If your stereotype of a PC gamer is a slovenly, socially stunted teen huddled in front of a monitor 13 hours a day—think again. The State of Gaming survey, commissioned by PC maker Dell, says gamers are—wait for it—pretty much just regular people.
The data released on Thursday is based on the online survey responses of 5,763 PC gamers hailing from 11 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States) and spanning six languages. They had to spend at least one hour per week playing games on a desktop or laptop PC to qualify for the survey.
The gist: The typical PC gamer isn’t that typical. Sure, 48 percent of the respondents were in their 20s or 30s, for instance, but only 12 percent were teenagers, meaning 40 percent were middle-aged or older adults (your parents!). Think most gamers are men?—47 percent of the respondents were female. Over half of respondents (57 percent) were married or in a committed relationship, and over half (52 percent) had children or stepchildren.
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