Dave@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe Most Loved Video Game Character in Every Countrywww.shithot.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareLanusensei87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months agoNow I’m really wondering if the participants (or the people conducting the poll) knew the difference between Zelda and Link.
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThe entire thing can be skewed from just advertising by companies. AI sucks balls for legit information. I’m sure there was no actual humans involved in this.
minus-squareLaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah like I doubt Sam Fisher would even register in the heads of the majority of gamers in the US. Also what does “most loved” even really mean
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI had to look up who that was. I’d bet if they actually surveyed gamers, you’d see more people jokingly submitting “John Halo” than Sam Fisher
minus-squareGrangle1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIf they’re just scraping tweets, it’s probably looking at mentions of a million and one regular guys in the US named Sam Fisher and not the character.
minus-squareLanusensei87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTheir “methodology” blurb has so many buzzwords that I’m inclined to agree.
Now I’m really wondering if the participants (or the people conducting the poll) knew the difference between Zelda and Link.
The entire thing can be skewed from just advertising by companies. AI sucks balls for legit information. I’m sure there was no actual humans involved in this.
Yeah like I doubt Sam Fisher would even register in the heads of the majority of gamers in the US. Also what does “most loved” even really mean
I had to look up who that was.
I’d bet if they actually surveyed gamers, you’d see more people jokingly submitting “John Halo” than Sam Fisher
If they’re just scraping tweets, it’s probably looking at mentions of a million and one regular guys in the US named Sam Fisher and not the character.
Their “methodology” blurb has so many buzzwords that I’m inclined to agree.