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Friends Family Parents Spouse
42%
19%
17% 16%
According to a survey by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA),
56 percent of people who play video games the most play multiplayer games at
least once a week. This same group spends approximately seven hours playing
multiplayer games online per week, and six hours playing multiplayer games
with others in person per week. Video games can be a social activity. Jennifer
deWinter and Lee Sheldon, in an article for
Venture Beat
, state that “the
sociality of games . . . translates across countries and cultures. Players don’t
have to speak the same language to help each other with a quest and fight
toward the same end goal.”
The group of most-frequent gamers identified by the ESA play video games
socially with different types of people. Some play with family members and
spouses while others play with their friends. Video games help them create and
maintain connections with other people in their lives.
Jennifer deWinter and Lee Sheldon, “Video Games Can Create Beneficial Social Connections and
Take On Real Issues,”
Venture Beat,
April 5, 2018.
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