Social Media and The Mutation of Nintendo

The Average Game Player Age is: +Facebook recently reported that 53% of its users played games like the ultra-popular Farmville on the site. Trust-Score Under 18 yrs old 18-49 years 18% +The average game player is 33 years old and has been playing games for 12 years. 31% 16% 50+ years 29% None 24% Alittle 28% Some +40% of video game consumers would never buy a new game unless they have heard positive reviews from friends or family. Alot 53% +Nintendo's 3Ds uses a real time chat and instant connection with other device users. +Nintendo Mii Characters were created to THE give users an online identity. +64% of downloaded apps on Smart- phones were games, - Mashable.com MUTATION OF NINTENDO & +36% of American parents play video games. +80% percent of gamer parents play video games with their kids. +66% feel that playing games has brought their families closer together. +In a survey of 10,000 people, this chart displays the trust-score people had in social media ratings/reviews for video games provided by others on Face- book. SOCIAL MEDIA This infographic was prepared by Bryan Clyde, Eric Moses, Mike Smith, and Yariv Wolok for Prof. Johnson's Social Media Innovation course at Temple U. Fox School of Business. (http://bit.ly/mis3538) Short Description: This infographic displays the evolution of Nintendo over the past two decades and the state video games and consoles are in today. Social media has helped increased this growth and today acts as a community to not only promote and advertise video games, but provide reviews from other fellow gamers. Today, when people search for a product, they heavily rely on the opinions and experiences of their peers. Social media provides this place and has in effect altered the video game industry and the way gamers communicate. Image Credit: All images came from http://www.infendo.com/evolution-of-nintendo/ SOURCE: http://videogamevoters.org/pages/top_10_gamer_facts SOURCE: http://www.beaffinitive.com/solutions/video-games/ SOURCE: Frank N. Magid Associates SOURCE: http://socialmediaweek.org/blog/2011/10/25/video-games-and-social-media/ SOURCE: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-03-01-videogames01_CV_N.htm Nintendo Google+ facebook.