[PIGMI] Survey

Wed Aug 3 20:41:31 PDT 2011

Do all 25 year-old males like exactly the same things? Do all 45 year-old
females like exactly the same things? Is it possible that there something
that an individual 25-year old male (lets call him Fred) and an individual
45-year old female (lets call her Elaine) might both be interested in?

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Joshua King <
JKing at immersivetechnologies.com> wrote:

> Not only do I disagree with that – you are wrong. If you like surfing – you
> are going to go for a surf. If you want to play a game about surfing then
> you are a mystery and it would be interesting to know about your
> demographics.****
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> *From:* pigmi-pigmi.org-bounces at lists.pigmi.org [mailto:
> pigmi-pigmi.org-bounces at lists.pigmi.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Turbett
> (Black Lab Games)
> *Sent:* Thursday, 4 August 2011 10:34 AM
>
> *To:* pigmi at pigmi.org
> *Subject:* Re: [PIGMI] Survey****
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> I respectfully disagree regarding demographics. Whilst it is possible to
> generalise about certain age and gender profiles gravitating to a particular
> platform, I think it's more useful to focus in interests. If somebody makes
> a game about surfing, it is going to appeal to people who surf. That covers
> a wide age range, and both genders. ****
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> L8r, Paul****
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> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Ellen Jurik <sunlightsylph at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:****
>
> Demographic breakdown is certainly important for making design decisions
> and choosing which platform for which game (eg, 9 year old girls might not
> play on PS3, so the game would never sell). It can still be anonymous while
> gathering that data- "anonymous" just means "without name" :)****
>
> Meanwhile, ScreenAustralia's Audience Participation Survey didn't even give
> the options of PCs (or macs) or non-mobile/phone handheld gaming devices...
> Which data sources were you looking at, Wesley? Sometimes surveys that look
> totally fair, scientific and impartial aren't actually designed very well.
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> *From: *Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) <paul at blacklabgames.com.au>;
> *To: *<pigmi at pigmi.org>;
> *Subject: *Re: [PIGMI] Survey
> *Sent: *Wed, Aug 3, 2011 9:21:02 AM ****
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> Hi Wesley
>
> The survey was anonymous, so I didn't collect that data. To be honest,
> I don't think age and gender is really important (and certainly wasn't
> relevant to the goal I had for the survey which was to assist with
> some decisions about a project I have in the works).
>
> L8r, Paul
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Wesley Lamont <pigmi at raez.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for sharing Paul.
> >
> > I also am unsure of the respondents. Could you put up a break down of the
> people who replied? Age, platform reply was made, gender? If you collected
> that data that is. From most other sources Consoles beat a PC for games
> share by a rather whopping margin so I'm curious as to the reasons (apart
> from those you have already mentioned in the article).
> >
> > Wesley Lamont
> >
> >
> > On 03/08/2011, at 2:29 PM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:
> >
> >> The survey was web-based, so it could be taken on any web-enabled
> >> device. The other thing is that it asked how frequently each of the
> >> platforms are used for gaming, which I think it independent from the
> >> device being used to answer the questions.
> >>
> >> However I think the results are skewed for sure - by the sources I
> >> used to direct people to the questionnaire. But like I said in the
> >> post, that was intentional, because the sources are related to the
> >> people I'm seeking to make games for.
> >>
> >> L8r, Paul
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Michael B <michael.sg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi Paul, i just had a thought, don't you think that the results might
> be
> >>> compromised by having the survey on a PC?
> >>>
> >>> Ie if the survey was given to kids in school, high school, tafe, even
> >>> university whether the kids and adults who couldnt afford PC's or
> iphone's
> >>> would make up a larger majority than PC users ?
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 3 August 2011 12:16, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)
> >>> <paul at blacklabgames.com.au> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi All!
> >>>>
> >>>> For those interested in stats (and lets face it, that's everybody
> >>>> right?), I've just got around to my first post on the survey I
> >>>> conducted in June. http://blacklabgames.com.au/blog/2011/08/stats/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> L8r, Paul
> >>>>
> >>>
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