Wednesday, December 10, 2008

New Pew Report Shows Adults Are Gamers Too

December 8th, 2008

The Pew Internet and American Life Project published a report yesterday about Adults and Video Games which states that over half of American adults play video games of some kind. Here are some of their key findings:

  • 53% of American adults aged 18 and older play video games
  • Adults prefer computers as their gaming device while young adults prefer consoles
  • 4 out of 5 young adults play video games
  • 81% of respondents 18-29 years old play games
  • 23% of respondents 65 years old and older report playing games
  • Men are slightly more likely to play digital games than women
  • Urbanites are slightly more likely to play digital games than rural-dwellers
  • 57% of respondents with at least some college education play games
  • 51% of high school graduates play games

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