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There are 217 million online gamers worldwide in 2007
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62% of all gamers report playing games online.
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The majority of online gamers are console owners and casual gamers from middle income households ($35,000-$75,000) aged 25-44.
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Females accounted for 42% of online gamers.
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Among video game systems used for online gaming, Xbox 360 has the highest percentage of use (54%) followed by PS3 (45%).
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Nintendo Wii users are most inclined (76%) to be online gamers. Xbox 360 and PS3 users are next in line, each with about 7 in 10 reporting that they game online.
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Xbox 360 tops the list regarding hours per week spent playing games online, with a mean of 7.1 hours per week.
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The PS3 had a mean weekly total of 6.1 hours
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PC/Mac users spent 5.8 hours a week on online gaming.
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The highest ranking genres of games played online were card, puzzle, arcade and word games (44%), family-oriented games (25%) and RPG/MMOGs (19%). Casual, family oriented and gambling games (17%) were generally favored by PC online gamers while console/portable online gamers were more inclined to prefer non-casual game genres such as shooting and racing games.
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85% of purchasers bought more than three-quarters of their games in physical format, while only 5% of purchasers bought three-quarters of their games in digital format.
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5% of purchasers bought three-quarters of their games in digital format.
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58% of Social Gamers are over 40 years old
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29% are Married with children
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79% have a college degree or better
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44% earn over $50,000 per year
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8% of people access the games from a mobile phone (source: Digital Buzz Blog)
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