Jane McGonigal - 'Reality Is Broken' (facts)

1.  Digital games, across most media platforms, is expected to be a $68 billion industry by the end of this year.
2. The planet is spending more than 3 billion hours a week gaming.
3. In the United States, there are 183 million active gamers.
4. Collectively, there are 4 million gamers in the Middle East, 105 million in India, 100 million in Europe and 200 million in China.
5. There are more than 10 million gamers in the UK, France, and Germany that spend at least twenty hours a week playing.
6. In America, 69% of all heads of household play computer games, 40% of all gamers are women, 1/4 of gamers are aged 50+, the average age is 35 and have been playing for approximately 12 years. 97% of youth play video games.
7. 5 million 'extreme gamers' in the US that play an average of 45 hours a week.
8. By an average American reaches the age of 21, they will have spent 10.000 hours gaming.
9. At this point in time there is a global gaming community consisting of 500 million people.
10. There are now more than 6 million people in China who spend at least 22 hours a week gaming, the equivalent of a part-time job.
11. Some relevent statistics from the Entertainment Software Associations annual study of game players state that; 69 percent of all heads of household play computer and video games, 97 percent of youth play computer and video games, 40 percent of all gamers are women, 1/4 of gamers is over the age of fifty and the average game player is thirty five years old and has been playing games for 12 years.
12. Also, the scientific journal Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking reported in 2009 that 61 percent of surveyed CEO'S, CFO's and the other senior executives say they take daily game breaks at work.