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A study by Limelight Networks, a company specializing in content hosting, reveals that video game players spent an average of 8 hours and 27 minutes on this activity each week in 2020, an increase of 14% compared to 2019. A total of 4,000 gamers from China, Germany, India, Indonesia, South Korea, UK, US and Vietnam were surveyed, reports
TechRepublic
.
In France, the average was 9 hours last year.
58% casual gamers
If the average of this study is 8 hours and 27 minutes per week, 25% of respondents said they play more than 12 hours per week.
A third of the players surveyed also ensure they play more than five hours in a row.
On the other hand, only 22% of gamers say they are experts when 58% are ultimately only occasional players and 14% novices.
For 47% of gamers, speed and screen rendering are decisive in choosing a game. History also accounts for 40% of respondents and the regularity of updates for 39% of them.
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