3DS Usage 2011
tl;dr My son is a gamer. My daughter not so much.
All screenshots were taken on December 13th 2011. The son’s 3DS has been in usage since early June 2011 and the daughter’s 3DS since April 2011 – ie. roughly 7 months and 9 months respectively.
A funny thing to note is that while the daughter’s usage of the 3DS has declined since the initial phase (where anything new is used constantly) the son’s usage hasn’t really seen any drop. To be fair he also used the daughter’s 3DS before he got his own, so the stats are a bit skewed.
Also note that the scale on the son’s 3DS goes to 80 hours – on the daughter’s it is 60 hours.
The main points are as follows:
| Son | Daughter | |
| Number of titles played | 46 | 42 |
| Steps taken | 26433 | 39264 |
| Favorite game | Lego Star Wars III: The Clone War
Played 127 hours |
New Super Mario Bros.
Played 43 hours |
| Play time | 288 hours total
41 hours per month 1.3 hours per day |
115 hours total
12 hours per month 0.4 hours per day |
For more details look at the pretty pictures below.
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- Daughter 1/5
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- Daughter 2/5
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- Daughter 3/5
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- Daughter 4/5
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- Daughter 5/5
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- Son 1/5
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- Son 2/5
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- Son 3/5
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- Son 4/5
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- Son 5/5
The stats are a very cool thing about the 3DS. I guess that the lack of marketing this feature is because only nerds truly appreciate it. If my son wasn’t in the midst of transitioning to a smartphone this feature alone could justify a 3DS purchase
Hey – and congrats with the blog post.
Very interesting. Any chance of exporting the data? An aggregated graph with total usage/month would help interpret the results for the individual games.
Unfortunately there is no export functionality.