Study reveals PlayStation users are smarter than Xbox users

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In context: Royal Panda, a company that operates a Canadian online casino, recently conducted a study among 1,001 gamers tracking their intelligence across multiple platforms and several video games. Interestingly, the results showed PlayStation users to be smarter than Xbox players. Argue amongst yourselves.

Working with academic experts, Royal Panda developed a four-part quiz that measured verbal intelligence, logical reasoning, mathematical ability, and visual reasoning. Before taking the tests, administrators asked respondents to fill out a demographics questionnaire to determine their gaming, computing, and mobile preferences.

Among consoles, PlayStation 4 users were the smartest overall, with an average IQ of 110.7. Xbox One and Switch users averaged 103.8 and 101.3, respectively. However, out of all platforms, PC gamers, perhaps unsurprisingly, came out on top with an average IQ of 112.3. Mobile users were the lowest at 99.4.

As for game preferences, it seems players of military first-person shooters are among the best thinkers. Both Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Call of Duty Modern Warfare appear in the top five in intelligence (first and fourth). Among Us and Minecraft ranked second and third by IQ, and FIFA players rounded out the top five.

  • Rainbow Six Siege — 120.3 IQ
  • Among Us — 118.9 IQ
  • Minecraft — 116.3 IQ
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare — 111.2 IQ
  • FIFA — 106.5 IQ
  • Fall Guys — 105.8 IQ
  • Animal Crossing — 104.8 IQ
  • Fortnite — 103.6 IQ
  • The Sims — 103.6 IQ
  • Mario Kart — 99.9 IQ
  • Grand Theft Auto Online — 99.6 IQ
  • Assassin's Creed — 99.6 IQ
  • Rocket League — 99.3 IQ
  • Candy Crush Saga — 96.4 IQ
  • Angry Birds — 95.8 IQ

Mobile games Candy Crush and Angry Birds ranked the lowest with IQ scores of 96.4 and 95.8, respectively. Console/PC games GTA Online, Assassin's Creed, and Rocket League ranked slightly higher but still were the lowest scores on the list (99.6, 99.6, and 99.3, respectively).

Looking at the IQ levels of desktop and mobile preferences, Mac users (108.2) were slightly smarter than the Windows crowd (106.3), but iPhone owners (102.1) lagged eight points behind Android fans (110.3).

It also turns out that female gamers are smarter than males, but every non-single guy already knew that. Women averaged an IQ score of 108.4, while men ranked 102.3. They also came out on top in all four of the metrics.

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https://www.techspot.com/news/87865-study-reveals-playstation-users-smarter-than-xbox-users.html

 
Hahaha, the moment I read that subject line I thought

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VitalyT said:
Right.... And how does it consider Xbox vs PS average user age? If it is different, then so should be the average IQ.
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I thought the (very flawed) concept of IQ is it doesn't change (much) as you age, as it's a measure of your logical thought processes.

Also, what happens if an Xbox user swaps to PS, does their IQ go up or do they drag the userbase down.

What about me? I had an PS1, PS2, Wii, then Xbox 360, then (budget) gaming laptop, then (budget) gaming PC a few years later, upgraded gaming PC, then Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, upgraded gaming PC, and most recently PS5.
I've also had android phones since 2012 when I got my first smartphone (refurbished S3 mini)

This study is dumb and entirely inconsequential, what is anyone meant to do with this research?
 
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All age based not platform based.

Article should be, “older people prefer PC gaming, playstation second”
 
VitalyT said:
Right.... And how does it consider Xbox vs PS average user age? If it is different, then so should be the average IQ.
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But While IQ can change over a lifespan, it is not necessarily a linear relationship (look it up on your iPhone and/or Xbox)
 
Irata said:
How did an online Casino get hold of smart persons in the first place? Can‘t have been via their site.
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However someone in their marketing department obviously has a couple of brain cells, this is such a troll, Techspot should have not named them and just said “an online gambling company hoping to attract publicity today announced...”
 
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Puiu said:
I know I'm going to sound mean by saying this, but the majority of Xbox sales come from the US :)
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Yes, this is because in Europe, those of lesser intelligence don't buy consoles, they instead become neo-socialist environmental activitists and spend their time in street marches.
 
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Puiu said:
I know I'm going to sound mean by saying this, but the majority of Xbox sales come from the US :)
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Very true!
Endymio said:
Yes, this is because in Europe, those of lesser intelligence don't buy consoles, they instead become neo-socialist environmental activitists and spend their time in street marches.
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Also very true! In-fact they tend to be the ones shouting about "not enough women in games" or "why can't my gender be "Apache Helicopter".
 
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If you get the average score of 120 IQ, which is approximately 10% of the population, you can throw your study into the trash.
 
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