According to a survey conducted in 2020, almost 16 percent of smartphone game users in Japan stated that the number of mobile gaming app genres they played on smartphones increased after the announcement of a state of emergency due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in April of that year. A countrywide state of emergency was announced on April 16 and lifted completely on May 25.
Change in number of played smartphone game genres during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Japan in 2020
The original survey question asked about changes in the number of smartphone gaming app genres played after the announcement of a state of emergency due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2020. The government declared a countrywide state of emergency on April 16, which was lifted completely on May 25.
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MMD Labo. (November 18, 2020). Change in number of played smartphone game genres during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Japan in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191769/japan-change-in-number-smartphone-gaming-app-genres-coronavirus-lockdown/
MMD Labo. "Change in number of played smartphone game genres during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Japan in 2020." Chart. November 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191769/japan-change-in-number-smartphone-gaming-app-genres-coronavirus-lockdown/
MMD Labo. (2020). Change in number of played smartphone game genres during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Japan in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191769/japan-change-in-number-smartphone-gaming-app-genres-coronavirus-lockdown/
MMD Labo. "Change in Number of Played Smartphone Game Genres during The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Lockdown in Japan in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191769/japan-change-in-number-smartphone-gaming-app-genres-coronavirus-lockdown/
MMD Labo, Change in number of played smartphone game genres during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Japan in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191769/japan-change-in-number-smartphone-gaming-app-genres-coronavirus-lockdown/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Change in number of played smartphone game genres during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Japan in 2020 [Graph], MMD Labo, November 18, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191769/japan-change-in-number-smartphone-gaming-app-genres-coronavirus-lockdown/
