Are you a video game fanatic?
If so then your day has just been made knowing it is National Video Games Day.
The quality of video games have evolved tremendously which makes it even more enjoyable today.
Here are interesting gamer facts you may not have known:
1. 59 per cent of Americans play video games.
2. The average person who plays video games is 31-years-old and has been playing games since 14-years-old.
3. 48 per cent of all gamers are women.
4. Parents are present when their children purchase or rent games 91 per cent of the time.
5. The average age of a person who buys video games frequently is 35-years-old.
6. Consumers spent about R285 billion on video games, subscriptions, social network games and mobile apps in 2013.
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