NPD Discovers That 72% Of US Gamers Play Online

<p>Interesting stats are the order of the day today after The NPD Group has revealed that 72&percnt; of gamers in the US play videogames online&comma; an increase of 5&percnt; since 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to this huge chunk of the gaming population now linked together at the touch of the button&comma; the group also found that gamers favorite &&num;8216&semi;console&&num;8217&semi; to go online with was the PC&comma; with 68&percnt; of US gamers saying that they play online through the device&period; The study also found a 12&percnt; increase in online gaming year-over-year for mobile devices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And do you want more ammunition for the next time you&&num;8217&semi;re in an internet forum and you&&num;8217&semi;re faced against those users who believe that digital copies of games is the future and everyone who doesn&&num;8217&semi;t embrace it right now are idiots&quest; Well the survey found that 62&percnt; of US Gamers prefer purchasing a game in physical format where both price and availability were consistent&period; So you <em>might<&sol;em> just have a case to argue with there&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;npd-72-percent-of-us-gamers-play-online-6407855">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;8d33b216-2bfc-44c6-b2b1-6249fbb102b6" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;