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Comment by Jake Roesler on November 14, 2009 at 8:42pm

Hi, my name is Jake and I'm a gamer.

Comment by William Noel on November 14, 2009 at 9:28am

How about some facts:

• U.S. computer and video game software sales grew 22.9 percent in 2008 to $11.7 billion – more than quadrupling industry software sales since 1996.
• Sixty-eight percent of American households play computer or video games.
• The average game player is 35 years old and has been playing games for 12 years.
• The average age of the most frequent game purchaser is 39 years old.
• Forty percent of all game players are women. In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (34 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (18 percent).
• In 2009, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 play video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
• Thirty-seven percent of heads of households play games on a wireless device, such as a cell phone or PDA, up from 20 percent in 2002.
• Eighty-four percent of all games sold in 2008 were rated "E" for Everyone, "T" for Teen, or "E10+" for Everyone 10+. For more information on game ratings, please see www.esrb.org.
• Ninety-two percent of game players under the age of 18 report that their parents are present when they purchase or rent games.
• Sixty-three percent of parents believe games are a positive part of their children’s lives.-