Top Ten Industry facts

[powdermonkey]

Top Ten Industry Facts
1. Fifty percent of all Americans age six and older play computer and video games.
2. The average age of a game player is 29 years old.
3. Forty-three percent of game players are women.
4. Computer and video game software sales grew eight percent in 2002 to $6.9 billion and are expected to show strong growth over the next few years.
5. In 2002, more than 221 million computer and video games were sold, or almost two games for every household in America.
6. All games are rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), and sixty-three percent of games are rated “E” for Everyone. (For more information, please see www.esrb.org.)
7. Sixteen of the top 20 best selling games in 2002 were rated “E” for everyone or “T” for teen.
8. Ninety-two percent of all games are purchased by adults over the age of 18.
9. Ninety-six percent of parents surveyed who have children under the age of 18 said they are paying attention to the content of the computer and video games their children play, and sixty percent of parents say they play interactive games with their kids at least once a month.
10. The vast majority of people who play games do so with friends and family. (Almost sixty percent of frequent game players play with friends, thirty-three percent play with siblings, and about one-quarter play with their spouse and/or parents.)[/b]

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3. Forty-three percent of game players are women. [/b]


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[Sushubh]

A little girl and her mother were out and about. The girl, out of the blue, asked her mother, “Mommy, How old are you?” The mother responded, “Honey, women don’t talk about their age. You’ll learn this as you get older.The girl then asked, “Mommy, how much do you weigh?” Her mother responded again, “That’s another thing women don’t talk about. You’ll learn this, too, as you grow up.”The girl still wanting to know about her mother, then fires off another question, “Mommy, Why did you and Daddy get a divorce?” The mother, a little annoyed by the questions, responded, “Honey, that is a subject that hurts me very much, and I don’t want to talk about it now.”The little girl, frustrated, sulks until she is dropped off at a friend’s house to play. She consults with her girlfriend about her and her mother’s conversation. The girlfriend says, “All you have to do is sneak and look at your mother’s driver’s license. It’s just a like a report card from school. It tells you everything.”Later, the little girl and her mother are out and about again. The little girl starts off with, “Mommy, Mommy, I know how old you are. I k now how old you are. You’re 32 years old.” The mother is very shocked. She asks, “Sweetheart, how do you know that?” The little girl shrugs and says, “I just know. And I know how much you weigh. You weigh 130 pounds.” “Where did you learn that?” The little girl says, “I just know. And I know why you and daddy got a divorce. You got an “F” in sex.”