Casual Gamers to Top Professional Gamers

When the first video came out in the 1980’s there has always been two types of gamers. The good old casual gamers, that plays video games for fun. Plus you’re top of the chain professional gamers that devote their lives to video games. Despite the different types of gamers they all agree on that a video game is a place to just get away from reality. Even though are economy is going down the drain. Video games are still being sold and bought. “The DFC, the market firm focused on video games sales report that: $11.7 billion dollars profit have been made in the video game industry in the past year, while other businesses are going bankrupt”.

Casual gamers play video games when they have nothing better to do with their time. The difference between these gamers and pro-gamers that play for hours and hours is that some of them have a limit of playing. Many gamers have a limit on playing because of factors such as school-work, jobs, businesses, or studying. Some gamers over look these basic necessities and push them to the side to play some Resident Evil 5 or Halo.

    Survey was taken at a high school, 52 females and 72 males.

PS3: Males: 30%       Xbox 360: Males: 40%       PS2: Males: 22%    

     Females: 25%                      Females: 17%            Females: 30%

                            Wii: Males: 18% Females: 28%

Favorite Character: Mario: 21%, Sonic: 17%, Master Chief: 17%,   Link: 9%,

Snake: 9%, Other: 31%.

Playtime per week: 30min. or less: 24%, 30mins. to 1 hour: 16%

1 hour to 4 hours: 28%, 4 hours to 8 hours: 21%, 8 hours or more 11%

Video game categories:   First person shooter: 14%,    rpg/ action adventure: 26%,

Sports/racing/fighting:    28%, Music/party games: 27%