A survey of U.S. adult gamers across consoles, laptops, smartphones, and tablets, with device and genre preferences.

1. Which devices do you play games on?
43%
30%
27%
25%
22%
26%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Smartphone
Laptop
Console
Desktop
Tablet
None of the above
Sample Size: 1,000 (All Respondents)

2. Which devices do you play games on?
Which of the following groups describes your current age?
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Desktop 22 25 27 23 25 32
Laptop 39 37 ⇑ 40 27 ⇓ 17 ⇓ 25
Console ⇑ 46 ⇑ 44 ⇑ 39 23 ⇓ 6 ⇓ 1
Tablet 21 25 26 25 18 ⇓ 16
Smartphone ⇑ 70 ⇑ 58 ⇑ 55 40 ⇓ 25 ⇓ 14
None of the above ⇓ 7 ⇓ 17 20 27 ⇑ 42 ⇑ 41
Base n=120 n=190 n=210 n=190 n=130 n=160
Sample Size: 1,000 (All Respondents)

3. How many hours in a typical week do you spend playing games on these devices?
26%
25%
21%
16%
9%
4%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
1-2
3-5
6-9
10-19
20-39
40 or more
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

4. Which consoles do you play games on? - Top 10
48%
42%
31%
19%
19%
18%
13%
13%
8%
4%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Xbox 360
Wii
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 3
Nintendo 3DS
Wii U
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 2DS
Sample Size: 274 (27% of Respondents)

5. Which consoles do you play games on?
Option Rank Response %
PlayStation 4 1 48%
Xbox One 2 42%
Xbox 360 3 31%
Wii 4 19%
Nintendo Switch 5 19%
PlayStation 3 6 18%
Nintendo 3DS 7 13%
Wii U 8 13%
Nintendo DS 9 8%
Nintendo 2DS 10 4%
PlayStation Vita 11 4%
Sony PSP 12 4%
Other 13 4%
Sample Size: 274 (27% of Respondents)

6. Which genres of games do you play? - Top 10
43%
38%
37%
32%
29%
23%
23%
22%
21%
21%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Puzzle
Action
Adventure
Card Games
Arcade
Board Games
Strategy
Shooter
Role-Playing
Fighting
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

7. Which genres of games do you play?
What is your gender?
Male Female
(%) (%)
Action ⇑ 52 ⇓ 26
Adventure ⇑ 46 ⇓ 29
Arcade 31 28
Board Games ⇓ 19 ⇑ 26
Card Games ⇓ 29 ⇑ 37
Fighting ⇑ 31 ⇓ 12
Flying ⇑ 11 ⇓ 6
Horror ⇑ 17 ⇓ 12
Military & Espionage ⇑ 20 ⇓ 4
Music & Dance 8 10
Puzzle ⇓ 28 ⇑ 60
Racing ⇑ 21 ⇓ 11
Role-Playing ⇑ 26 ⇓ 15
Shooter ⇑ 34 ⇓ 11
Simulation 18 20
Sports ⇑ 30 ⇓ 9
Strategy 23 21
Trivia ⇓ 11 ⇑ 21
Base n=384 n=359
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)
Which devices do you play games on?
Desktop Laptop Console Tablet Smartphone
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
49 51 ↿ 68 48 ⇃ 46
47 51 ↿ 66 ⇃ 43 ⇃ 44
37 36 39 40 33
31 32 31 33 28
42 ↿ 43 ⇃ 30 ↿ 45 ⇃ 32
28 32 ↿ 43 31 ⇃ 26
15 14 14 14 ⇃ 10
19 20 ↿ 30 19 18
18 18 ↿ 27 17 ⇃ 14
15 16 17 ↿ 20 ⇃ 13
42 46 ⇃ 35 ↿ 57 ↿ 51
21 23 ↿ 33 27 ⇃ 21
25 27 ↿ 39 27 ⇃ 24
28 29 ↿ 47 26 ⇃ 27
28 28 31 29 26
25 26 ↿ 42 28 ⇃ 24
30 31 35 31 29
17 21 18 22 21
n=257 n=317 n=274 n=223 n=441

8. Which genres of games do you play?
Which devices do you play games on?
Desktop Laptop Console Tablet Smartphone
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Action 49 51 ↿ 68 48 ⇃ 46
Adventure 47 51 ↿ 66 ⇃ 43 ⇃ 44
Arcade 37 36 39 40 33
Board Games 31 32 31 33 28
Card Games 42 ↿ 43 ⇃ 30 ↿ 45 ⇃ 32
Fighting 28 32 ↿ 43 31 ⇃ 26
Flying 15 14 14 14 ⇃ 10
Horror 19 20 ↿ 30 19 18
Military & Espionage 18 18 ↿ 27 17 ⇃ 14
Music & Dance 15 16 17 ↿ 20 ⇃ 13
Puzzle 42 46 ⇃ 35 ↿ 57 ↿ 51
Racing 21 23 ↿ 33 27 ⇃ 21
Role-Playing 25 27 ↿ 39 27 ⇃ 24
Shooter 28 29 ↿ 47 26 ⇃ 27
Simulation 28 28 31 29 26
Sports 25 26 ↿ 42 28 ⇃ 24
Strategy 30 31 35 31 29
Trivia 17 21 18 22 21
Base n=257 n=317 n=274 n=223 n=441
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

9. Which top brands do you play? - Top 10
22%
20%
19%
17%
17%
16%
16%
15%
14%
14%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Microsoft
Electronic Arts
Activision
Rockstar Games
2K Games
Blizzard Entertainment
Ubisoft
Warner Bros
Disney
Capcom
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

10. Which top brands do you play?
Option Rank Response % Option Rank Response %
Microsoft 1 22% 505 Games 18 6%
Electronic Arts 2 20% Telltale Games 19 5%
Activision 3 19% Game Mill 20 4%
Rockstar Games 4 17% Gun Media 21 4%
2K Games 5 17% THQ Nordic 22 4%
Blizzard Entertainment 6 16% Kalypso Media 23 3%
Ubisoft 7 16% Deep Silver 24 3%
Warner Bros 8 15% Nighthawk Interactive 25 3%
Disney 9 14% Maximum Games 26 3%
Capcom 10 14% Mad Catz 27 3%
Sega 11 14% Focus Home Interactive 28 3%
Konami 12 11% Sold Out 29 3%
Bethesda 13 9% Tecmo Koei 30 2%
Atari 14 9% E-MODS GAMING 31 2%
Square Enix 15 8% Koei 32 2%
Bungie 16 8% PDP 33 1%
Bandai 17 7% None of the above 34 34%
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

11. Approximately how much have you spent on games so far this year?
44%
39%
17%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
$0
$1-99
$100 or more
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

12. Approximately how much have you spent on games so far this year?
Nested Gender and Age
Male
18-24
Male
25-34
Male
35-44
Male
45-54
Male
55-64
Male
65+
Femal
e 18-
24
Femal
e 25-
34
Femal
e 35-
44
Femal
e 45-
54
Femal
e 55-
64
Femal
e 65+
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
$0 ⇓ 17 ⇓ 18 ⇓ 15 46 49 ⇑ 77 43 44 41 ⇑ 57 ⇑ 62 ⇑ 89
$1-99 ⇑ 54 45 ⇑ 50 41 37 ⇓ 23 42 47 44 ⇓ 26 32 ⇓ 11
$100+ ⇑ 29 ⇑ 37 ⇑ 35 13 14 ⇓ 0 15 ⇓ 9 15 17 ⇓ 5 ⇓ 0
Base n=59 n=87 n=88 n=68 n=35 n=47 n=53 n=70 n=79 n=70 n=40 n=47
Sample Size: 743 (74% of Respondents)

13. Which games that aren't out yet are you most looking forward to playing?
Game Rank Mentions
NBA 2K20 1 29
Madden 20 2 19
Mortal Combat 11 3 17
Days Gone 4 15
FIFA 20 5 15
Grand Theft Auto 6 6 14
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 7 11
Pokemon Sword and Shield 8 11
Borderlands 3 9 9
World War Z 10 8

14. Methodology
This online survey had 1,000 respondents. It was fielded from April 12 to April 14, 2019.
The results presented in this report were weighted by the following variables:
• What is your gender?
• Which of the following groups describes your current age?
• Are you of Hispanic, Spanish or Latino descent?
• Which of the following best describes your ethnicity?
• What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed?
• Region

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