Say What? Average Gamer is 30 years Old, Probably a Woman
Monday, 17th December 2012Posted in Industry
Tags: Entertainment Software Association, esa, gamer girls, insights, statistics, stats
Written by: Paul Nyhart
No they aren’t nine year olds with nothing but time on their hands, on average they are 30 years old and have been playing video games for 12 years. Also, the split is almost 50/50 guys vs. girls, with 38% of all gamers playing “social games.” The last statistic indicating that games like Farmville and Words with Friends have escewed the gaming demographic over the past several years.
Perhaps the most striking number were the total number of dollars grossed from 2011 – almost $25 billion for the gaming industry as a whole. Thats 7 billion less than the entire global box office (which North America contributed roughly $10 billion, too). Continue reading “Say What? Average Gamer is 30 years Old, Probably a Woman” »
63% Of People Have Answered A Phone Call While On The Toilet (And Other Facts You Didn’t Want To Know About Cell Phones)
Monday, 2nd July 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Keeping it Real, Technology
Tags: addicted, cell phones, facts, faqs, robots, stats
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Where they found these stats we’re not sure, but they’re interesting nevertheless.
Bet you didn’t know that there are more active cell phones on the face of the planet than their are people — thanks to paranoid businessman and their spoiled children (and drug dealers who may or may technically be one and the same).
Of note, 55% of people have felt uncomfortable overhearing a cell phone conversation, which leaves a rather uncomfortable 45% to be comfortable overhearing sprinklings of someone else’s private life. Continue reading “63% Of People Have Answered A Phone Call While On The Toilet (And Other Facts You Didn’t Want To Know About Cell Phones)” »
Why HALO Might Be The Greatest Game of The Modern Era (Yes I Have Statistics)
Tuesday, 3rd April 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: halo, inforgraphic, master chief, multiplayer, reach, stats
Written by: Paul Nyhart
I tried coming up with a more creative/catchier title, but honestly, what the hell else is there to say other than look at the infographic below. Sure gameplay doesn’t always mean greatness, but holy Master Chief if some of these stats don’t blow you away:
- 20 million games played…
- Over 123 Trillion Minutes Played…
That doesn’t even include the time spent on Continue reading “Why HALO Might Be The Greatest Game of The Modern Era (Yes I Have Statistics)” »
Mass Effect 3 Flying Off The Shelves
Friday, 9th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: bioware, DLC, ea, John Riccitiello, MassEffect3, ME3, sales, stats
Written by: Craig Hunter
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EA has now announced the sales numbers for its recently released sci-fi action hit Mass Effect 3. We all expected Mass Effect 3 to make headway in the sales department but the numbers coming out of EA are quite staggering. Mass Effect 3 had an ambitious midnight sale the day of the game’s launch, possibly pushing the title to sell over 890,000 copies in its first 24 hours in North America alone.
Yesterday at the Wedbush Technology Media and Telecommunications Conference, which took place in New York City, John Riccitiello of EA spoke about ME3 meeting the company’s expectations”
“We anticipated it doing well, so we’re happy.”
Continue reading “Mass Effect 3 Flying Off The Shelves” »
Google Is Now Activating More Than 850k Mobile Devices Daily
Tuesday, 28th February 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets, Technology
Tags: activations, android, andy rubin, apple, comparison, google, ipad, iPhone, stats
Written by: Craig Hunter
In a post over on the Official Google Mobile blog, we learn some new stats about the ongoing race between Apple and the ever growing Android platform. Senior vice president of mobile and digital content at Google Andy Rubin explained there has been an incredible growth of android devices and its related products. What Andy calls the “Android ecosystem” has grown tremendously with up to 850,000 Android device activations daily and a total number of devices well over 300 million worldwide.
“With a year-on-year growth rate of more than 250%, 850,000 new Android devices are activated each day” Rubin says in his post on the Google Mobile Blog.
Google has an impressive booth at this years Continue reading “Google Is Now Activating More Than 850k Mobile Devices Daily” »
Proof Steam Is Keeping PC Gaming Alive [Infograph]
Thursday, 23rd February 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Keeping it Real
Tags: apple, comparison, gamestop, gaming, infographic, PC, statistics, stats, steam, valve
Written by: Craig Hunter
In a day where consoles are king, and PC gaming is seemingly falling to the wayside, some recently released stats show us exactly how PC gaming is doing. The infographic shows us that PC gaming, thanks to Valve and Steam users, is just as important and popular as ever.
Analyzing Valve’s market share through Steam, the graphic (below) from VideoGameDesignSchools gives us an interesting perspective. With over 40 million Steam accounts (a tie with Xbox Live), Valve currently has approximately 51% of the digital game distirbution market, beating out closest competitors Amazon, Gamestop, and MS Games. Continue reading “Proof Steam Is Keeping PC Gaming Alive [Infograph]” »
The ‘App Economy’ Has Created Over 466,000 Jobs In The US
Wednesday, 8th February 2012Posted in Apple, Blog Archive
Tags: 466000, app, developers, economy, iPhone, jobs, Mountain Economics, stats, study, TechNet, us
Written by: Craig Hunter
With just about every politician urging Apple to bring jobs back home to the U.S. amid Apple’s supply chain abroad coming under scrutiny for poor working conditions, perhaps it was about time someone mentioned the “App Economy”.
According to a new study, apps for mobile devices have created approximately 466,000 jobs in the US since 2008.
The numbers come from a TechNet sponsored study, with a little help from South Mountain Economics, which noted America’s App Economy “had zero jobs just Continue reading “The ‘App Economy’ Has Created Over 466,000 Jobs In The US” »
Apple to Apples: Our Favorite Tech Products vs America’s Favorite Fruit
Monday, 9th January 2012Posted in Apple, Blog Archive
Tags: apple, apple's, comparison, graphic, info, infograph, iPhone, products, stats
Written by: Craig Hunter
The guys over at MBAOnline have put together this new infographic showing off just how the world’s biggest tech company (who has more cash than the U.S. government) compares to America’s favorite fruit of the same name.
Within the infograph we learn a few interesting stats. For instance, did you know that for the price of one iPhone 4S you could buy approximately 2000 apples? The study bases the number on the price of an unlocked 16GB iPhone 4S to apples at a rate of around $1 per pound.
We learn that in 2009 there were approximately 71,000,000 tons of apples produced Continue reading “Apple to Apples: Our Favorite Tech Products vs America’s Favorite Fruit” »
Apple Beats Out Google with 18 billion App Downloads
Monday, 12th December 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive
Tags: android, app, apple, apps, billion, downloads, Lion, mac, market, stats, store
Written by: Craig Hunter
Right on the heels of Google announcing 10 billion downloads in the Android Market, Apple has today shared some numbers announcing impressive stats for the App Store and Mac App Store.
Apple has officially announced the App Store on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is home to over 500,000 apps with more than 18 billion app downloads since the store’s launch.
Currently, an average of about 1 billion apps are being downloaded per month. Google also now claims approximately 1 billion downloads per month, but Apple’s numbers didn’t include the Mac App Store, which has reached over 100 million downloads in less than a year since launch. Continue reading “Apple Beats Out Google with 18 billion App Downloads” »
MINECRAFT to join PAC-MAN and MARIO BROS. at Smithsonian as It Moves Past 4 Million Copies Sold
Wednesday, 9th November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: 4million, beta, development, game, Mario, Minecraft, Pac Man, persson, sales, smithsonian, source, stats
Written by: Craig Hunter
Building block-filled sandbox Minecraft is perhaps the biggest indie game in recent memory, and as of last count, the constantly refreshing counter on the game’s website is up to 4,016,541 copies sold. In fact, I’ve changed the number several times before publishing this article as it seems to be refreshing just about every minute.
This is a pretty impressive milestone for an indie game that began development in 2009 by relatively unknown Swedish developer Markus Persson. The game, which still comes with the “beta” tag attached, is technically still in development, but has already grown to 16,140,895 registered players and allowed Persson to form his own company, Mojang. There are currently official ports for iOS and Xbox Kinect in development, while the PC beta and Continue reading “MINECRAFT to join PAC-MAN and MARIO BROS. at Smithsonian as It Moves Past 4 Million Copies Sold” »
Angry Birds Hits Half a Billion Downloads…What’s Next?
Wednesday, 2nd November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: android, angry birds, iOS, mobile game, press release, Rovio, stats
Written by: Craig Hunter
Mobile game developer Rovio shared some pretty impressive statistics regarding their enormously popular Angry Birds franchise today. First off, the company announced 500 million total downloads across “various platforms”, claiming to be “one of the most downloaded games in the history of gaming”. Which must include all platforms — iOS, Android, Chrome, PC, Mac, etc.
To celebrate the occasion, Rovio released the video below sharing some of the incredible statistics over the relatively short time the game has been released. Continue reading “Angry Birds Hits Half a Billion Downloads…What’s Next?” »
Apple to pass Nokia in 2011 with an estimated 86.4 million iPhones
Tuesday, 6th September 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: 2011, apple, growth, iPhone, million, report, sales, samsung, smartphone, stats, units
Written by: Craig Hunter
We already knew in recent months that Apple was passing Nokia as top smartphone manufacturer worldwide, but today a new report from Digitimes confirms Apple’s dominance with a prediction of 86.4 million iPhones to be shipped in 2011. That’s an 82% growth from the previous year’s 47.5 million units. Continue reading “Apple to pass Nokia in 2011 with an estimated 86.4 million iPhones” »
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