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Survey: gamers make up a third of the UK population

Posted Jun 30, 2010 at 12:14PM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: PSP, Wii, PS3, MMORPG, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming, iPhone Tags: ELSPA, survey

Thanks to new means and technologies, even the non-console owners now have access to video games that they'd otherwise be unable to play. Easier access meant that more people got into video games, and the end result - more people consider themselves to be a gamer. According to a survey by the ELSPA and ISFE, a third of the UK population consider themselves to be gamers.

Survey says a sizable 32% of the UK population are gamers. Of that number, 60% play through online gaming sites, while 37% make use of social networking sites like Facebook for their gaming fix. It's because of those two particular demographics that the ISFE decided to commission the ELSPA to do the survey - they wanted to see how much the gamer population has grown beyond the traditional "gamer".

“With the growth of gaming platforms such as social networking sites and the iPhone, we are witnessing once again the growth of gaming into new areas of society, truly showing that the UK is a nation of gamers," said ELSPA Director General Mike Rawlinson.

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Two problems with that.

1. If you build a shed then you ARE on some level a carpenter or a 'builder' as you put it. You can not deny that. It may not be your profession but you have that skill and are able to pull it though.

2. Casual gamers do more then press a few keys. The fact that you even made that comment shows how ridiculous you are willing to take this discussion. Have fun with that.

-1 # RE: Survey: gamers make up a third of the UK population — michael scott 2010-07-01 00:02

Haha, farmville=gamer

that's like

guitar hero=musician

-2 # If your only playing — Grey 2010-07-01 03:15

If you are only playing a game like farmville online, your not even a casual gamer. You can only consider yourself an online gamer if you are playing multiple flash games or belong to a site like Kongregate. Playing just farmville is not gaming. Not even casual. Gamers are not everybody who plays a game. Gamers spend money on their pation and put in a significant amount of play time in each week. Paying to get more money in game does not count. Wii Games are casual games, not games where you are encouraged to give money to the makers to do better, endlessly harass your friends and family with crap they don't care about.

I agree with Glenn M. We need to get a hard definition of what gaming is. Not trying to make gamers an exclusive title but, you can't click one button for 10 minutes a day and call yourself a gamer.

+1 # RE: If your only playing — iluvfuz 2010-07-01 21:36

Oh right, because if you click 11 buttons for 8 hours a day, that makes a gamer.

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