feruz77 wrote:
Six months or so after getting a video game console, the market becomes saturated until there is one in 80 percent of homes. Early buyers apparently lost interest in obtaining games to play on the gaming console. The trade of business selling and renting games is still buoyant, because the number of homes with video game consoles is still growing. But, clearly, once the market for game consoles is saturated, businesses distributing games face hard times.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?
(A) The market for game consoles would not be considered saturated until there was one in 80 percent of homes.
(B) Among the items handled by video games distributors are many games specifically produced as game features
(C) Few of early buyers of video game consoles raised any complaints about performance aspects of the new product
(D) The early buyers of a novel product are always people who are quick to acquire novelties, but also often as quick to tire of them
(E) In a shrinking market, competition always intensifies and marginal businesses fail
Let me know your ans?
Hello.
My 2 cents for choosing D. Hope it helps!
First, this is a "weaken" question, the MOST IMPORTANT thing is finding correct conclusion and its assumptions.
ANALYZE THE QUESTION:Premise 1: Six months or so after getting a video game console, the market becomes saturated.
Premise 2: Early buyers apparently lost interest in obtaining games to play on the gaming console.
Premise 3: The trade of business selling and renting games is still buoyant, because the number of homes with video game consoles is still growing.
Conclusion: once the
market for game consoles is
saturated, businesses distributing games face
hard times.
Assumption: if the market has NOT saturated yet, customers still keep renting video game = businesses distributing game consoles do not face hard time. ATTACK THE CONCLUSION:
The author assumes that once the market for game consoles is saturated, businesses distributing game face hard times. It means if the
market has NOT saturated yet, customers still keep renting video game. Only when market is saturated, customers will be bored of renting video games and stop doing so. Nope, what if customers who rent video games are people attracted by "NEW" stuffs but will be tired of this kind of stuff very quickly. It means they will stop renting video games even when the market for game consoles still grows. Clearly, the conclusion falls apart.
OPTION D:
(D) The early buyers of a novel product are always people who are quick to acquire novelties, but also often as quick to tire of them
D says exactly the same. Hence, it's an answer.
Hope it helps.