Remember When You Were Kids?

Remember When You Were Kids? Mar 18, 2018 17:36:48 GMT

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Post by captainbryce on Mar 18, 2018 17:36:48 GMT

Mar 18, 2018 12:18:25 GMT Arlon10 said:

Mar 17, 2018 17:16:22 GMT captainbryce said:

And you’d be extremely wrong!

Video game trends and statistics

US Gamers

I might be extremely wrong. I haven't conducted any sweeping surveys. Your links however do not show that I am wrong. They only show statistics for one year each. One link shows 2016, the other shows 2017, statistics. There is no data for earlier years and nothing to indicate video game usage was not very much higher in those years as I claimed.

There are other problems with your claim.

Households that own a device exclusively for playing video games: 48%

That does not indicate the devices are new. I own two NES game consoles and more than 50 NES game cartridges and still use them. I would be counted in that 48% . I would also be counted if I did not use them.

Devices used - PC 56%

Do you really count all the "games" on PCs in the same category as on dedicated consoles? You realize that includes o lot of solitaire and mahjong and Scrabble?

Male gamers: 59% Female gamers: 41%

The deceptive thing about those figures is that it appears over half of the population is playing video games. That is not what is says. There might be only 4% of the population playing video games. If 59% of those are male then that's only 2.36 percent of the population. 4% is only a guess though. Your sites do not show and I can only guess what the actual percentage is.

This conversation is so dumb, it’s almost not even worth arguing. You are the one who made the first claim (unsupported by facts, stats, or even a logical, reasonable argument for why it MIGHT be true). There are dozens of statistics that refute your position.

Now you can quibble over how to interpret the statistics you want, but at the end of the day, there are MORE games available today, MORE households purchasing game systems than 30 years ago, and a LARGER gaming community (since online gaming is actually a thing today when it wasn’t before). The gaming industry has continued to grow (and is expected to continue to grow) with each passing year. And no, the stats do NOT include solitaire or any game that come preinstalled with a PC. It specifically applies to games that are PURCHASED.

Game industry growth.