Help for Dissertation - survey about video games

[UniHH]

Dear Community,

this online questionnaire has been developed as a part of my dissertation at the Institute of marketing and media at the University of Hamburg ( Universität Hamburg - Lehrstuhl für Marketing und Medienmanagement ). And I really need your support!!!

Click http://ww3.unipark.de/uc/questionnaire2/ to start the survey.

I’m researching gaming behavior. The survey will take approx. 8-10 minutes. I assure you, that all your data will be handled anonymously and solely be used for my diploma thesis. Note: The purpose of this survey is purely scientific without any commercial interests.

As a thank-you and incentive for your participation all questionnaires which have been entirely completed will be entered into a lottery of Amazon gift coupons.
Important note: It is not our intention to collect your email addresses – the participation in the raffle is completely voluntary and no MUST for the survey.

Many thanks for your support – each participant counts!

Madeleine

P.S.: This is no spam!!! Morrus just said I’m allowed to post this!

 

[Dice4Hire]

Done.

I think I am outside your real target audience, though.

 

[UniHH]

Thank You so much though!! That's great

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Probably me neither, now if I was asked the same questions 15 years ago.

 

[Argyle King]

I was unsure how to most accurately answer some of the questions.

In particular, the question about what I felt it meant to 'start a game early' was one I had a difficult time answering. Mostly because I don't believe I've ever used that terminology in regards to games. I did choose an answer, but the answer I chose was an arbitrary choice just to choose something because I had to choose something.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I assumed that "Start a game early" meant "to preorder or to otehrwise purchase a game within the first [X] of its release," where [X] could be hours or days, variously.

 

[MichaelSomething]

If you want to research video game players, may I suggest a video game focused site like GameFAQs.com? This sites focuses on different things.

 

[Shades of Green]

Filled.

 

[SnowleopardVK]

The link is giving me a database connection error.

 

[Imperialus]

Really don't think I was the target market for that survey... Heck the game I've been playing most recently a pre-order beta release for an indy X-Com clone called Xenonauts. I guess that makes me an early adopter, but I'm not sure it counts since it's a clone of a game released in 1993... The last AAA (or at least AA) title I played close to the release date was Shogun 2.

Some of the questions are a little odd too, but I think that might be translation issues. I'm wondering about the "I would buy the next video game or add-on within the first week after the release." I'm not sure what you're talking about here... Would I buy the next video game released within the first week? Almost certainly not. I'm intrigued by Deus Ex but I think that other games will be coming out within the next month or whatever.