Top Ten Industry Facts

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Top Ten Industry Facts
1/ U.S. computer and video game software sales grew eight percent in 2003 to $7 billion – a more than doubling of industry software sales since 1996.

2/ In 2003, more than 239 million computer and video games were sold, or almost two games for every household in America.

3/ Half of all Americans age six and older play computer and video games.

4/ The average age of a game player is 29 years old.

5/ The average game buyer is 36 years old. In 2003, 94 percent of computer game buyers and 84 percent of console game buyers were over the age of 18.

6/ Thirty-nine percent of game players are women.

7/ Eighty-five percent of all games sold in 2003 were rated "E" for everyone or "T" for teen. (For more information on ratings, please see www.esrb.org.)

8/ Ninety-two percent of parents surveyed who have children under the age of 18 say they monitor the content of the interactive games their children play, and 55 percent of parents say they play interactive games with their kids at least once a month.

9/ Forty-three percent of game players say they play games online one or more hours per week, up from thirty-seven percent in 2003 and thirty-one percent in 2002.

10/ More than half of game players expect to be playing as much or more 10 years from now as they do today.

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