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97% of American Households own a television. Which is down from 98.9% since last year, and is the first decline in 20 years, according to the article.
by 549362-30499 9y ago
97% of American Households own a television.
Which is down from 98.9% since last year, and is the first decline in 20 years, according to the article.
- scarface74 9y agoAnd how many of the 3% who don't own a TV do you think also don't own a phone or computer that they use to stream content? If I were staying on campus in a dorm room today, I probably wouldn't bother with a TV. I would have my laptop, phone, and/or tablet.
- GuiA 9y agoWhich is why the Nintendo Switch is so genius. A home console that can appeal to people with a marginal interest in video games, but who don’t own a TV.
- scarface74 9y agoThat whole 3%?
- GuiA 9y agoAll the students/young professionals who consume their media on laptops/tablets and don’t feel the need to own a TV. There’s a lot of them.
- scarface74 9y agoNot according to the statistics I posted earlier.... But the larger question is "having a television" just semantics? My family was staying in an extended stay for awhile when we were having our house built. I had an external monitor I was using for work with my laptop. When I wasn't using it, my son was using it with his game console and to watch Hulu, Netflix, etc. What's the practical difference between "not having a tv" and having a computer monitor used to watch video?
- alanbernstein 9y ago3% of the US is 10 million, which is how many Switches have been sold...
- sah2ed 9y ago... 10 million units have been sold worldwide[0] so the total units sold in the US will undoubtedly be lower than that figure. [0] https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2017/12/12/16766332/nintendo-switch-sales https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2017/12/12/16766332/nin...