Gamers

Who plays these video games that are so popular and in demand? More males than females play the video games. That is almost a no-brianer, but there are many many women who actually play and enjoy playing video games. According to the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) 38% of gamers (video game players) are women and 62% of gamers are men. Of those 31% of women are 18+ years old and 20% of men are 17 years or younger. I thought that was a very interesting statistic considering that you wouldn't expect grown, mature women to play video games, but most girls never did when they were younger.

I believe that when someone goes into college there are a few types of people they will encounter; druggies, drunks, hippies, and gamers. I'm not saying everyone has to fit into one of these categories but there are alot of people who hadn't tried all four of these until college. Let me also clarify hippy. My definition of hippy is anyone who decides that they are the progressive ones, leading the way for a better tomorrow. That's mainly activists. Women who hadn't tried gaming until college are the reason why the 18+ statistic is so high.

Back to the matter at hand. A few more interesting statistics from ESA state the average age of a gamer is 33, however the average age of those who purchase games is 38. And finally out of all gamers 28.2% are under age 18, 47.6% are age 18 to 49, and 24.2% are age 50+. I bet you didn't know that about your dad or grandpa?

The statistics I found for this blog were on the ESA website http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php