SOCOM TV??

[.Joker.]

Found this on eseals.

SOCOM TV??
Large online PS2 community threatens prime time TV shows.

Reprinted with permission of IGN.com | March 4, 2004

One of the most popular new shows on TV is not a sitcom, but SOCOM II: U.S Navy SEALs. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. announced that the North American online PlayStation 2 community has grown to 2.6 million people. To make matters worse for the broadcast networks, a majority of the gamers were online during prime time hours.

As reported in Sony's own analysis of the online gaming community, the most popular hours for playing online in the month of February were between 5 and 11 p.m., enveloping the entire prime time slot. With 65% of these gamers being males between the ages of 18-34 playing during prime time in a sweeps month, online gaming could be a growing problem for broadcast television.

So what have all of these gamers been playing? The resounding answer is SOCOM II. The average SOCOM II online gamers spend an average of 4.2 hours a day in online games. In the first 100 days of SOCOM II being online, the game logged a total of 31.5 million player hours.

Beyond just SOCOM II, there have been 42 titles that have come out for the PS2 in the past 12 months that have online capabilities. Before this year is out, SCEA plans on doubling the library of online PS2 games.

The effect of a decrease in television viewing is already being felt in the industry. Back in September, Nielsen Media Research reported an 8% decline in the male 18 to 34 audience. Industry analysts have been speculating that online gaming is one of the root causes in this decline.

"When people go looking for their favorite entertainment, some are turning to online gaming with PlayStation 2 instead of tuning into broadcast television," said Andrew House, executive vice president, SCEA. "We believe the compelling content we offer online gamers will continue to drive the growth of our online platform, far outpacing other online gaming destinations and potentially rivaling the popularity of more traditional entertainment mediums like television."

[Yung Assassin]

yea i saw that post too. i almost posted it here but was too lazy. i know socom has occupied all of my free time, i barely ever watch tv anymore.

[Arsenal23]

i got that in an email from eseals.

[Petey88]

Not for nothing, but that is crazy. How a little ass game can put a dent in prime time tv. I agree with Yung I no longer watch too much television either. In fact all I watch is The Sopranos, The Wire, and ESPN 1 & 2. I hope the big TV stations do not try and jeopardized our gaming experience. Who knows if it was them that sent the Socom servers the virus, if there was one?

[Yung Assassin]

thats why we are going to have to start paying for this bullshit online system soon. its so popular and its only a matter of time before socom2 is accompanied by a bill as if it were HBO or something. monthly fees like 20$ a month eventually. they will start low and just keep uping the price.

[SNiPE]

Ill stop playing once they start charging.

[Arsenal23]

the sad thing is we say we wont pay now, but unless somethin better comes along before then, we will...

[SNiPE]

i wont.just because of the fact i have to spend 50 for the game and 50 for the cable modem.not including how much u spend on the ps2,controllers,hdd,memory card,and lets not forget the headset.i would just have to quit playing and start playing something else

[Arsenal23]

you people be runnin through your ps2 accessories!! ive only used one controller since i got my ps2, and im now on my 3rd mic, only because my mother broke the first, and my nephew broke the second one. i only have one memory card and i dont even use most of it considering i play rpgs.

[jackal88]

LMFAO @ all ya'll. Like Petey, I only watch the Sopranos, ESPN, and the Wire (Avon Barksdale is the shit). I try to watch The real world, and Chappelle show, but catch them mostly on Sunday morning and night. Oh well, fuck tv it's all reality shows now anyway. I rather play with ya'll and waste my life being a gamer instead of a couch potato. At least playing Socom we burn some calories. You also enhance your hand/eye coordination,lol.

[Arsenal23]

shit, im a lazy fuck and i'll admitt it LOL i tape all my shows. i wake up saturday mornings and watch like 4 or 5 hours of shit i missed during the week. this is my rundown of shows i tape (i watch more than this, but this is what i miss)

Monday: Real World/ Road Rules The Inferno
Tuesday: Real World
Wednesday: Angel (that shit is hot to death, people been sleepin on that for a while)
Thursday: Survivor Allstars
Friday: Boston Public

^^^ thats 4 hours right there

Then they got that show on Fox "Welcome to Eden" or some shit, the show is stupid, but i watch it. everything else, i try and watch during the week around basketball and socom but if i miss it, i tape that too

[.Joker.]

i got a dish wit a card , i got a lot of shows to peep but here are my few i watch.

NFL NETWORK(if you don't got it, get it)
tech tv (for the geek in me, with cpu's)
espn
the dirty channels(594-598)
boomerang(cartoon network, all retro cartoons)

[jackal88]

LOL, "dirty channels." Joker does your wife ever catch you watching that shit?

[.Joker.]

sometimes i'm like honey let's watch tv & i'll put it on, and says i'm so stupid.

[Arsenal23]

LOL, one of my boys is funny as hell, whenever he has girls at his house dude will put that shit on and hide the remote then say some shit like " damn you girls are freaks, comin to a guys house to watch porn" LMAO