I find that the results of this survey is really worth anything when they can end up with

Other findings about this particular subset of perhaps atypical, but nonetheless important customers include the facts that 70% own a handheld gaming device (their preferred handheld being the PSP)

So even though the results of the survey predict a 70% market share for the PSP, in reality the DS is dominating the market. Obviously, the survey has too narrow of a sample (subset of a population) to be worth anything.

"I've been a sony fan for quite some time..."

might I ask why... did you miss the rootkit? the way they are twats about customers? the licencing agreements which tie people down so much that they are effectively getting fucked in the ass by Phoney. Fuck that.

Original Xbox owner's favorite next-gen console is the 360?! PS2 owner's favorite next-gen console is the PS3 and they love the PSP?! Gamecube owners *need* the WII and watch preteen television!? What are the chances! Just kidding about the Smallville thing, but I think it would be pretty obvious that people who own the current generation of any of the above console iterations would be revenously expecting it's next-gen counterpart.

Also in the news, XBox users prefer soap bars while Playstation enthusiasts rely on liquid soap.

Erh?

Don't get me wrong, but how is that supposedly connected? I own a few Nintendo pieces. Do I have to listen to Gorillaz now? And since I can't have TiVo and go to the movies (obviously, or I'd have to embrace the PS3 and the X360), do I have to download my movies?

Think of the statistics surrounding the future distribution of the console market what you want. It might even hold about at that area. But hanging the lifestyle of a person onto his choice of consoles is a bit silly. What does a console tell about a person? That he plays games. Ok. That's something EVERY console tells about him.

It might hold some water when you hang it onto the price tags of the consoles, with XBox usually being the most expensive, PS behind and Nintendo coming in cheap. You might put demographics down based on that, i.e. that XBox players can and do spend more money on entertainment, and that they might be more likely to spend "more easily", be it that they have more money to spend or that they are more willing to shell it out for entertainment, with Nintendo players going for the budget line, out of necessity or because they're not willing to spend as much money on entertainment.

So maybe it's true, a Nintendo player probably downloads his movies...

my preferred car is a Ferrari, but I drive a Ford.

Let's see, if I get the PS2, the TiVo, a Motorola Slvr L7, home furnishings from Ikea, drive a black Scion with tinted windows, hang out at a trendy coffee place and pass off light insults regarding Starbucks, listen to culturally hip bands, watch only indy cinema, drink bottled water with a trendy name, eat strict vegetarian mediterranean themed food, wear clothing only from mens wear shops which never display a SALE sign of any kind and wear my hair in a pony tail, will anyone see I live an incredibly cool lifestyle?

Ah, heck with it, I'll play free games on the internet, drink reheated coffee from Costco, drive a wreck and tell people they can fsck off.

what about PC gamers? I mean there are still a few of us who understand first-person shooters are best played on the PC with keyboard and mouse and some crossover games are just too clunky to play without the array of extra buttons and familiar controls. I know a few people who enjoyed KotoR and Morrowind more on the PC then on the X-Box. I do not know if any of my friends even bothered to try Oblivion outside of the PC world. I do own a PS/2, but my next console is probably a Wii (dear god why) unless the PS3 comes out low enough to make it tempting just for the Blu-Ray player.

Last go around I had an XBox and a GameCube (loyalty to Zelda there), and realized too late that the GC seemed to be much more for the kids.

Did you notice this about the time that your voice started changing?