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  • ODogg
    Hall Of Fame
    • Feb 2003
    • 37953

    #1

    Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

    This is from a cool website you guys should check out called http://www.videogamevoters.org/ which is a site dedicated to preserving videogamers rights.

    Top Ten Facts About Gamers

    1. The average game player is 30 years old and has been playing games for 9.5 years.

    2. Seventy-five percent of American heads of households play computer and video games.

    3. Fifty percent of all Americans play video games.

    4. Sixty percent of online game players are male. Forty percent of online game players are female.

    5. Adult gamers exhibit a high level of interest in current events, with ninety-four percent following news and current events, and seventy-eight percent reporting that they vote in most of the elections for which they are eligible.

    6. Fifty-three percent of game players expect to be playing as much or more ten years from now than they do today.

    7. The average game buyer is 37 years old. In 2005, ninety-five percent of computer game buyers and eighty-four percent of console game buyers were over the age of 18.

    8. Adult gamers have been playing an average of 12 years.

    9. In 2004, nineteen percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.

    10. In 2005, more than 228 million computer and video games were sold, almost two games for every household in America.
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  • goh
    Banned
    • Aug 2003
    • 20755

    #2
    Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

    From what I played online I think they're confused on #4. 39% are 12 year boys that sound like girls,1% are actually girls.

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    • ODogg
      Hall Of Fame
      • Feb 2003
      • 37953

      #3
      Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

      Originally posted by goh
      From what I played online I think they're confused on #4. 39% are 12 year boys that sound like girls,1% are actually girls.
      ahah, i was just thinking the same thing after rereading that list. where are all the real 40% girls at? they must all be playing in one game us guys don't know about or something.
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      • MachoMyers
        Old School
        • Jul 2002
        • 7670

        #4
        Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

        Good list..I'm printing this out and giving it to my girlfriends father who cannot understand my interest in vids.

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        • Jistic
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          • Mar 2003
          • 16405

          #5
          Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

          Originally posted by ODogg
          10. In 2005, more than 228 million computer and video games were sold, almost two games for every household in America.
          Factor in Extreme Gamer and Football Forever and that drops to about .00001 per household as I believe they account for 1/3 of that total.
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          • Jistic
            Hall Of Fame
            • Mar 2003
            • 16405

            #6
            Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

            Originally posted by ODogg
            ahah, i was just thinking the same thing after rereading that list. where are all the real 40% girls at? they must all be playing in one game us guys don't know about or something.
            They play RPG's. There's a guy I work with who plays WOW with his wife.
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            • luv_mist
              Older
              • May 2004
              • 9596

              #7
              Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

              I can believe that online stuff about girls cause my girl and sister are constantly on the internet playing bejeweled or some other game. I'm so trying to get my girl to play games with me but space is a good thing.

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              • ODogg
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                • Feb 2003
                • 37953

                #8
                Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                Originally posted by Jistic
                They play RPG's. There's a guy I work with who plays WOW with his wife.
                I need to get off the sports kick and get more into RPG's apparently..
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                • ODogg
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                  • Feb 2003
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                  #9
                  Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                  By the way, I like the fact that this entire survey supports my hypothesis that older Americans mostly play games. I'm 36 years old and I just knew that most people my age were gamers, this confirms it.
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                  • GSW
                    Simnation
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 8041

                    #10
                    Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                    Originally posted by ODogg
                    I need to get off the sports kick and get more into RPG's apparently..

                    If your thinking about meeting girls in an online RPG game you have other issues my man

                    :thumbsup:
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                    • ODogg
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 37953

                      #11
                      Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                      Originally posted by GoldenstWarrior
                      If your thinking about meeting girls in an online RPG game you have other issues my man

                      :thumbsup:
                      hah, not really but my friend did meet his wife in an AOL chat room about an RPG. not same thing but close.
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                      • chknwang321
                        Rookie
                        • Jul 2005
                        • 277

                        #12
                        Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                        these stats really show us that gamers arent really nerds anymore

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                        • NYG_Meth
                          The OS Artist Guy
                          • May 2003
                          • 3920

                          #13
                          Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                          Originally posted by chknwang321
                          these stats really show us that gamers arent really nerds anymore
                          Or maybe we're ALL nerds...
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                          • Blzer
                            Resident film pundit
                            • Mar 2004
                            • 42520

                            #14
                            Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                            Originally posted by ODogg
                            This is from a cool website you guys should check out called http://www.videogamevoters.org/ which is a site dedicated to preserving videogamers rights.

                            Top Ten Facts About Gamers
                            Oh really? Well I never recall anybody walking up to my door and asking for me to complete a survey of some sort for videogames.

                            Population means population. Sample is different. The stats may be true for a small sample size, but I highly doubt some of these are THAT accurate.


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                            • Shaver
                              Legend
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 10148

                              #15
                              Re: Top Ten Facts about Gamers you may not know

                              The 40% of female online gamers is comprised highly of women who play "casual games" like the YAHOO games. Those are mostly women and number in the millions.
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