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*'''Who plays computer and video games?'''
*'''Who plays computer and video games?'''


Age of players:  
''Age of players'':  
under  18    - 34%<br>
under  18    - 34%<br>
between 18-50 - 46%<br>
between 18-50 - 46%<br>
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The average age is  29.
The average age is  29.
The average game buyer age is 36.
''Gender'':
60% is male
40% is female
*'''Will these gamers keep playing?'''
53% of gameplayers expect to be playing as much or more ten years from now as they do today.
*'''What where the best selling videogames for gameconsoles this year?'''
Family entertainment:      4.7%<br>
Fighting:                  6.9%<br>
First-person shooters:    8.6%<br>
Action:                  27.1%<br>
Role-playing:              8.7%<br>
Racing:                  11.3%<br>
Sports:                  17.6%<br>
Top 5 selling video games of 2003:
1. Madden NFL 2004
2. Pokemon Ruby
3. Pokemon Saphire
4. Need For Speed Underground
5. Zelda the windmaker

Revision as of 20:22, 24 March 2005

Year 2004:


  • Who plays computer and video games?

Age of players: under 18 - 34%
between 18-50 - 46%
50+ - 17%

The average age is 29. The average game buyer age is 36.


Gender: 60% is male 40% is female

  • Will these gamers keep playing?

53% of gameplayers expect to be playing as much or more ten years from now as they do today.

  • What where the best selling videogames for gameconsoles this year?

Family entertainment: 4.7%
Fighting: 6.9%
First-person shooters: 8.6%
Action: 27.1%
Role-playing: 8.7%
Racing: 11.3%
Sports: 17.6%

Top 5 selling video games of 2003: 1. Madden NFL 2004 2. Pokemon Ruby 3. Pokemon Saphire 4. Need For Speed Underground 5. Zelda the windmaker