game_escape Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I've always be interested in collecting some data on the retro gaming community/market in North America, but I have never found anything that insightful, so I've created my own as a small pet project. Now, this is by no means scientific, but it is fairly comprehensive and will hopefully capture the pulse of the community. It does require a google account to respond, but email addresses/user names WILL NOT BE COLLECTED with the responses. I believe that the folks here on AtariAge are the kind of collectors whose opinions would be invaluable to this kind of survey. The survey can be found here: http://goo.gl/forms/APOBpNcr6j Answer or ignore as you see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I just finished the survey. Thank you for posting it. Anthony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I like old games, but not "collecting," so my comments are in there, stinking up the joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I went ahead and filled one out too. Good series of questions, although I think I put too much for the last one. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_escape Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Thanks guys. I will be sure post the results here once the submission period has ended-likely at the end of March. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Filled mine out and submitted it. I am a huge collector and have a ton of games and consoles in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 It's quite complete and offer much choices, congrats. I didn't compelted it, I'm not concerned. But great job! I hope you'll submit it in many places, else there is goign to be a bias to AtariAge on the question that ask to name a gaming info source for retrogaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhite2600 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I completed the survey. Looking forward to seeing the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPA5 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Interesting survey. I very rarely give any sort of time to these, but I did go through this one. I'm curious to see the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoRacer Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I completed the survey. Some of the questions towards the end I found to be very good questions, and I look forward to the results. For the first time I don't own a modern console (just a PC) and I'm very content. I guess I've finally reached that hump where newer games, for the most part, just don't have any appeal to me. I also appreciate the last two questions. I personally think the worst thing about the retro gaming community is the very thing we're on right now. The internet. It's like 30-40 years of marketing brainwashing still has a hold on 30-40 year olds, and they use the anonymity of the internet to act like jerks to other people who like a certain system or game, instead of trying out the system or game for themselves and delving into "competitor" systems that their childhood selves wouldn't have dared to touch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm too busy playing games to answer the survey right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I will be interested to see if there are any regional trends among game collectors -- e.g. are certain areas of the country better represented than others? Also, are there any regional trends with the availability of game stores? One tiny flaw with the survey: I do not actively value my game collection, but the question about what source I use was mandatory. I picked eBay because I had to chose something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 In what region do you consider Texas? I'm thinking US-South? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoRacer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 In what region do you consider Texas? I'm thinking US-South? South, I'd assume. West begins with New Mexico, in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Done! It was a neat and we'll organized survey, and I'll be looking forward to seeing the results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 The genre question wasn't really complete, but I guess that is a hard one. Perhaps a Pre 85 arcade genre would have been a good addition. Very interested to see results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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