Sunday, July 02, 2006

Casual gamers are also hardcore gamers

Macrovision, operators of the PC games digital distribution portal Trymedia Network, have announced the results of a worldwide survey that examined the playing habits of casual gamers.
Conducted online by Trymedia last week, the survey looked at 789 participants who have played casual games through the company's www.trygames.com site (which offers a catalog of 1500+ core and casual PC titles).

As it turns out, casual gamers are actually more like hardcore gamers in that these people have been playing more and longer gaming sessions than previously thought. In fact, casual gamers are spending close to 20 hours per week playing games, with 37 percent playing 9 or more sessions each week. 66 percent said that each session lasts for at least one hour, while 31 percent play for more than two hours in each session. The survey also noted that the majority (73 percent) of playtime occurs at night.

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