According to a survey conducted during fiscal year 2023, more than 70 percent of teenagers in Japan used video game consoles. Teenagers constituted the group with the highest share of console users, ahead of people in their twenties and thirties.
Share of people who use video game consoles in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by age group
*The source counts the answers of the survey conducted in December 2023 as figures for fiscal year 2023. The Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year.
Sample size of age groups: 13 to 19 years: n=140 20 to 29 years: n=217 30 to 39 years: n=241 40 to 49 years: n=313 50 to 59 years: n=319 60 to 69 years: n=270
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (June 21, 2024). Share of people who use video game consoles in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537990/japan-video-game-consoles-penetration-rate-by-age-group/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of people who use video game consoles in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by age group." Chart. June 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537990/japan-video-game-consoles-penetration-rate-by-age-group/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2024). Share of people who use video game consoles in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537990/japan-video-game-consoles-penetration-rate-by-age-group/
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Share of people who use video game consoles in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by age group [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), June 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537990/japan-video-game-consoles-penetration-rate-by-age-group/
