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Video games inversely related to income
Posted by Steven Wu on Tuesday, April 01 @ 14:53:17 EST Oddities
According to a new study, as income goes down, video game consumption goes up:
People in homes where the annual income is less than $35,000 a year spend about 50 percent more time a week playing video games than those in homes with incomes above $74,000, according to a study released Tuesday.
The study fortunately also provides an explanation for this negative correlation:
"Because video games are cost-effective entertainment, consumption statistics skew toward low-income households for console penetration, time spent playing games, and number of titles purchased," the Jupiter report said.
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Re: Video games inversely related to income (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 02 @ 07:36:44 EST
People that can't afford to go out end up staying home playing games. Also, unemployed people have more time to play games. This took a study?


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