| KeyWord: game |
Date: 02-28-2006 |
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| Summary:According to a recent report by Forrester Research based on a 10,000 household mail survey, 60 percent of PC gamers play games online, and of that group,82 percent play them for free." |
![](\"http://images.mmosite.com/news/200602/28/chart.jpg\") On the contrary, 34 percent said they play games just as much as they did two years ago. The report was based on a 10,000 household mail survey.
The report also stated that 48 percent of the gamers polled felt games don‘t offer good bang-for-the-buck, despite the fact that many games offer dozens of hours of gameplay.
In addition, 25 percent of those polled don‘t mind in-game ads as long as they help stabilize game prices and are non-intrusive.
The same survey also revealed that the majority of PC gamers -- 60 percent -- play games online, and of that group, 82 percent play them for free. The report forecasts that PC gaming will be adopted by 44 percent of U.S. and Canadian households by 2011, thanks in part to the Viiv platform, increasingly powerful PCs and accelerating broadband adoption. | | |
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