Showing posts with label Gaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaming. Show all posts

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Gaming is BIG Business and gets BIGGER

Entertainment Software Association has released a new report about video game usage in the U.S.

The report
discusses a variety of items including purchase intent, demographic data, online gaming activity, and which games are most popular.





Some of the highlights from the report include:

  • The average game player is 35 years old
  • 40% of game players are women, 60% are men
  • 26% of gamers are over 50
  • Halo 3 is the most popular video game over the past year; World of Warcraft is the most popular computer game
  • 47% of online gaming is in one of these categories: Puzzle/Board/Game Show/Trivia/Card
  • 41% of Americans have purchased or plan to purchase one or more games in 2008.

(via ESA)