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U.S. And.. Iceland Dominate Online FPS Stats

Posted by simoniker on from the too-cold-to-mouselook dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the CSports survey showing that, over the online gaming networks they monitor, the U.S. has the most online FPS gamers, but Iceland comes out on top in terms of minutes played per person, taking into consideration the entire population of the country. The article elaborates: "Our analysis.. shows that the Nordic countries are generally the most online game crazy. Top of the charts by a country mile are the 280,000 or so Icelanders who clock in with over 7 hours of online fps game play per capita per year."

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  1. Top Countries by isorox · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the top countries are

    1) Iceland
    2) Sweeden
    5) Norway
    6) Finland

    Something to do with the long depressing nights at those altitudes? Some people spend time in sauna's, some write Linux, some play FPS's.

    Many of the others near the top, San Marino (3), Liechenstein (7), Singapore (10), Gibralter (11), Macau (12) are tiny countries so the stats may seem a little off - they lack the rural rednecks (and their equivelents) that bring the U.S, UK, and Germany's per capita stats down.

    The non-nordic sutibally large countries are Denmark, Netherlands, Austrailia, and the U.S.

  2. Well, if you practically live on the north pole... by J_DarkElf · · Score: 4, Funny

    What else is there to do than play games?

    Sex? I get all I need from Leisure Suit Larry :D

  3. Finland, for pony trekking and tea by Jouni · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's not true that we'd get less sunlight here in Finland; our sunlight is simply unevenly distributed. Our winter nights are long and dark, our summer nights short and sweet. Up North, we get the midnight sun and literally no nights for months on end.

    However, our population is sparse and I believe distance plays heavily into this pattern. Finland has roughly equivalent land mass compared to England, and carries only a tenth of the population. That's a lot of forest.

    In a high-tech country, separated far from your friends, using a computer for company and communication becomes a lot more attractive. We are to blame for IRC, Linux and Nokia, how's that for a pattern?

    The links are all appropriately chat-related...

    Jouni

    --
    Jouni Mannonen | Game Designer, Consultant
  4. In the mean time... by M3wThr33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    3 more Korean gamers died today playing Diablo 2 for over 72 hours straight.

  5. America's Army by bigman2003 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This explains all the damn fur-in-ers on America's Army.

    You wanna know why the non-American's annoy me so much on that game?

    Because a bunch of jackass American's always want to say "this is our game, go away and have your country make thier own.." Now THAT is annoying.

    --
    No reason to lie.