According to the The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City is the video game capital of the United States;
It's called gamer's thumb, and families in Salt Lake City could be among the nation's most afflicted: the city has been named No. 1 in the number of households owning video game systems.32% is pretty decent figure considering the population of SLC stands at a respectable 181,743 (source). If the Wii was more readily available throughout the USA then I'd predict that the number would be a little higher due to it's casual gaming aspects.
Thirty-two percent of the households in Utah's capital city own video game systems, compared to 24 percent nationwide, according to a report released on Tuesday by Scarborough Research, a New York-based firm that measures America's shopping patterns. - The Salt Lake Tribune.
So, what does this mean? Well, if the US Air Force are looking for decent fighter pilots they don't have to look any further than SLC, of course (and maybe they can train them not to shoot allied British troops)
All this gets me wondering what the capital of the UK would be. Granted, the percentage would probably be much smaller due to video gaming being more popular in the US but I reckon it wouldn't be far off - and most of those would be Playstations. The 90's saw the rise of a clubbing culture surrounding the Playstation, everyone had to own one. This, in part, is why Sony has a huge audience in the UK today. People here will dive on anything with the Playstation brand slapped on it, which is exactly why the PS3 will be a huge sell-out here for months., regardless of the hefty price tag.
Of course, since everyone and their dog owns a PSone/PS2 it leads the UK charts packed with awful games like the latest Fifa while decent games, like Okami, get lost in the tide.
SLC Is Video Game Capital Of America - The Salt Lake Tribune. (Via Button Mashing)
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