New Pew Report Shows Adults Are Gamers Too

December 8th, 2008

The Pew Internet and American Life Project published a report yesterday about Adults and Video Games which states that over half of American adults play video games of some kind. Here are some of their key findings:

• 53% of American adults aged 18 and older play video games
• Adults prefer computers as their gaming device while young adults prefer consoles
• 4 out of 5 young adults play video games
• 81% of respondents 18-29 years old play games
• 23% of respondents 65 years old and older report playing games
• Men are slightly more likely to play digital games than women
• Urbanites are slightly more likely to play digital games than rural-dwellers
• 57% of respondents with at least some college education play games
• 51% of high school graduates play games