M.Video-Eldorado: more than a third of the Russians surveyed started playing on consoles when they were under 10 years old
The group of companies "M.Video-Eldorado conducted a survey among readers of the M.Click edition who play on consoles. Most of the respondents said that their first console was Dendy, and they started playing as children.
M.Video-Eldorado did not say how many people answered her questions. She only said that M.Click's monthly audience is 1.3 million unique readers.
36% of the surveyed gamers first launched a game on a console before the age of 10. The same number of respondents started playing between the ages of 10 and 18, 10% — from 29 to 33 years old, 8% — from 18 to 23 years old, 5% — from 24 to 28 years old, and another 5% — from 34 to 40 years old.
38% of gamers named their first console Dendy, 26% — Xbox, 24% - PlayStation, 5% - Sega.
Now 88% of gamers play on PlayStation consoles. Next in popularity are the Xbox, Nintendo Switch and retro consoles.
73% of gamers usually play in the evening, 21% in the afternoon.
Only 3% of respondents said they play for less than half an hour a week. 32% of gamers replied that they spend 1-3 hours a week playing games, the same number of people play 3-6 hours a week. 27% of gamers play for more than six hours.
51% of gamers regularly buy new games. 23% follow specific franchises, and 9% follow specific developers.
The respondents' favorite genres are action (28%), adventure games (22%), RPG (21%), simulators (11%), strategy (8%) and puzzles (7%).
