Re: please answer this simple survey

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wazzleman) writes:

> Hi, please answer this simple survey. Our gaming company desparately
> needs your help with a new idea.
> 
> gender:

 a) male

> How old are you:
                   e)  36 - 45

> What Country are you from:

Denmark
 
> Do you own a game console:

 b)no

> How much are you willing to spend on one:

Depends on the price of games for it and if the console can be used
for other things as well.  So, no hard-and-fast answer.
 
> How many games do you have:  

 e) 20+
 
> What kind of games do you like:

Many kinds:  Strategy games, family games, abstract games, word games,
RPG's, computer games (though I find 1st person shooters boring),
economic games, etc.
 
> what kind of advertising do you prefer:

 e) other (please specify) I rarely buy games based on advertisements,
 I prefer to use reviews or recommendations as a guideline.
 Additionally, I browse game shops and look at the boxes.  So it is
 important that the box will give me a good idea of what the game is
 like, including a picture of an actual play situation.  Demos at
 conventions and good webpages (with detailed description, lots of
 pictures and possibly extra material) are also a good way to get me
 interested in buying.

> If you were going to start a business in the high tech industry, where
> would you start, and why:

I would go with my expertise and concentrate on programming languages
(design, compilers, tools).
 
> Which would you prefer:
> 
> a) A game system with everything already with it, but costs more
> money.
> b) To choose your accessories separately.

This depends.  If the game isn't really playable without the
supplements, I will think I'm ripped off, but if the basic game is
very playable (as, e.g., Settlers or Carcassonne), I don't mind
supplements.  I would only buy them if I'm pleased with the basic
game, though, so that is where you should concentrate your effort.

> which would you prefer:
> 
> a) A high quality system that costs more money.
> b) A lower quality product that costs a little less.
> c) no game system at all,

If by "game system" you mean components, I wouldn't expect to pay for
a game with no components at all.  I don't need very high component
quality, as long as what I get will withstand normal gaming for the
expected lifetime of the game.  So, if I expect to play a game for
novelty a few times but don't expect it to be a regular game, I prefer
a cheaper game, even if the components are less sturdy and I have to
supply my own dice etc. (i.e., Cheapass standards), but I would pay
more for good components in a game I would expect to play a lot.

> If you chose c) then why:
> 
> if you had to buy a game system, which of these would you most likely
> choose, and why:
> 
> a) Xbox
> b) Gamecube 
> c) Playstation2
> d) Dreamcast
> e) Playstation
> f) N64
> g) Computer

Ah!, so by "system" you mean console.  I choose g, as I already have
bought one, and don't expect to buy a console.
 
> if you had to buy a game system, which of these would you least likely
> choose, and why:
> 
> a) Xbox
> b) Gamecube 
> c) Playstation2
> d) Dreamcast
> e) Playstation
> f) N64
> g) Computer

All except g.

        Torben