Qulitative research: Game Reviews

Game Reviews: -

Game reviews are a way of giving others information and opinions on a game that has been played and the persons giving the review wishes to share their opinion for work or hobby, reviews can be either good or bad depending on what is being reviewed and personal preference but generally the reviews are similar. Game reviews are important as they allow people who are not sure about a Game they might want to play but they want to see what others thought of it first, it is also important to Game developers and publishers as they can see what people thought of their game giving them an idea of what they could change or keep the same in other projects they work on.

Two of the biggest game review websites are IGN and Gamespot, as they review many games daily, with many professional game critics putting their reviews on the websites.

Here are reviews from each website;
IGN Reviews
Gamespot Reviews

Qulitative research: Film Reviews

Film Reviews: -

Film reviews are a way of giving others information and opinions on a film that has been watched and the persons giving the review wishes to share their opinion for work or hobby, reviews can be either good or bad depending on what is being reviewed and personal preference but generally the reviews are similar. Film reviews are important as they allow people who are not sure about a film they might want to see but they want to see what others thought of it first, it is also important to film developers and producers as they can see what people thought of their film giving them an idea of what they could change or keep the same in other films the work on.

Two of the biggest film review websites are IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, as they review many films daily, with many professional film critics putting their reviews on the websites.

Here are reviews from each website;

IMDB Reviews

 Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

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National Readership Survey

National Readership Survey: -

National Readership Survey (NRS) are a data-gathering agency which gathers data on News brands and Magazines.

NRS gathers this information for their clientèle which includes Newspaper Publishers, Consumer Magazine Publishers, Customer Magazine Publishers and Media Agencies.

The data the NRS provides could be useful to the Newspapers Publishers and Magazines Publishers because it shows them who their readers and buyers of their Newspapers and Magazines are, allowing them to cater to their primary demographic.

The NRS gathers their information by a continuous survey, 12 months a year, 7 days a week. They Take a large sample of 36,000 interviews a year with adults aged 15 and above, they also take a random sample; interviews only conducted at randomly selected addresses with randomly selected individuals. They display their gatherings on their website in Percentage charts.

National Readership Survey Presentation: -

Quantitative research: Box Office Figures

Box Office Figures: -

Box office figures are figures that are taken from various theaters that show how many tickets are bought for each film, this allows film producers to see how well their films do in certain places in different countries so they can see with demographic they should be catering for.

Below is a set a box office figures taken from bfi.org.uk for 31st of October to 2nd of November, the figures are on the top films.

Quantitative research: Circulation Figures

Circulation Figures: -

In the National Readership Survey presentation below is a great example of Quantitative research because the NRS use measurable data in the readership circulation figures. Readership circulation figures are the amount of something that is being distributed, for example Newspapers currently has the highest readership circulation figures out of all other reading material media.

Circulation figures are there to show media distributors how well their certain type of media did on certain days or in certain places allowing them to cater to the biggest demographic.

Quantitative research: Sales of CD's and DVD's

Sales of CD's and DVD's: -

Sales of CD's and DVD's are an important way of showing people how much of a certain CD or DVD sold allowing them to see if it is something they might to also buy, but it's also a way to show artists and/or producers how much of their CD or DVD was sold giving them an idea of what the public thought of their CD or DVD allowing them to improve on certain aspects or keep things the same or similar.

Below is a chart showing the amount of physical and digital purchases there were in 2008 and 2012 of music albums, video games, and video's. These are the main categories of media that were put out for physical and digital purchase in 2008 and 2012.