Sep 22, 2011
The ubiquity of mobile gaming as a platform, combined with the plethora of new apps and games being released daily, has brought a whole new wave of gamers who don’t necessarily fit the mold of hardcore, console game devotees. Do they still count as gamers, then? Of course they do. They’re playing games, after all. Statistics are fairly easy to come by for console game players, including their demographics and preferences, but those of mobile gamers tend to be more elusive at this volatile turning point in the mobile platform, taking phones and tablets into consideration as well as hand-held game systems like PSP and Nintendo DS.
The following infographic by onemorelevel.com seeks to break down some of the overall stats on the kinds of games people are playing. I thought it was interesting that 28% of all gamers are girls and women. Also, 62% of gamers have played online games, and the majority of games being played is not RPG. Funny, I always thought the world revolved around World of Warcraft, but it seems people mostly prefer quick games like card games, puzzle games, and word games. Old style arcade games are still popular as ever, too. Click on the graphic to expand it to full size.
