[B]We are constantly bombarded with statistics related to the videogame industry. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo trot theirs out at every convention, and mainstream media like to quote obscure numbers to support whatever story on gaming they are doing.[/B]

the blog Online Education has compiled a [URL=http://www.onlineeducation.net/2010/01/14/videogame-statistics/]massive graphic of videogame statistics[/URL] pulled from a variety of sources, ranging from the Entertainment Software Association to VGChartz to Information Week. Highlights from the graphic:

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[*]Two out of five gamers are female
[*]The average age of gamers today is 32
[*]Gamers spend an average of 18 hours a week playing games
[*]26 percent of gamers are over 50 years old
[*]Mature rated games make up only 15 percent of total video game sales
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Lots of good cocktail information in the chart.

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