Thursday, 10 November 2011

Initial Video Game Research


What is the global video industry worth?
·      June 2011 - $65billion or $74billion (Guardian)


What is it the value of the british video game industry?
·      £3.6 billion
·      (31 million games in the UK)
·      (UK games played 43,000,000 hours a day)

How many homes have games consoles?
·      8 out of 10 homes (Telegraph)

What is the most popular games console?
·      PS2 – 153.5 million

What are the current sales percentages for each 7th generation console?
·      Wii – 89.36 million
·      XBOX360 – 57.6 million
·      PS3 – 55.5 million

Find statistics on the relationship between gender and consoles?

Female – 40% Males – 60%

What are the top 5 most successful games?
·      Wii sports - 41m
·      Super Mario Bro’s – 40m
·      Pokemon – 32m
·      Tetris – 31m
·      Duck Hunt – 28m

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