Survey finds a quarter of adults in the US and UK are ‘avid’ mobile gamers

Just how many cellphone users can be considered gamers these days? According to a new survey from PopCap Games and Information Solutions Group, about a quarter of adults in the US and UK have played a game on their phone in the past week, which makes them an “avid” gamer in their eyes, while about a third have played a game in the past month. If you dial things down to just mobile gamers with a smartphone, however, the number of avid gamers jumps to a hefty 83 percent, with 45 percent saying they play on a daily basis. What’s perhaps most telling, though, is that 55 percent of smartphone users say they play games in general most often on their on their phone, compared to just 22 percent who play most often on their desktop or laptop computer, and 20 percent who opt for game console. Hit up the link below to check out the complete results in PDF form. Continue reading Survey finds a quarter of adults in the US and UK are ‘avid’ mobile gamers Survey finds a quarter of adults in the US and UK are ‘avid’ mobile gamers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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