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Gamers Spend 5 Hours Per Week Online

by Robyn Tippins on October 6th, 2006

A new study by Nielson seems to suggest that gamers spend between 5-7 hours per week online playing games (Live! is included).

Even more interesting is the percentage clearly indicated that online gaming is the way of the future (duh):

Nielson found that, as of August, about 117 million people in the U.S. qualified as active gamers, and 56% reported playing games online as opposed to playing on consoles such as Sony PlayStation or with handheld devices.

And then this one that we already knew.

In the entire group, men outnumbered women by more than 2-to-1.

I spend roughly 5-10, depending on my week.  How about you?  Are you an ‘active’ gamer or just a wannabe?

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