Survey says: MMOs taking up 15% of gaming time
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Nov 19th 2009 at 1:00AM } 
The article detailing the survey's results, titled "Today's Gamers MMO Focus Report," claims that US citizens spend more time with MMOs than Europeans by far – 21 percent on this side of the Atlantic and 10 percent across the pond. Furthermore, 8-12-year-old males make up the majority of US players, "[which is] explained by the popularity of virtual worlds aimed at young children, such as Club Penguin and Disney Toontown," according to the report. We might normally wonder how the rest of our time stacks up in other gaming genres, but we're too busy playing Modern Warfare 2 online. See ya later!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kojo87 @ Nov 19th 2009 1:04AM
i can't tell if that picture is depressing or ridiculously awesome.
brian @ Nov 19th 2009 1:20AM
it's depressing
WiredKnight: Keeper of Threads @ Nov 19th 2009 1:26AM
What a noob. If he really wanted to multitask, he'd use something like input director so that he could control them all with the same mouse and keyboard, instead of having to switch back and forth.
That Guy @ Nov 19th 2009 4:43AM
World of Warcraft is a strange game.
The only winning move is not to play.
CJLopez @ Nov 19th 2009 12:09PM
depressing indeed.
i read over neoGaf the guy wasnt able to get friends or be part of a guild, so he did this to be his own army
Ian @ Nov 19th 2009 1:23PM
its depressing, i read somewhere he spends over like $5000 just in game fees.. absolutely depressing.
Snatcher (MDF - Halo Ring) @ Nov 19th 2009 1:05AM
LIVE ID: BLADERUNNER2018, come get some AC130 action
Money @ Nov 19th 2009 1:07AM
Whats going on with engadget?!?!
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 19th 2009 1:08AM
Y2K9?
finnith @ Nov 19th 2009 2:27AM
I would guess that they're instituting the upgrades that Joshua has been talking about for so long.
You know, the ones that started with being unable to vote the writers' comments up or down.
DubiousCow @ Nov 19th 2009 6:01AM
Is there any way that you can fire Ben Gilbert (and his horrible writing) and hire me (with my awesome writing)?
My resume includes (but is not limited to): The Magna Carta, The Hobbit and a list I needed to go grocery shopping.
macabrearts @ Nov 19th 2009 1:07AM
in other news, only .01% of gamers play MMOs... hmm... interesting
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 19th 2009 1:09AM
Joystiq, somehow I bet you'll be playing the BC2 beta tomorrow...
Light Speed @ Nov 19th 2009 1:25AM
that would have been a cooler multiboxing setup if it wasnt for those stupid "roll the ball" mouses
brian @ Nov 19th 2009 1:26AM
does it really look like he has room for a normal mouse there?
WiredKnight: Keeper of Threads @ Nov 19th 2009 1:26AM
They're called trackballs. And there's nothing wrong with them.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 19th 2009 1:29AM
What can you say.
The dude's got...balls.
ifalldownstairs @ Nov 19th 2009 1:51AM
"hojillion"?
I
HedonisticKai @ Nov 19th 2009 2:19AM
i want this setup.. and then go to pornhub
finnith @ Nov 19th 2009 2:29AM
What's the point of having so many screens? It's not like you can look at more than one at a time.
HedonisticKai @ Nov 19th 2009 3:44PM
im looking at my monitor right now.. but i can still see my speakers, mouse, keyboard, microphone, mountain dew can, work out supplements, some cd's, my cereal, and my textbooks.
DubiousCow @ Nov 19th 2009 6:03AM
"We might normally wonder how the rest of our time stacks up in other gaming genres, but we're too busy playing Modern Warfare 2 online."
When you guys got paid by Infinity Ward or Activision, how many months following Modern Warfare 2's release did you have to mention this game in every blog post?
hdhrant @ Nov 19th 2009 8:31AM
Isn't this kind of like determining the average income of the Forbes 400 and 400 homeless people? I bet very few gamers spend 15% of their time MMOs, as most spend no time playing them, but a few spend almost all of their time playing them.
Preston @ Nov 19th 2009 11:54AM
So the majority of MMO players are 8-12 year olds? I thought this was common knowledge by now.
Gregory Christopher @ Nov 19th 2009 12:27PM
Runescape and WoW over9000%
Gregory Christopher @ Nov 19th 2009 12:23PM
Lord of the Rings online is the best MMORPG hands down
RKN (Steam ID: nerdydesi) @ Nov 19th 2009 6:21PM
0% for me in MMORPG's, probably forever. That shit needs to move off PCs and go onto consoles, PC needs more "hardcore" games like consoles get.