When, Where, do People play What Games using Which Device?

The BBC has just released a really good in-depth report on how people game in the United Kingdom.
Not only does it provide details for six age groups (6-10, 11-15, 16-24, 25-35, 36-50, 51-65) and two genders, they also make distinctions between different platforms down to cell phones, and let us get a peek at personal motivations for playing as well as important players find games compared to other media. It’s a treat.

– How many people are playing games in the UK?
– How, where, when and why they play games?
– When is the family television used as a monitor for a console?
– The context in which gaming plays a role in people?s lives?
– Do people play games in isolation, or in a social situation?
– How does the public?s relationship with radio, television and mobile devices affect the games they play?
– What value do people place on the time spent playing?

Promising well for the future, the 6-10 and the 11-15 rank video games as the most important medium they are using.

(Via Jose P. Zagal.)

One thought on “When, Where, do People play What Games using Which Device?”

  1. sorry if i miss something – it’s early morning here ein germany – but do you have any link associated to find the bbc report easily?

    thx in advance,
    daniel / sirleto

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