The pandemic threw very good people into their homes, which of course made the consumption of multimedia content soar! It’s something notorious in the streaming world, but in the multimedia content part, we also have to include video games, which gained a lot of new fans, and in a very curious way, recovered some older players, who for various reasons, simply didn’t have time to play.
Well, the new normal seems to have given these players the confidence to continue enjoying their consoles and computers. In the end, even with everything opening up, the numbers are still extremely high.
End of pandemic = less time to play? ahah! Nop!
Therefore, gaming has always been a gigantic industry, capable of generating many good millions for the biggest companies in this space, but with COVID, the thing really grew.
After all, although the obligation to stay indoors has been lifted, people are choosing to spend a lot of their time with video games. Average game play (hours per week) in the United States has risen from 12.7 hours to an incredible 14.8 hours in 2020, with the number increasing further to 16.5 hours in 2021.
Do you know who is playing the most? It’s the old ones!
Well, more or less, after all, it is in the 45~64 hour age group that we have the biggest increase in hours played. What is clear, demonstrates that the gaming world has long since ceased to be the domain of the youngest.
This also means that players are spending more money on games, with “spending” going up around 35% by July 2021.
Besides, what do you think about all this? Are you also playing games like never before? Please share your opinion with us in the comments below.