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Video game research
Although video games were first developed for adults, they are no longer exclusively reserved for thegrown ups in the home. In 2006, Rideout and Hamel reported that as many as 29 percent of preschoolchildren (children between two and six years old) in the United States had played console video games,and 18 percent had played hand-held ones. Given young children's insatiable eagerness to learn, coupledwith the fact that they are clearly surrounded by these media, we predict that preschoolers will bothcontinue and increasingly begin to adopt video games for personal enjoyment. Although the majorityof gaming equipment is still designed for a much older target audience, once a game system enters thehousehold it is potentially available for all family members, including the youngest. Portable systemshave done a particularly good job of penetrating the younger market.
Research in the video game market is typically done at two stages: some time close to the end of theproduct cycle, in order to get feedback from consumers, so that a marketing strategy can be developed;and at the very end of the product cycle to 'fix bugs' in the game. While both of those types of researchare important, and may be appropriate for dealing with adult consumers, neither of them aids in designingbetter games, especially when it comes to designing for an audience that may have particular needs, suchas preschoolers or senior citizens. Instead, exploratory and formative research has to be undertaken inorder to truly understand those audiences, their abilities, their perspective, and their needs. In the springof 2007, our preschool-game production team at Nickelodeon had a hunch that the Nintendo DS-withits new features, such as the microphone, small size and portability, and its relatively low price point-was a ripe gaming platform for preschoolers. There were a few games on the market at the time whichhad characters that appealed to the younger set, but our game producers did not think that the gamemechanics or design were appropriate for preschoolers. What exactly preschoolers could do with thesystem, however, was a bit of a mystery. So we set about doing a study to answer the query: What couldwe expect preschoolers to be capable of in the context of hand-held game play, and how might the childdevelopment literature inform us as we proceeded with the creation of a new outlet for this age group?