PS3 DCUO Players Like American Idol, PC Ones Don’t
Console and PC gamers often point out the differences between each other, with both groups claiming that their preferred method of gaming is better. Turns out there is in fact a difference – whether they like American Idol.
John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment, noted the preference on his twitter, through twitlonger:
Interesting thing happened last night. We now run an MMO (DCUO) that has players on the PC and the PS3. When American Idol came on we saw a 20% dip on the PS3 but not on the PC.
It is quite remarkable that 1/5th of all the PS3 gamers in the DC Universe Online match left for American Idol, without there being any noticeable fluctuation in the level of PC gamers.
If you have DCUO on PS3 do you like American Idol, or are you a PC gamer who’s just not that fussed?
12 Responses to “PS3 DCUO Players Like American Idol, PC Ones Don’t”
and 10 percent sign out at 8pm on weekdays, holy molly batman!
Haha
Or someone in their household really likes American Idol so the DCUO player must give up their playtime to them.
or or OR????? There’s only ten people playing DCUO and two signed off.
Haha, yeah it could be that, I mean its not like it’s SOE’s fastest selling game ever
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/01/23/dcuo-soes-fastest-selling-game-ever/
I know it sold a lot. It was just a joke. And of course it sold a lot. It had the three things you need in video games to do well: Sony, Playstation, and strong roots.
Am I the only one bothered by this claim? As a television major in school (recently graduated), I can tell you this is a simple case of rating vs share. So what if there is a drop of attendance during the American Idol time slot? That does not mean that PS3 users turn off their games for that particular program. If you check Nielson ratings, you’ll see two numbers; the rating (the percentage of all American households who own TV sets that tune in during the broadcast) and the share (the percentage of households who watch a particular program). In simple language, it means that just because the channel is on during a time slot (even for 30 seconds), it counts in the ratings. The share is what counts in TV.
Also, did it occurs to anyone that perhaps PC players of DCUO may have their computer and a tv in the same room? I mean, really? Who has two tvs in the same room? No one; a tv and a computer in the same room? Millions of Americans, that’s who.
All I’m saying is people should think before writing articles, that’s all!
hello …
i agree with you for when i play on the PS3, it’s on the only TV i have & so can’t really do 2 things at a time & having also a wife to share the TV, i’m forced to play on PS3 off TV peaks & some special time for her soap operas & american idol type programs, but i do watch too
(radio crochet i mean, not soap 
)
when i play on pc, i may watch TV at the same time, multi-tasking LOL …
cheers!
When American Idol came on someone screamed OMG porkchop sandwiches get the f@#$ out of here, and everyone left
I can totally explain this: It’s not that PS3 Gamers stop playing DCU because they “want” to watch american idol, it’s because some of them might have the PS3 hooked up to the Living Room TV, so the kids and missus come in and say “get off that thing, American Idol is on” so they have no choice but to turn it off and do something else while the show runs.
That’s exactly what I was thinking- And even if it actually WAS the player who wanted to watch, you can just play on your PC while AI is on your television.
It’s not really that crazy of a statistic..
Rofl
As it has been pointed out, there a more than a few reasons why this is being said.
Easiest to just say:
Anyone who has a computer, has a dedicated screen.
Anyone who has a PS3, might not.
Or we could just imagine that people who shell out $15 a month for the first PS3 MMO was like
“F*ck your logic, I g2g, American Idol!1!!!!!11″
xP