Group rates number of consoles, games bought and rented, other factors
May 3, 2006
BY HEATHER NEWMAN
FREE PRESS GAME WRITER

Motown is one of the top video game towns.
In a survey put together by Microsoft and Bert Sperling of Sperling’s BestPlaces, Detroit ranked No. 4 in the country for video game players, far outstripping larger cities like Los Angeles and New York.

The survey based the rankings on everything from how many people own consoles (and how many), how many people rented video games, how many video games people owned, how many video game parties and centers there were, to how often people in the area played online.

While leader Seattle was primarily in the top spot due to the high number of hours its residents played online, Detroit made the list in part on the strength of how many people bought games, Sperling said.

Detroit ranked higher than 9 out of 10 cities in the survey based on that statistic. The top five cities overall were Seattle, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., Atlanta, Detroit and Phoenix.

Group rates number of consoles, games bought and rented, other factors
May 3, 2006
BY HEATHER NEWMAN
FREE PRESS GAME WRITER

Motown is one of the top video game towns.
In a survey put together by Microsoft and Bert Sperling of Sperling’s BestPlaces, Detroit ranked No. 4 in the country for video game players, far outstripping larger cities like Los Angeles and New York.

The survey based the rankings on everything from how many people own consoles (and how many), how many people rented video games, how many video games people owned, how many video game parties and centers there were, to how often people in the area played online.

While leader Seattle was primarily in the top spot due to the high number of hours its residents played online, Detroit made the list in part on the strength of how many people bought games, Sperling said.

Detroit ranked higher than 9 out of 10 cities in the survey based on that statistic. The top five cities overall were Seattle, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., Atlanta, Detroit and Phoenix.

Nice! I feel it! Probably because we freeze our asses off for most of the year and there's nothing better to do that sit on the couch and play PS2.

its pretty obvious living here that we were up there somewhere. all the kids who flood game stores after school come in ridiculous numbers sometimes. my gaming list isnt as big as it used to be though :( ....