Wednesday, July 11, 2007

e3.facts of life

er, well it´s atleast a short list of gaming related facts covering the north american demographic.

"67% of American heads of households play computer or videogames.

The average game player age is 33 years old. The average game buyer age is 38.

38% of gamers are female. 47% of all online gamers are female.

33% of American homes have a video game console.

The best selling game of last year was Madden NFL 07 on PS2. The 20th best-selling was also Madden NFL 07, but on Xbox.

2006 saw 7.4 billion dollars in total sales, the same as in 2004.

55% of parents believe games are a positive part of their children's lives.

51% of gamers play games online, up from 19% in 2000.


All sales data was gathered by the NPD, all other data was collected by Ipsos-Insight for the ESA and it´s only valid to north america.

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