Game Industry Survey
After reading Jesse Schell's chapter 8 which included a section on demographics, I took a look at recent articles on the percentage of women gamers. An article from July of 2008 discussed a recent survey funded by the Entertainment Software Association. Some findings were surprising:
Among the survey's main findings:
- 65 percent of American households play computer and video games;
- 38 percent of American homes have a video game console;
- The average game player is 35 years old;
- One out of four gamers are over age 50;
- Women age 18 or older represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (33 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (18 percent); and,
- 41 percent of Americans expect to purchase one or more games this year.
The same study found that, "In 2008, 26 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999".
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