Report: Time Spent Gaming Increased 45% in US as People Remain Home - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 April 2020 / 2,194 Views

The amount of time people have spent gaming in recent weeks have shot up dramatically, according to a report from Nielsen Games who polled around 3,000 people in the US, UK, France, and Germany. This isn't a surprise as people have been staying at home during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Time spent gaming in the US increased 45 percent for the week of March 23 to 29. This was followed by Franchise with an increase of 38 percent, the UK with 29 percent and Germany with 20 percent.

Not a big surprise is that 29 percent of US gamers have been spending more time playing with friends online. This is compared to 17 percent in the UK and 12 percent in France.

With more people spending time gaming more money has been spent on games. 39 percent of those polled in the US say they have spent "somewhat or much more" on video games. 23 percent also said they have spent more money buying digital games than before. The US is at the highest percentage where 42 percent are saying they are buying their games through a digital store during the quarantine.

Thanks The Hollywood Reporter.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.