Info Plant Surveys Online Gamers.

Tokyo, Japan, Aug 9, 2005 - (JCNN) - Info Plant conducted a survey of 1,000 Internet users aged 10 to 59, asking them about game consoles and online game experiences. The survey revealed that 70% of the respondents play games "often" and "sometimes," and especially people in their 20s play games most often.

PlayStation2 is the most popular console as 80% own it, followed by PSone (50%), and Gameboy (40%). Most of the people purchase only one or two game titles a year, while more than 40% do not buy preowned games.

Online gamers use primarily PCs, while slightly more than 10% of the gamers use cellphone and game consoles.

When asked about how much they pay for online games, more than 70% of the teens use only free-of-charge online games, while the respondents in their 20s and 30s spend more on online games. However, 70% of the entire samples do not spend more than 500 yen ($4.45) per month.

When asked about which online game titles they are playing now, they mentioned RPGs like Final Fantasy and Ragnarok and table games like Othello. Hangame and other game websites are also popular since they have chatting and other communication functions.

The survey revealed that a majority of gamers started playing a game when they hear about it word-of-mouth whether it is an online or offline game.

Source: JCN http://www.japancorp.net

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