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Report: 190 million console owners by 2012

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Approximately 190 million households worldwide will own a next-generation console by 2012, a new report has claimed.

According to research by technology analysts TDG, around 148 million of these console owners will also have their machine connected to the internet.

The figures suggest that 110 million next-generation consoles will be signed up to use multimedia and gaming services from Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network or Nintendo's Wii Online by 2012.
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meepmoopmeep - 384 days 22 hours ago
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get your gaming in before the world ends
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Amp - 384 days 22 hours ago
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enjoy now
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Danja - 384 days 21 hours ago
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lol..that 1st comment actually made me laugh...
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YoMeViet - 384 days 22 hours ago
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Wii is a next-gen console? heh, who knew.
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Danja - 384 days 21 hours ago
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of-course it is..it may not have HD graphics , but the Wii has changed the way that ppl normally played video-games...it brought something new to the table..that set it apart from the PS3/360 which makes it next gen also.....
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Fishy Fingers - 384 days 21 hours ago
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Technically, it's current gen along with the PS3 and 360. I don't get it, when the next-gen became the current gen why do we carry on calling it next gen (that make sense?)?
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Steven Colbert - 384 days 21 hours ago
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@Fishy Fingers

I think its because the PS2 is still around and games like Guitar Hero and Madden make the PS2 still relevant
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Fishy Fingers - 384 days 21 hours ago
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I guess so, but with there only being one remaining console of that generation, surely that's last gen? I just always found it somewhat strange, next gen to me now, means PS4, 720 and Wii-HD. But I guess at least I know what people are referring to when they say next gen. Just seems like a weird label.

No biggy, just me.
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Fishy Fingers - 384 days 21 hours ago
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That's a lot of consoles. Shouldn't have any problems finding buddies to play with online with 110 million of them :)
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militant07 - 384 days 21 hours ago
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it will be too heavy for PSN/XBL.
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SeNiLe911 - 384 days 21 hours ago
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3.2 - M$ and the Xbox team needs to up the friends list from 100 to 100,000
SOON!!!
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Nikkelz - 384 days 21 hours ago
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4 - I totally believe this article
citing the current market trends and the fact that 70's and early 80's babies are in they're late 20's and 30's now and are the voice of a generation i believe that the number will be closer to 180 million consoles with about 130 million being connected to the Internet albeit not necessarily gaming but as free global Internet takes off(with countries already doing the initial roll-out)i could see people using the consoles as a web device for news and email(especially the web-enabled consoles)being that most if not all free Internet will be in the 1 to 2 Mb range,this might be the end all be all for argument that consoles just aren't capable of casual productivity involving gamers and non gamers alike...whew

anyway,peace and game on

oh and my new york giants are 11-1...and im starting to get really excited(i think im starting to smell a repeat)
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OnslaughtX - 384 days 21 hours ago
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Nice to see the industry growing. I hope devs keep making quality titles as this hobby becomes more mainstream and less "dorky" through the years... more socially accepted.

I hope internet/online gaming grows and becomes even more ingrained in system development. Our online in the US is suffering compared to the world, and the dream of lag free gaming is one I want to see realized!!

GG to Sony, Nintendo, and MS for keeping this industry alive, and to all the hardworking developers.
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xlx-russ_92 - 384 days 21 hours ago
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Wii is not even a console- its a TOY
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Mutley416 - 384 days 21 hours ago
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is`nt that gonna be like 1 out of every 75 households on the planet?

That`s alot....
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militant07 - 384 days 21 hours ago
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50% of pepole in the world cant make money for living
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Ceekay - 384 days 21 hours ago
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baseballkid721 - 384 days 21 hours ago
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and over 50% will be a PS3 owner :-P
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Arsenal4Ever - 384 days 20 hours ago
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And about 80-100 million of them will be PS3's :)
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MIA - 384 days 19 hours ago
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Interesting since some gaming blogs are noticing overstock of consoles at their local Best Buy and wondering if this is the beginning of a decline.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...
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cmrbe - 384 days 16 hours ago
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some fans are already proclaiming victory.
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