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[Andrew2]

- A survey by research firm ICR indicates that U.S. Hispanics are comparatively more likely than other Americans to buy home entertainment products and media, including DVRs, cable, movies, music, and video games. The key data point relating to games was that Hispanics are 47% likely to own a game system, compared to 40% of the general population. The survey sampled 1,001 Hispanic adults compared to a general pool of 4,000 adults from June 14 to 27th. "These findings highlight the values placed on their family and the home that is common across the diversity of Latin cultures," said ICR Executive VP Melissa Herrmann. "It also shows the influence of the younger Hispanic generation on their overall household spending."

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6467

I for one see alot truth in this, especially since I have an mexican-american girl who family play videogames alot. Other than that, this is a quite interesting survey.

 

[Miguel]

Hispanic families (at least from what I've seen) are very very showoffy.

Uncle gets a Stainless steel fridge? 3 weeks later, we have one. Uncle gets a 42 inch Sony Grand Wega, we get a 50 inch.
Etc etc.

You have a PS2? Well, Now we have 3!

 

[Zaptruder]

What about asian families?

 

[newsguy]

Hispanic families (at least from what I've seen) are very very showoffy.

Uncle gets a Stainless steel fridge? 3 weeks later, we have one. Uncle gets a 42 inch Sony Grand Wega, we get a 50 inch.
Etc etc.

You have a PS2? Well, Now we have 3!

This can be true except that "hispanic" encompasses a whole lot of different people. Cubans, are the prime example of what you just described, while Ecuadorians are known to be more humble. This survey talks about hispanics in the US, but in their respective countries this number drops to like 3% due to piracy :lol

 

[Callo Merlose]

... while Ecuadorians are known to be more humble.

:lol :lol :lol

But seriously folks, coming to the states and trying to one-up each other is what the american dream has been distorted to.

 

[Juice]

What about asian families?

Don't they just show off their children's piano-playing abilities?

 

[Sapiens]

I for one see alot truth in this, especially since I have an mexican-american girl.

Where exactly to you keep this meximerican girl?