Andre Yoskowitz
28 May 2010 23:04
According to new research from the NPD Group, about four percent of U.S. gamers play videogames for almost 50 hours a week, getting the title of "extreme gamers."
These "extreme gamers" play 48.5 hours per week, while the average gamers play around 13 hours per week.
Overall, gaming time went up from 2009, when the average was 12.3 percent.
Interestingly, portable gaming time fell 16 percent, while PC gaming rose 6 percent and console gaming rose 9 percent.
The age of the average gamer rose as well, from 31 to 32 this year, implying that current gamers will continue to play even as they get older.
Adds Anita Frazier, key analyst with NPD (via GI): "With these kinds of shifts in the composition of the gaming consumer and changes in gaming behaviour, it’s clear that the need to understand gamers and their purchase patterns remains critical information to those that develop, market and sell games."