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Nielsen Survey Investigates Gamer Choices

Posted by Zonk on from the what-we-do-and-why-we-do-it dept.

Gamasutra reports on findings from a large Nielsen survey on gaming and consumer choices. From the article: "The survey also revealed that 57% of active gamers have played online, with free casual online games the most used, and a notable 21% having played MMO games. While online-enabled console, MMO and gambling gamers are disproportionately male -- 76% vs. 24% -- casual gamers who play free online games such as puzzles are just as likely to be women as men, 49% vs. 51% respectively."

2 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Only 57% play online? by Propagandhi · · Score: 3, Funny

    [... ] discover Yahoo! solitaire instead of her Windows one.

    Wooo yeah, online solitaire! Finally I can play with my friends!

  2. Re:Not horribly surprising. by NeuralClone · · Score: 2, Funny

    OMG girlz don't exist on teh Intarweb!!!!1

    --
    find . -name "noobs" -print | xargs rm -rf && echo "pwnd."