Reasons for gaming worldwide 2020, by device

Published by
J. Clement,
Jun 11, 2021
A fourth quarter 2020 survey of global gaming audiences revealed that 70 percent of worldwide console gamers played video games just to have fun. Only 36 percent of responding console gamers for the challenge. Additionally 48 percent of gamers worldwide use a VR headset for gaming to play for the challenge. Overall, fun was consistently ranked as the most popular reason to game across all platforms.

Reasons for playing video games according to global gaming audiences as of 4th quarter 2020, by device

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Release date

May 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q4 2020

Number of respondents

19,488 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Special properties

gamers who play on respective device

Method of interview

Online survey

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