How many people in America play video games?”
40 per cent of American adults play games on a computer or a console, according to the Washington Post. The study also reported an increase in online gaming as 45 per cent of those that describe themselves as gamers play over the Internet. Online gamers also spent more time playing those games. Forty-two percent of online gamers said they spent at least four hours playing games during an average week, compared with 26 percent of those who don’t play online. About one in six online gamers play more than 10 hours a week. These figures, from an April 2006 study, does not include people who only play time wasting games like solitaire or mine sweeper on their computer. One could also look at the raw numbers of video game consoles sold. However, According to the 2005 Statistical Abstract on the United States, more adults play board games than video games. Abstrac
