11th March 2009 by Diane
25% of US online gamers play on consoles, PC remains majoritary
New NPD study shows that online gaming on consoles and handhelds in the US grew from 19% in 2008 to 25% in 2009, while PC remains largely majoritary, at 87% versus 90% last year (this last figure via ArsTechnica).
That would give a graph like that if we understand it right :
Amongst consoles, 50% of console online gamers played on Xbox360, while Wii was growing from 18% to 29%, and PS3 came third.
Tags: Consoles, Playstation 3, US, Wii, xbox360
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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)29th January 2009 by Diane
News roundup 29/01/08
Flying Labs opens a casual MMO division (“family-oriented”)- Games Convention Leipzig is cancelled, but Games Convention Online will take place there from 31/07 to 2/08, dedicated to online games and especially browser games.
- Internet in 2008 in numbers.
- Study from Pew Research shows 35% of all US internet adults have a social network profile. For 18/24 years old it’s 75%. 50% of the US adult socnet users have a profile on MySpace, 22% on Facebook.
- SOE partners with PopCap for casual games on the PSN.
- WOW to have accounted for 50% of Activision Blizzard’s earnings last fiscal year according to analyst.
- Console manufacturers impacted by recession.
Tags: Consoles, Flying Labs, PopCap, social networking, SOE, WOW
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