The Entertainment Software Association releasing the results of its annual gamer demographic study is an important E3 tradition. With the entire industry gathered in Los Angeles, The ESA's "2011 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry" revealed the following somewhat surprising facts:
The average gamer is 37 years old, and has been playing games for 12 years. (Wow! I don't feel like such a grandpa now!)
The average game buyer is 41 years old.
In 2011, 29 percent of Americans over the age of 50 play video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
72 percent of American households play video games. (100 percent of my household plays games.)
42 percent of gamers are women.
Adult women represent a greater portion of the game-playing population (37 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (13 percent).
Seventy-six percent of all games sold in 2010 were rated "E" for Everyone, "T" for Teen, or "E10+" for Everyone 10+.
In total, the video game industry generated around $5.9 billion in revenue in 2010.•Forty-five percent of parents reported playing video games with their children on a weekly basis,
nine out of ten parents saying they pay attention to the content of the games their children play
68 percent of parents believe that games provide mental stimulation or education value
57 percent believe games encourage their family to spend time together.
54 percent believe that games helps their children connect with friends.
65 percent of gamers play games with other gamers in person.
55 percent of gamers play games on their phones or handheld devices
86 percent know of the ESRB and 98 percent are confident in its accuracy and recommendations.
Consumers spent $25.1 billion on game content, hardware and accessories in 2010.
I believe these statistics are a bit skewed, as the parameters used for what constitutes a gamer is rather wide. For example it requires only to have played a game during the past year while including facebook and mobile games. In this criteria my wife would be considered a gamer because of the wii sports bowling match we had. I can whole-heartedly tell you, however, that there is no way she would identify herself as a gamer if you just asked her. Same goes for several of my friends (both male and female).
I can make a grilled cheese sandwhich and be called a cook. But to me...that's not me. To be honest that's one of the few things I can actually make (and be willing to eat which results from my cooking) A cook is defined as someone who makes all kinds of food, either for job or hobby purposes, to me at least. I feel like I just caused more confusion so....
To be called a gamer, just...replace the nouns If you play angry birds OFTEN or other iphone/android games, sure you can be a gamer, but it's more controversial toward everyone's opinion....like people who play all kinds of games, regularly is a gamer. It's silly to define a certain way of doing things like that. It's all based on opinion, which mine is above. To play games alot or little, casually or hardcore, no matter the genre....You CAN be called a gamer, but there is no real explanation to define the true meaning of gamer...because there is none.
I feel we might as well make a whole new thread off of this but to stay on topic...girls...yea they play games.
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