Almost 48 million U.S. gamers are spending roughly 15 hours a week gaming, due to COV

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It appears that more and more people are turning to gaming as an entertainment, and existing gamers on the top are spending more time in their favorite gaming titles, according to NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella. There has been a general trend towards more significant gaming engagement overall in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.
NPD group has only shared the statistics for the US, but I’m sure other countries might have also seen a sudden rise in gaming habits, as more gamers are spending time on their favorite titles.
As per the above NPD report, the gaming habits of U.S. consumers are on the rise, and the analyst notes that 3/4ths of the United States population are gamers that spend more time and/or money on interactive entertainment, which amounts to roughly 244 million people, an increase of 32 million people since 2018. Out of these, 20% of them, or 48 million people heavily spend over 15 hours a week playing video games.

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