The statistic illustrates the reasons why smartphone gamers in Japan played games as of January 2014, broken down by gender. During a survey, 30 percent of male respondents stated they played smartphone games in order to combat stress.
Why do you play smartphone games?
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Various sources (hitracking.net). (January 23, 2014). Why do you play smartphone games? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322139/why-play-smartphone-games-japan-gender/
Various sources (hitracking.net). "Why do you play smartphone games?." Chart. January 23, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322139/why-play-smartphone-games-japan-gender/
Various sources (hitracking.net). (2014). Why do you play smartphone games?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322139/why-play-smartphone-games-japan-gender/
Various sources (hitracking.net). "Why Do You Play Smartphone Games?." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322139/why-play-smartphone-games-japan-gender/
Various sources (hitracking.net), Why do you play smartphone games? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322139/why-play-smartphone-games-japan-gender/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Why do you play smartphone games? [Graph], Various sources (hitracking.net), January 23, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322139/why-play-smartphone-games-japan-gender/