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Teens like video games (and other stuff you don't get)
[Stand Up For America] Your teenage daughter and/or son aren't kidding around when they say you just don't get it. You really don't. You're not a teenager. You don't know everything like they do. And one of the things they know is that video games are the bomb. The kids still say that, right? Anyway, according to a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project study (via MSNBC), 80 percent of teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 own a gaming console and that around 51 percent of those in the same age group own a portable gaming device. "While younger and older teens are equally likely to have a game console, boys are more likely than girls to have one," the study reads, pointing out that 89 percent of boys have a gaming console compared to 70 percent of girls. The study itself focuses mostly on the internet and how the young are connecting (hint: they like laptops and -- wait, MySpace?), but it's a good read if you're looking to get in touch with the youngsters. [Via Edge]
Salt Lake City: Mormons, skiing ... and gamers
Word association time. We say Salt Lake City; what do you think of? Mormons? Skiing? The 2002 Winter Olympics? How about ... gamers?Yes, according to a report from Scarborough Research (PDF link), Salt Lake City, Utah, leads the country in proportional video game console ownership, with 32 percent of households in the city having a system. Note that this doesn't mean Salt Lake City has the most avid gamers, just the houses there are slightly more likely to have a video game system hooked up to the TV. For context, the 22 percent of New Yorkers than own a console would outnumber the entire population of Salt Lake City ten to one.Of the 96 major metropolitan areas in the study, the least likely to own a system were all from the balmy state of Florida -- Ft. Myers/Naples (15 percent of households), Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (19 percent), Tampa/St. Petersburg (20 percent) and West Palm Beach (20 percent). So, to recap: Cold, snowy cities = lots of console owners; warm, tropical cities = not many console owners. Who'da thunk it?[Via KSL, Thanks Jethro]Read - Report summary (PDF)
