Very orderly, I think the basis for whatever result will be a robust one - but of course based on the very specific sample population. I do not think the population accurately represent the average consumer, that goes without saying. But Larian should probably take heed of the audience invested and interested enough to write on the forums and trying to give input. This is out hobby, we know what we would love in a 100+ hour game.
Yes I agree 100%. No matter the research content it carries a little bit of bias due to the fact that currently our sample is centralized at this very forum. The best way would be having them (preferably by hiring a specialized company - an independent research institute) to run the market research.
Yet, even knowing that our population is insufficient to be representative to the whole universe, the results strikes somehow in certain areas that highlight some flaws in the gameplay. Also, by applying this methodology where you stimulate the interviewees to opine about certain characteristics instead of filling a blank text box has proven to be more useful as usually people tends to follow the easy path during a survey.
Answering the other guy who was uncomfortable with the results: Yes, the questions can be somehow poorly written as I’m not native after all, but I work with market research for living for more than 8 years and I’ve used some known methods. Also, I shared with the whole community the previous questionnaire whereas their scrutiny made me improve it even more.
Nevertheless, thank you for participating in it so far!
