Last Saturday’s survey covered your attitudes about the latest Batman title, from Rocksteady and Eidos, as well as your platform ownership and favourites. We then asked your feelings on seven titles, some of them shooters, not all of them world-beaters, to derive what it is you do want to play. Here are the questions and results:

1. Based on what you’ve seen and read, would you stop playing your current game to start playing Batman: Arkham Asylum?

Yes: 66 per cent (8,646 responses)
No: 23 per cent (3,000)
Undecided: 11 per cent (1,394)
13,040 total responses.

2. Based on what you’ve seen and read, do you plan to purchase Batman: Arkham Asylum?

Yes: 61 per cent (7,445 responses)
No: 21 per cent (2,625)
Undecided: 18 per cent (2,234)
12,304 total responses.

Sometimes you have to ask a question even if you know the answer. Batman: Arkham Asylum has benefited from rave reviews, skillful marketing, and previews that have been very well received. Judging by the comment histories on Batman stories, many of you planned on picking this up the day of release, and these numbers definitely bear that out. But we will be revisiting Batman in later surveys, as it is a singleplayer game, to see what kind of staying power the game has.

On to some questions about Kotaku readers’ gaming lifestyles.

3. Which of these platforms do you own and/or play games on? (Check all that apply)

PC: 9,250 total responses
Xbox 360: 8,277
PlayStation 3: 7,634
DS/DSi: 6,814
Wii: 6,492
PS2: 6,460
PSP: 5,104
iPhone/iPod Touch: 3,300
Mac: 1,854
55,185 total responses. Multiple responses allowed.

Unfortunately, our poll service didn’t provide a number of unique respondents to this question. So percentages are meaningless here, which is why they weren’t included. Nor is the poll service capable of breaking out multiple ownership, i.e. the percentage who own PC and 360 and DS, the percentage who own Mac and PS3, PSP and PS2, etc.

The median total response for this survey was 12,330. If we assume that many individuals responding here, the total breaks down like so: PC is owned by 75 per cent of respondents; Xbox 360: owned by 67 per cent; PlayStation 3: 62 per cent; DS/DSi: 55 percent; Wii: 53 per cent; PS2: 52 per cent; PSP: 41 per cent; iPhone/iPod Touch: 27 per cent; Mac: 15 per cent. Again, that adds up to more than 100 percent because of multiple ownership.

Just eyeballing the pageviews for high-readership stories around here, this is not much of a surprise. Everyone owns a PC (or a Mac), because everyone had to connect to the Internet to answer this survey. Then comes the two core consoles. The DS’s edge over the Wii may be because of its longer production history. The PS2’s dead heat with the Wii shows that console’s remarkable longevity and users’ attachment to it and its deep library of great games.

The survey also implies there are 10 per cent who own neither PC nor Mac – likely these are respondents who may own one or the other but have no games for it or do not consider it a gaming platform.

This is all interesting, but here’s the question to put a finer point on things:

4. Which platform do you enjoy the most?

Xbox 360: 41 per cent (5,033 responses)
PlayStation 3: 32 per cent (3,906)
PC: 19 per cent (2,359)
DS/DSi: 3 per cent (363)
Wii: 2 per cent (266)
PS2: 2 per cent (257)
PSP: 1 per cent (86)
iPhone/iPod Touch: <1 per cent (46)
Mac: <1 per cent (28)
12,344 total responses.

No multiple choice allowed here. The 360 came away with a decisive plurality, and the PS3 is in a strong second place, well in front of PC games. The totals for the others are so low as to suggest that they—the Wii included—play a predominantly adjunctive role in Kotaku readers’ gaming lineup. Except for Apple, which is nonexistent.

5. Do you want to play Madden NFL 10? (any platform)

Yes: 12 per cent (1,525 responses)
No: 81 per cent (10,017)
Not sure: 7 per cent (824)
12,366 total responses.

These next seven questions cover games released this year that, while not game-of-the-year calibre, arrived with tons of hype and/or brand recognition. They touch a diversity of genres too. Despite the fact Madden NFL 10 is probably the best version to date, and has been reviewed very positively, the game tanks here. This is likely a matter of genre preference, and the fact sports gamers are not well represented in the readership.

6. Do you want to play Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood? (any platform)

Yes: 24 per cent (3,006 responses)
No: 55 per cent (6,849)
Not sure: 21 per cent (2,579)
12,434 total responses.

The sequel to Ubisoft’s 2007 western gets a pretty strong thumbs-down. This is interesting because we’re a shooter-heavy crowd around here, but you’re not into this one. Whether that’s because of its sub-genre, or that its the sequel (or prequel) to a game that didn’t get rave reviews, who’s to say.

7. Do you want to play The Conduit? (Wii)

Yes: 16 per cent (1,984 responses)
No: 70 per cent (8,661)
Not sure: 14 per cent (1,741)
12,386 total responses.

Here’s a game that got nearly a year’s worth of hype or discussion, is also an FPS, and is designed to appeal to Wii core gamers—and you want no part of it. Just because it has a crosshairs and a gun doesn’t mean our readers want to play it.

8. Do you want to play Killzone 2? (PS3)

Yes: 52 per cent (6,341 responses)
No: 37 per cent (4,532)
Not sure: 10 per cent (1,268)
12,141 total responses.

The high negative suggests a fanboy effect against the PS3’s premier shooter. But Killzone 2 still rates a majority approval, and taken in light of the console ownership data, there are probably a good number of 360 owners who do respect the game’s quality. It would be astonishing to see a AAA, 90-rated first-person shooter get a poor score here, five months after release, regardless of its platform.

9. Do you want to play Halo Wars? (Xbox 360)

Yes: 19 per cent (2,337 responses)
No: 72 per cent (8,821)
Not sure: 9 per cent (1,081)
12,239 total responses.

Neither the Halo brand nor the fact this is the biggest-selling console RTS to date makes much of a difference. It’s either still an RTS, or it’s still Halo, and a supermajority reject it for those reasons

10. Do you want to play Wii Sports Resort? (Wii)

Yes: 38 per cent (4,638 responses)
No: 51 per cent (6,261)
Not sure: 11 per cent (1,299)
12,198 total responses.

The 51 per cent negative for Wii Sports Resort sends a pretty strong anti-casual message from the readership. The gameplay variety and motion control aspect seem to do little to overcome our posture that we like our games deep, we like them to have narratives, and we like them to have guns and shooting.

11. Do you want to play Rock Band: Unplugged? (PSP)

Yes: 17 per cent (2,150 responses)
No: 73 per cent (9,065)
Not sure: 9 per cent (1,161)
12,376 total responses.

In our comments, rhythm games’ love-hate rep generally revolves around simulated instruments versus playing real ones. (Well that, and Guitar Hero’s perceived overexposure). Rock Band: Unplugged has no simulated instrument. On the PSP, it might be a novel way to interact with your music, but as a game, you’ve said no thanks, quite clearly. The 73 per cent negative is also not much of a surprise considering the PSP’s earlier numbers (roughly 41 per cent owned, 1 per cent most enjoyed).

Look for more questions this weekend, as we continue to flesh out the habits, preferences and trends among the Kotaku Gamer.

Of course, we all know the real reason you so generously gave your time to complete our site surveys had absolutely nothing to do with the $4k prize pool and everything to do with helping us grow our precious little blog. So for that, we thank you.

Sony may be testing the waters of public opinion on the direction of the next PlayStation Portable, surveying gamers on a host of new hardware and software features for a possible PSP2.

Kotaku reader Charlie forwarded us details on the survey, which asks a the participant to rank a suite of currently unavailable features from least to most desirable. Some of the more interesting technical aspects it looks like Sony is looking into are things like touchscreen functionality, built-in GPS features, Bluetooth wireless support and internal data storage.

Most of that we’ve heard in rumour form at one point or another. Possible features we have heard less conjecture about include services like an “e-comic/book download” via the PlayStation Network and social networking functions for the PSP, including Home support.

The survey asked about possible PSP features including, but not limited to:

• Was smaller, yet retained most of the current PSP’s screen size
• Offered social networking functionality on the XMB
• Included a keyboard for easer internet browsing and communication
• Offered Bluetooth wireless support for easy pairing with other devices
• Had a touch screen
• Had an improved screen for more dynamic graphic displays
• Offered the ability to find others near you who want to connect for online gaming
• Offered an e-comic/book download service through the PlayStation Network
• Included a hard drive for memory storage

We’re checking in with other sources to see if there’s any truth to these feature adds, but expect that much of this fall under speculation.

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For your chance to land the TV (Model no. KDL40Z4500)- valued at $3,399-, or one of five $100 gift vouchers to DJs, Coles/Myer, Harvey Norman or Bunnings, just click through to the Kotaku survey and tell us about yourself. It’ll only take a few minutes to do and is an easy way to score yourself an exy tele will go a long way in helping us figure out what spesh souls are reading our beloved site.

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If only there were some kind of entertainment product on the market that could address these simple, human needs!

Cynicism aside, the survey – into people’s holiday entertainment activities, behaviours and trends – does turn up a few interesting nuggets. On average, those surveyed plan to spend around 16% less on gifts this year and 64% of parents would like to play more games as a shared family activity.

Check after the jump for some more numbers.

XBox 360 Holiday Entertainment Survey 2008

60% plan to stay at or close to home to save money

71% are looking for one gift to bring the family together

89% hunt for gifts that keep on giving

81% of adults in households with children are looking for gifts that provide entertainment in the home

86% of young adults hope for at least one video game

40% of adults will visit movie theatres less than last year

23% plan to watch more films at home

Researchers found that iPhone, DS and PSP owners are playing on their devices much more in the last three months than at any time previously adding that “Among iPhone users specifically, the application with the greatest increase in use over the last three months was playing games.”

The survey also found that 92% of Nintendo DS owners play solo, spending an average of 4.6 hours a week in single player games. Just under a quarter of DS owners play multiplayer games – they clearly need to get out more.

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