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Holiday Blog Buzz Battle Xbox Bests Wii, Playstation

5 minute read | December 2008

Microsoftโ€™s Xbox is the most buzzed about game console so far this holiday season, Nielsen Online reported Thursday.

The Xbox 360 garnered the largest share of online buzz between November 1 and December 9, with 41.6% of blog messages mentioning Xbox, Wii or Playstation.

In comparison, Nintendoโ€™s Wii was mentioned in 29.8% of game console blog messages, while Sonyโ€™s Playstation ranked third with mentions in 28.6% of gaming-related blog posts.

Among gift-related online buzz, TV-related terms, mentioned in 52.5% of gift-related messages, dominated blogosphere chatter.

DVDs (24.4% share), toys (11.3% share), laptops (8.4% share), and GPS (3.4% share) rounded out the select five gift ideas.

 

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