PS4 more popular among consumers than Xbox One, according to Reuters

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PlayStation 4 will be this holiday season’s format of choice, according to a poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos.

Yahoo News reports that the poll was conducted last week – between Sept 23-27 and some 1,297 people were surveyed. 26 per cent of those consulted said they would buy a PS4 at or after launch, while 15 per cent preferred the Xbox One.

The gap is said to widen when sampling the 408 people polled under the age of 40, with 41 per cent favouring PS4, and 27 per cent looking to buy an Xbox One.

Off the bat, I’m wondering why most of the people polled were over the age of 40, seeing as the target demographic is currently hitting heights of 35, but that’s by-the-by.

Of the 1,297 respondent people polled, only 3 per cent said they played games on Wii U. 20 percent on Xbox 360, 18 per cent on PS3 and 20 per cent on home computers.

PS4 releases November 15 and 29 in the US and EU respectively, while Xbox One drops November 22 in both regions.

What do you make of the stats above?

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/30/ps4-more-popular-among-consumers-than-xbox-one-according-to-reuters-poll/

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Da_BombPosted:

"Off the bat, Im wondering why most of the people polled were over the age of 40, seeing as the target demographic is currently hitting heights of 35, but thats by-the-by."

I can answer that. From personal experience, nobody in my age group, young adault, uses yahoo. I believe the majority of users are over 40just like the poll represented.

That being said, the majority of them do not play video games and are sure not up to date with the diferences in the two next gen consoles. So they probably made their decision off of the price.

I honestly dont really know why this was even reported on this sight. The poll is clearly flawed.

DesertStorm1105Posted:

So many posts beating down the xbox o_o. It isn't that bad

Dr-JPosted:

honeydew3 Xbox one is bad ps4 and wii u are better


Says the biased opinion of a 12 year old with no facts.

AlbericiPosted:

Breading a lot of people were expecting to hear this


yes because xbone was made by crying crap devs who focus on money and no longer care about the community unless more then half rants about something then they kinda change it.

MonokumaPosted:

a lot of people were expecting to hear this

honeydew3Posted:

Xbox one is bad ps4 and wii u are better

voxaziPosted:

Well this was obvious... PS4 is outselling xbox one in pre-orders even in america, xbox ones home region.

-CPPosted:

-CP Xbox ONE I better, but people always go for the cheap one.


Supposed to say *is better. I really wish we could edit our posts here....

-CPPosted:

Xbox ONE I better, but people always go for the cheap one.

TTG_Semper-FiPosted:

wow this is strange, I thought the Xbox One would have won hands down.