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Dean and Nooch are both reporters for the San Jose Mercury News, which serves as a convenient front for their gaming habit.

Dean wrote a book about the original Xbox, and has a frightening knowledge of the cutting-edge components and outsized egos that feed the gaming industry.

Nooch is a game explorer, reporting on them in the context of almost 30 years as a Mercury News sports, TV, telecom and pop culture writer. Plus, he likes being able to play Ratchet & Clank on work time.




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Friday, June 03, 2005

Gamer Metrics Shows How Far We're Out Of Touch

For a view of what gamer's liked from E3, check out the favorites from IGN Research's GamerMetrics statistics. Yes, it shows how quirky Nooch and I are, and how much we are in step with the pulse of gamers. GamerMetrics' People's Choice Awards are based on the traffic on www.IGN.com from May 1 to May 21. Well, hey, at least Nooch and I each got one right.

Top current generation title: "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess"
Top next generation title: "Metal Gear Solid 4"
Top handheld title: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Top overall franchise: "Madden NFL '06"
Top PS 3 title: "Metal Gear Solid 4"
Top Xbox 360 title: "Gears of War"
Top PS 2 title: "Kingdom Hearts II"
Top Xbox title: "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"
Top GameCube title: "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess"
Top PC title: "Battlefield 2"
Top PSP title: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories"
Top DS title: "Mario Kart DS"
Top GBA title: "Gunstar Super Heroes"
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  • 1 Comments:

    Blogger $lip$treamBRO said...

    I definitely didn't think that this was going to be how the list ended up, especially with GTA:SA being the XBox winner.

    But then again, this is only the counter for IGN, not the rest of the net too...;) I think that GTA:SA for XBox came out around the time of E3 (I can't remember the exact date). So, I'm guessing that's why that one won out of the Xbox games. :) Not sure tho'

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