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Archive for the ‘Polls’ Category

April 20th, 2008

Poll: Genre Definers

In the responses to the last poll, franchise loyalty and genre preferences played a large role in your buying decisions. So, let’s combine those and see who you think is the most iconic franchise in a given genre, and who best characterizes the qualities you love.
Here are your basic choices, feel free to add others:

Mario […]

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April 20th, 2008

Poll Results: Advertising Not Effective Enticement?

Interesting, interesting! The current (and now ending) poll here at Play-Girlz.com asked you:
“What makes you most want to buy a new release?”
While the turnout at the polls was rather abysmal, it’s intriguing to note that not a single respondent selected television and radio ads as the hype builder and driving force behind their video game […]

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April 13th, 2008

Sex Worse Than Violence In Games: Parent Poll

Despite all of the furor surrounding school shootings, re-inactment deaths, the culture of violence in today’s schools, and the incessant clamouring about violence in video games, violence isn’t even the main concern for parents in this corner of the digital entertainment industry. Scratch your heads all you like, but in spite of all the zealotry […]

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March 19th, 2008

Poll: What Makes You Buy A New Release?

With the end of every old poll comes the birth of a new one, so here’s one for all the marketers out there.
I want to know what makes you, the consumer, dig around in your wallet for the cash to buy a new release. What factors most contributes to your urge to buy?
Is it:

High-scoring […]

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March 19th, 2008

Poll Results: PC Gaming Still Kicking

Good news for PC Gaming! Most of you folks are either optimistic or apathetic about the future of PC Gaming, particularly relative to the army of available consoles.
Almost half of you (46%) feel that PCs are still going strong as a gaming platform, and that the stats used in this study can be a […]

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February 17th, 2008

New Poll: The Future of PC Gaming — Brilliant or Bleak?

Okay, here’s your chance. I just spent several paragraphs babbling about the state of PC gaming and suggesting various reasons as to why it might, or might not, be on its last legs. What’s your take on the whole situation?
How do you see the future of PC Gaming?

Stats are always misleading, PC gaming is healthy, […]

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February 11th, 2008

Poll Results: Tingle, You Be The Punching Bag

In our latest poll, Play-Girlz asked you: “Who would be the last pick in gym class?”
Seventy-seven of you responded with your choice for the last character standing, alone at the center of the soccer baseball diamond, while the team captains try everything in their bag of tricks to keep the pariah off their squad. Cruel? […]

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January 9th, 2008

January Poll: Bench Sitter

There’s a lot of focus on the heroic acts and dashing good looks of many of gaming’s protagonists, and rightly so, they’re the poster children of their particular game and often times play an integral role in the success or failure of a franchise. But let’s not forget that there’s more to the cast of […]

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January 7th, 2008

Super Mario Galaxy Tops For 2007

Play-Girlz.com asked it’s readers to weigh in on deciding the top game to come out of the hectic 2007 year in the games industry. Guests were able to add suggestions of their own in order for some of the more marginal, less blockbuster titles to receive the recognition that the Play-Girlz community felt they deserved.
After […]

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October 13th, 2007

Go Go Summer Gaming!

Things picked up towards the end of the month after a very sluggish start to our September poll, which asked:
Time’s up for summer. What game kept you glued during vacation?
Apparently you were all still stuck in front of the screen, hacking and slashing and puzzling your way through early fall.
Only 19% of you tried to […]

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