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There are 217 million online gamers worldwide in 2007

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Online Gaming Industry Stats (click here for all stats in this category)

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Years / Period:

2007

Stat Source:

Comscore

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Comscore

Stat Tags:

gamer, player, video games, computer games,

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62% of all gamers report playing games online.	More Info
The majority of online gamers are console owners and casual gamers from middle income households ($35,000-$75,000) aged 25-44.	More Info
Females accounted for 42% of online gamers.	More Info
Among video game systems used for online gaming, Xbox 360 has the highest percentage of use (54%) followed by PS3 (45%).	More Info
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.	More Info
Xbox 360 tops the list regarding hours per week spent playing games online, with a mean of 7.1 hours per week.	More Info
The PS3 had a mean weekly total of 6.1 hours	More Info
PC/Mac users spent 5.8 hours a week on online gaming.	More Info
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.	More Info
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.	More Info
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Market Research Reports Mentioning / Related to this Stat / Figure

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2006 Casual Games White Paper	International Game Developers Association (IGDA)	More Info
2005 Casual Games White Paper	International Game Developers Association (IGDA)	More Info
2005 Mobile Games White Paper	International Game Developers Association (IGDA)	More Info
2004 Web & Downloadable Games White Paper	International Game Developers Association (IGDA)	More Info
2003 Online Games White Paper	International Game Developers Association (IGDA)	More Info
2002 Online Games White Paper	International Game Developers Association (IGDA)	More Info