fildien
05-17-2006, 10:15 AM
I saw this on the EQ2 forums and thought it worth sharing.
http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=Non-Gameplay&message.id=347650&jump=true
The ESA released another study of gamers and I know you are all interested. Here are some highlights:
69% of American head of households play video games
33 is the average age of game players (so back off me whippersnapper)
25% of gamers are over age 50
62% of gamers are male. Means the females are catching up and nothing could make me happier.
Woman make up a larger percentage of gamers (30%) than boys 17 and under (23%).
RPG's make up 12.4% of PC game sales.
RPG's make up 7.8% of video game sales (I'm assuming this is PC and Console)
89% of parents are present at the time a video game is purchased (so no more GTA excuses)
79% of game players all ages report exercising or playing sports an average of 20 hours a month
93% of game players report reading books and newspapers on a regular basis (we're smarter) while 62% report going to cultural events such as concerts, museums, etc...
58% of online gamers are male
Video game equipment and game sales dipped from 7.4 billion in 2004 to 7.0 billion in 2005.
If you are into this kind of stuff you can check out the ESA's report (http://www.theesa.com/archives/2006/05/2006_essential.php).
http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=Non-Gameplay&message.id=347650&jump=true
The ESA released another study of gamers and I know you are all interested. Here are some highlights:
69% of American head of households play video games
33 is the average age of game players (so back off me whippersnapper)
25% of gamers are over age 50
62% of gamers are male. Means the females are catching up and nothing could make me happier.
Woman make up a larger percentage of gamers (30%) than boys 17 and under (23%).
RPG's make up 12.4% of PC game sales.
RPG's make up 7.8% of video game sales (I'm assuming this is PC and Console)
89% of parents are present at the time a video game is purchased (so no more GTA excuses)
79% of game players all ages report exercising or playing sports an average of 20 hours a month
93% of game players report reading books and newspapers on a regular basis (we're smarter) while 62% report going to cultural events such as concerts, museums, etc...
58% of online gamers are male
Video game equipment and game sales dipped from 7.4 billion in 2004 to 7.0 billion in 2005.
If you are into this kind of stuff you can check out the ESA's report (http://www.theesa.com/archives/2006/05/2006_essential.php).