Highlights:
Notes from NPD:
- 67% of Americans age 2 and up play games. This is a total of 211.2 million game playing Americans.
- 90% play on mobile, 52% on PC, and 43% on console. These are percentages of the 67% of Americans playing games, not of the total US population.
- To be clear, PC includes stuff like Facebook or browser gaming.
- Handhelds are down to 9%, but I think NPD counts the Switch as a console, so I'm not sure how much longer that stat will be relevant.
- 59% of gamers play on both mobile and (PC and/or console).
- 41% of gamers play on only one device type (mobile, console, or PC).
- For people who play games, it tends to take up 16% of their leisure time, which turns out to 12 hours a week on average.
- For comparison, internet browsing is 18%, listening to music is 15%, and social media is 13%.
- Active gamers (the group studied) were counted as anyone who played games within the month of June 2018, were age 2 or higher, and had access to one of the devices mentioned (mobile, PC, or console).
Notes from NPD:
Mobile includes tablets
Switch is a Console
The % are of the 211m gamers
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