Video games, for kids?

A new survey proves that video games are not just for kids. This survey found that more than half of Americans aged eighteen and older play video games. Statistics show that 81% of Americans aged between eighteen and twenty-nine play video games, 60% of people aged between thirty and forty-nine, 40% of those aged between fifty and sixty-four, and 23% of those aged sixty-five and older. Out of these people, 21% said that they play video games almost every day. Lastly it was proven that men are more likely to play these games than women.
This survey is very helpful to show us how many people play video games. The video game industry is very successful because once one starts playing these games they get addicted and can’t stop playing; as the survey shows, people aged sixty-five and older play. Once these people start playing it is hard to stop; the video game industry is very successful because of this fact. The people that play every day have the biggest impact on the industry. For these people, they get so addicted that games are the only things they think about. Some people don’t even work, because they are at home playing games; this is a major problem for the economy because there are less people that want to work in the world. The people that play video games every day have no social life because they are always stuck at home playing games. This kind of people will never be successful in life, because they have no social skill, and they never leave their home so they never get opportunities that can make them be successful.

December 9, 2008

Article provided by Canwest News Service.

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