Hey guys,
Ok, so, as promised, the results to the survey that 101 of you took part in. Unfortunately it would seem that for some reason the survey software or perhaps the survey website had some errors at various point because there are 33 people who's answers weren't saved past the first page of questions. It's possible that 33 people just skipped the last 23 or so questions, but I don't think so. So thats a real shame.
Anyway, I would like to say a mega thank you to everyone for their efforts, I really really appreciate it! I think its pretty cool to see a few people have recently been doing surveys on chiptunes for their essays/thesis's/dissertations and I was happy to see Jansaw posted his thesis, and a massive thanks to him for sending me a copy too!
So, I'm not sure how to upload the .pdf of the results. If someone could let me know and I will do so, but beware!!!!!! it is a MASSIVE .pdf, like huge, you really really have to zoom in and it's kind of difficult to read. Unfortunately, it was the only way I could collate the results from the file I got from the survey site and its the best I could do for now. (also there are only 100 results on the .pdf not 101)
If you can't be bothered to read it though here are some interesting points from the survey.
Peoples locations:
USA: 56
England: 11
Canada: 6
Australia: 4
France: 3
Finland: 3
Netherlands: 3
Sweden: 3
Brazil: 1
Denmark: 1
Germany: 1
Ireland: 1
Israel: 1
Italy: 1
Mexico: 1
Russia: 1
South Africa: 1
Spain: 1
Wales: 1
Only 5 out of the 101 were female
Ages:
Under 18: 13
18 - 24: 33
25 - 30: 33
31 - 35: 16
36+: 6
(Apologies for any offence with this question, I should have kept standard survey question age brackets here, but the point was that if you were of an age, you grew up with these consoles as part of your life rather than them being made before you, if you get my meaning)
Do you like music that has a mix that includes chiptune elements or music that is only “pure” chiptunes?
A mix: 9
"Pure" Chiptunes: 13
Both: 47
Only 5 people out of the 68 answers I have said they make chiptunes.
How many chiptunes gigs have you been to?
0: 25
1-5: 22
6-10: 5
11-20: 6
21+: 11
Do you care if an act doesn’t use hardware such as a Gameboy or NES when performing live?
I don't care: 35
Yes, I prefer to see hardware: 30
Yes, hardware is an absolute must! It's not real otherwise: 3