According to new research from the NPD Group, about four percent of U.S. gamers play videogames for almost 50 hours a week, getting the title of "extreme gamers."
These "extreme gamers" play 48.5 hours per week, while the average gamers play around 13 hours per week.
Overall, gaming time went up from 2009, when the average was 12.3 percent.
Interestingly, portable gaming time fell ... [ read the full article ]
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That 4% of 31 year old gamers are still in High school so I'm not supprised. When they get out of school and get a real job they won't have 50hrs a week to play games especially if they get married and have kids.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Hehe..maybe not with a wife and kids...but you can work a 9-hour job and get 9 hours a night of sleep, and still break 50hrs a week of gaming.
Yeah, when you don't have a life. I don't game nearly as much as I used to primarily b/c it's not as appealing to me as it once was. Don't get me wrong I like gaming alot, but when a person gets older, there's other priorities like what Mr-Movies said: Wife, kids, job, friends, beer, etc. Just my 2 cents.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Hehe..maybe not with a wife and kids...but you can work a 9-hour job and get 9 hours a night of sleep, and still break 50hrs a week of gaming.
Yeah, when you don't have a life. I don't game nearly as much as I used to primarily b/c it's not as appealing to me as it once was. Don't get me wrong I like gaming alot, but when a person gets older, there's other priorities like what Mr-Movies said: Wife, kids, job, friends, beer, etc. Just my 2 cents.
Yes that is true about having other priorities arise
