{"id":94831,"date":"2016-06-11T11:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T09:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=94831"},"modified":"2016-06-11T13:30:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T11:30:02","slug":"xbox-is-cooler-than-playstation-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/94831-xbox-is-cooler-than-playstation-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Xbox is cooler than PlayStation in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results are in and it\u2019s official \u2014 South Africa\u2019s youth think the Xbox is cooler than PlayStation.<\/p>\n

They (I am no longer a \u201cyouth\u201d, apparently) also rated FIFA as the coolest video game across console and PC platforms.<\/p>\n

These results come from the 12th annual Sunday Times Generation Next youth survey.<\/p>\n

Times Media says it polled 5,500 young urban South Africans, aged 8\u201322, to establish which brands are \u201cthe coolest of the cool in 2016\u201d.<\/p>\n

Overall coolest brand was awarded to Nike, which also claimed top spot as the coolest clothing brand with the coolest brand slogan.<\/p>\n

Xbox came in 10th\u00a0overall.<\/p>\n

It is interesting to note that while Xbox remains the coolest console overall, more young people said they wanted a PlayStation for their birthday than an Xbox.<\/p>\n

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Coolest console or computer games<\/h3>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nCoolest Console\/Computer Games 2016<\/th>\nCoolest Console\/Computer Games 2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nFIFA<\/td>\nFIFA 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nGrand Theft Auto (GTA)<\/td>\nGrand Theft Auto (GTA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSubway Surfers<\/td>\nNeed for Speed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNeed for Speed<\/td>\nSubway Surfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nCandy Crush Saga<\/td>\nCandy Crush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCall of Duty<\/td>\nThe Sims<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nThe Sims<\/td>\nAngry Birds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMinecraft<\/td>\nCall of Duty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPlants vs. Zombies<\/td>\nGod of War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nPac-Man<\/td>\nClash of Clans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Coolest hi-tech gadgets<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nCoolest Hi-Tech Gadgets 2016<\/th>\nCoolest Hi-Tech Gadgets 2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\niPhone<\/td>\nXbox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nXbox<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy Tablet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nPlaystation<\/td>\niPhone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\niPad<\/td>\nLaptop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy tablet<\/td>\nPlaystation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nLaptop\/Computer<\/td>\niPad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nCellphone<\/td>\n3D TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nSelfie stick<\/td>\nSamsung Cellphone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nTablet<\/td>\niPod<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nApple watch<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy Gear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Top 2 Things You Wish for your Birthday?<\/h3>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nTop 2 Things You Wish for your Birthday? 2016<\/th>\nTop 2 Things You Wish for your Birthday? 2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nCar<\/td>\niPhone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMoney<\/td>\nMoney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nPlaystation 4<\/td>\nCar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\niPhone<\/td>\nPlaystation 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nClothes<\/td>\nLaptop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nTime with Family<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy Tab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\niPad<\/td>\niPad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nLaptop<\/td>\nClothes\/Shoes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHoliday<\/td>\nXbox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nXbox<\/td>\nTime with family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nCoolest Brand Overall 2016<\/th>\nCoolest Brand Overall 2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nNike<\/td>\nNike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSamsung<\/td>\nCoca-Cola<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nApple<\/td>\nSamsung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCoca-Cola<\/td>\nMercedes-Benz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBMW<\/td>\nBMW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMercedes Benz<\/td>\nadidas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nadidas<\/td>\nApple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMr Price<\/td>\nMr Price<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMcDonalds<\/td>\nXbox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nXbox<\/td>\nKFC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

The demographics of the study are summarised in the graphs below.<\/p>\n

\"Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This year\u2019s Sunday Times Generation Next youth survey shows which games and consoles young people think is coolest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":86992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681,4],"tags":[1239,19365,10065],"class_list":["post-94831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-playstation-4","tag-sunday-times-generation-next-youth-survey","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}