color) - 48.7%
GameCube - 38.2%
Nintendo 64 - 36.5%
Dreamcast - 29.2%
Nintendo DS - 26.8%
PSP - 22.9%
WonderSwan (Color & Crystal) - 21.2%
Xbox - 11.0%
GameBoy Micro - 4.6%
Others - 9.6%
None - 2.1%
Which consoles do you plan to purchase?

PlayStation 3 - 71.8%
PSP - 35.7%
Xbox 360 - 23.0%
Revolution - 20.9%
Nintendo DS - 13.7%
GameBoy Micro - 9.7%
PlayStation 2 - 5.7%
GameCube - 3.1%
GameBoy Advance (SP) - 2.6%
Xbox - 2.0%
Others - 0.4%
None - 4.8%
What are your favorite game genres (top 20)?

Role-playing - 70.9%
Action - 43.8%
Adventure - 31.5%
Strategy Simulation - 27.8%
Shooting - 26.8%
Nurturing Simulation - 23.0%
Fighting - 21.6%
Puzzle/Quiz - 17.6%
Love Simulation - 17.4%
Racing - 16.6%
MMORPG - 16.0%
Rhythm Action - 14.5%
Sports - 14.1%
Sound Novel - 10.5%
First Person Shooter - 10.4%
Board Game - 10.2%
Battle-type Network Game - 7.3%
Variety/Party - 5.5%
Gambling-type table game - 5.2%
Typing practice - 5.2%
Old game software users wish to play on the latest console (top 10)?

Final Fantasy series - 40%
Mario and Super Mario series - 14%
Dragon Quest series - 9%
Seiken Densetsu series - 8%
Kuniokun series - 7%
The King of Fighters series - 6%
Space Invader - 5%
Fire Emblem series - 5%
Romancing SaGa series - 5%
Masokishin series - 5% - from Magicbox.com
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Both Dreamcast and N64 beats out Xbox :hmm:

[Arkaign]

lol well that's Japan, they hate the Xbox almost as much as I do. And most of the votes for Xbox and 360 were probably from foreign attendees :P

So, take the results with a grain of salt .. will be interesting to see how Japan treats the 360.

[sabre2922]

Agreed, I was more surprised with the percentage of Dreamcast owners.

[njiska]

Whoa I must've been up to late talking to Amy Rose because i swear my eyes are playing tricks on me. 11.0% own Xboxs? There must've been a lot of DOA fans in the house.

[Arkaign]

Ah, I can think of a few reasons, but I think Sega has a much larger following in Japan than Microsoft does. Especially considering the madness any Virtua Fighter release generates over there, and I believe Shenmue did quite well also.

[sabre2922]

Whoa I must've been up to late talking to Amy Rose because i swear my eyes are playing tricks on me. 11.0% own Xboxs? There must've been a lot of DOA fans in the house.

Hah yeah im sure that DOA was responible for at LEAST 90% of those sales on Xbox.

[Arkaign]

Yep, I'll give credit where it's due, the Xbox DOA was outstanding. I was a massive fan of Tekken 1-3, but had a lot more fun messing around with DOA at a friends than I ever did with Tekken 4 or 5. Maybe I just burnt out on Tekken.

I remember burning out on SF .. these are ones I heavily played :

SF2
SF2:CE
SF2:Turbo
SSF2

By the time the SFA and VS series came along, I was pretty much done with it. Pocket Fighter is amazing though :D

The 360 DOA title is their best bet at securing a foothold in the Japanese marketplace.

[njiska]

Yep, I'll give credit where it's due, the Xbox DOA was outstanding. I was a massive fan of Tekken 1-3, but had a lot more fun messing around with DOA at a friends than I ever did with Tekken 4 or 5. Maybe I just burnt out on Tekken.

I remember burning out on SF .. these are ones I heavily played :

SF2
SF2:CE
SF2:Turbo
SSF2

By the time the SFA and VS series came along, I was pretty much done with it. Pocket Fighter is amazing though :D

The 360 DOA title is their best bet at securing a foothold in the Japanese marketplace.

Ah good for you son. DOA is a fun fighting series not a serious, arrogant, "i plan my moves down to the frame of animation" fighting series.

[Tanis178]

actually DOA3 is the number 1 selling game for the xbox in Japan, ironically not a 360 backwards compatible game no doubt to force-feed doa4 down people's throats.