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10 Facts about the Computer and Video game Industry

1: Sixty percent of all Americans age six and older, or about 145 million people, play computer and video games.

2: The average age of a game player is 28 years old.

3: Forty-three percent of game players are women.

4: The vast majority of people who play do so with friends and family. (Almost 60% of frequent game players play with friends, 33% play with siblings, and about one-quarter play with their spouse and/or parents.)

5: Computer and video games generated $6.35 billion in sales in 2001 and will continue to show strong growth over the next few years.

6: In 2001, over 225 million computer and video games were sold, or almost two games for every household in America.

7: All games are rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), and over 70% of games are rated "E" for Everyone.

8: Ninety percent of all games are purchased by adults over the age of 18.

9: Eighteen of the top twenty best selling games in 2001 were read "E" for everyone or "T" for teen.

10: In 2000, for the third consecutive year, an astonishing 35 percent of all Americans identified computer and video games as the most fun entertainment activity. A distant second was watching television (18 percent), then surfing the Internet (15 percent), reading books (13 percent), and going out to the movies (11 percent).

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