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When it comes to figuring out just which modern video gaming console reigns supreme, the typical convention is to take a look at the sales figures for Microsoft's Xbox One, Sony's PlayStation 4, and Nintendo's Wii U. After all, it's rare that people buy a console just for its features — like, say, ability to serve as a Blu-ray player — if they have no interest whatsoever in actually gaming on the device.

Andy Eddy, writing for Real Estate listing site Movoto (of all things), has gone about the process a bit differently. To get a sense of just who, literally, likes which console, he mapped out all the Facebook Likes for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Wii U.

Now, before you start to question the validity of the data, we realize two things: First off, it's easy to dummy up a ton of Facebook likes through various viral marketing campaigns and what-have-you, including the sites that allow one to purchase a set amount of Facebook likes in general. We're not saying that Microsoft or Sony do that per se, but we also recognize that a Facebook like really isn't the most accurate measurement of a person's true interest — heck, you can like a page and not buy the console, which seems a bit of a disparity to us.

Second, the fact that the analysis is being written for a real estate blog screams "viral content ploy" to us. We're not questioning the interestingness of the analysis, we just acknowledge that it's likely being written for eyeballs.

That all said, here's what Eddy found out. In general, a total of 22 states or so had more individuals liking the Xbox One; the PlayStation 4 won out in 19 states. Nine states basically tied — presumably, the social site rounded the voting a bit too much and everyone equaled out.

Geography-wise, it appears as if the West coast likes the Xbox One — in fact, just about the entire United States West of Nebraska or so runs Xbox One (also including Texas, Minnesota, and North Dakota). PlayStation 4 fans (based on Facebook likes) are a bit more concentrated around the "middle" of the United States, for lack of a better way to phrase it. That includes the Midwest, save for the tied states of Iowa and Illinois. On the east Coast, we'd say that a good number of people seem to like the Xbox One, though Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware all go PlayStation 4.

"In other words, if this was a presidential election, Wolf Blitzer would probably be calling for Sony to concede, but thankfully that's not how a good ol' 'Merkin console war goes," Eddy writes.

"Oh, and unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii U couldn't put any states in its win column, logging less than half of either of its rivals' fan counts in nearly every state. Again, if this was a presidential election, it'd be the Libertarian or Green Party candidate."

Eddy also mapped out the ratio of likes to states' populations based on 2008-2012 U.S. Census data, in case you're curious to get a sense of how a state's size and its console preference go hand-in-hand. Nevada sits at the top of the list, with more people liking video game consoles (versus its state's total population) than any other.