• December 10, 2008

About 53% of American adults ages 18 and older play video games, and about one in five adults, or 21%, play video games every day or almost every day, according to a Pew Research study released this week.

The study found that men--55%--are slightly more likely than women-- 50%--to play any kind of digital game. There is no significant difference in game-playing across income groups or between suburbanites and adults from other locales.

Despite the fact that younger generations tend to dominate the gaming world, older respondents to the study are more avid players. Older gamers, particularly seniors, tend to play games more frequently. Indeed, 36% of gamers 65 and older said they play games every day or almost every day, compared to 19% of adults ages 50 to 64, 20% of adults ages 30 to 49, and 20% of adults ages 18 to 29. The Pew survey represents a sample of 2,054 adults living in the continental U.S.--Laurie Sullivan