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NPD: 67% of Americans play games (90% mobile, 52% PC, 43% console), average 12 hours per week
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:) I mean, there must be a lot of secret gamers at my job too.
52% PC?
wow...........was not expecting it that high.......but then again most store bought PC's now can run most games respectably......its never been a better time to buy a laptop or something due to diminishing returns and the plethora of amazing indies these days
wow...........was not expecting it that high.......but then again most store bought PC's now can run most games respectably......its never been a better time to buy a laptop or something due to diminishing returns and the plethora of amazing indies these days
My 56 year old co-worker loves playing that gambling game on FB in the back computer, it's kind of expected. The console numbers are the real surprise.
I think they're going with a breakdown of roughly 8 hours sleep, 8 hours work, 8 hours free time per day, which would be 72 total counting 16s on weekends.
A lot of people 60 and up play mobile games heavy my father is 61 and plays golf and card games and my 84 year old
Grandmother plays candy crush and casino like games. So I can believe 67% game
Grandmother plays candy crush and casino like games. So I can believe 67% game
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For a population of 330,000,000, with a 99% confidence level, and a 2% confidence interval, you'd only need 4160 people.
If those above terms don't make sense:
Population: The size of the group you're trying to learn about.
Confidence Interval: The variance on the percentages. For example, a confidence interval of 2% means that if you determined the number is 43%, it could be from 41% to 45%.
Confidence Level: The chance that the true number is actually in your confidence interval. So in this case, there would be a 99% chance that 41% to 45% of US gamers play on consoles.
ITT: People questioning the survey methodology of NPD of all things.
You'd have to apply the same thought to consoles. Like who on consoles use them for games other than the latest COD or the like.
You'd have to apply the same thought to consoles. Like who on consoles use them for games other than the latest COD or the like.
Your title suggests American when it's really gamers in US, which is why I thought voluntary polling would lead to biased results.
Steam has a very active userbase of "non-core" players in genres most people on this board are completely unfamiliar with, such as hidden object games.
Yeah, my grandmother logged hours that would put "gamers" to shame playing bejeweled, hidden object, and similar games.
I wouldn't count chores et all as leisure time, but alas they must have with that amount of time.
I don't take issue with the methodology, but I think at least being cautious of the methodology is probably better than just accepting it as a good approach. I would rather people err on the side of caution.
Do we have a way to meaningfully extract from this data amount of "hardcore" players like myself who go for consoles and God of War versus say, my grandmother who exclusively plays words with friends on her smartphone?
In my family, I am the only one that plays several console games and my two cousins spent 10 times more hours than me in....lineage.
I can understand that 53%
A lot of people are thinking of like Steam when they see PC Gamer.
Playing a flash game on Facebook counts as being a PC Gamer. Your grandma playing solitaire on her PC counts as a PC gamer.
Playing a flash game on Facebook counts as being a PC Gamer. Your grandma playing solitaire on her PC counts as a PC gamer.
Thats like, an hour and a half a day and a couple of hours a day at the weekend
And only buying FIFA or COD every year counts as a console gamer. So?
I am talking about those surprised how high the PC gamer count is. I mean a lot old ladies in retirement homes who only use computers for facebook count as pc gamers. The % isn't surprising at all given what defines a pc gamer. If anything I am surprised it isn't higher.
Anyone commuting on public transport can put that in easily tapping away at a phone or tablet in what is effectively 'dead time' otherwise, I put in ten hours of gaming a week that way and barely touch games at home.
Sure, I am just wondering what do you think the percentage would be without these old ladies.
Are you guys saying Minesweeper is awesome talking about the game that used to come preinstalled on windows, or the... thing... that you have to get off the W10 store nowadays complete with IAPs and Xbox Achievements?
I mean, I doubt anyone would expect a % above the console % without "casual" PC/Browser games. But not that it matters. Something like like a meaty RPG is no more of a video game than say Words With Friends on Facebook.
Minesweeper is a great video game. Never played the Windows 10 one though.
I agree with you.
Or a hidden object game, a point-and-click adventure, or a match 3 puzzle game. It really annoys me when people label only some genres as 'real games' so I'm glad we agree on this.
Like the matrix, I can't tell you what minesweeper is like nowadays, you have to experience it for yourself