QUOTE(Anth @ Mar 21 2009, 06:49 PM)
You must have known you were setting yourself up for some sort of satirical comment posting something as embarrassing like that.
Believe it or not, there's more to life than your games console(s). I'm also sure she could tell you things you're ignorant of too - I suppose that makes you dim too, eh?
What's 'embarrassing' is your assumption the world is full of people reading computer magazines and visiting sites such as this.
QUOTE(Chancer @ Mar 21 2009, 07:26 PM)
If she was remotely interested in gaming then she would have known. Lots of people who don't care about gaming don't know what any of the consoles are or do or even that they exist. Advertising for the PS3 has been crap but even if they hammered the advertising, your "average Joe" or your sister still are not going to buy one. No point targeting people who don't care about consoles.
There are far too many assumptions in that statement!
She's got an Xbox - admittedly it's used mainly for XBMC, but it's there for games too. How does this make her aware of a new console? BTW, she's also fully aware of our 360 and Wii.
How do you know who would buy one unless you market the product to them (sorry, this statement alone is laughable)? By that statement, the PS3 must already have achieved its market saturation (if you don't know about the PS3, you wouldn't want one anyway). Sony may as well pull all advertisements altogether.
Forget about trying to pinpoint your demographic, you should be advertising to as many types of people as possible. The Wii is a prime example - it's selling to a non-gamer market. People who haven't touched a games console in 20 years are getting back into the gaming scene. Do you think the Wii would have been anywhere near as successful had they marketed it the same as the PS3 (i.e to a niche market)?