Gaming devices used by social gamers in the U.S. 2011

This statistic provides data on the use of different devices by social gamers in the United States. Casual social gamers in the United States spent 86 percent of the time they play social games on their desktop or laptop computer.

What percentage of the time you spend playing games on social networking sites do you use the following devices?

Characteristic	Casual Social Gamers*	Hardcore Social Gamers**
PC or Mac	86%	59%
Standard or web-enabled phone	1%	7%
Smartphone	3%	11%
Game console	8%	18%
iPad or other tablet	1%	6%

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Release date

September 2011

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 13 to May 2, 2011

Number of respondents

n = 1,412

Special properties

Game players in the U.S.

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* Casual social gamers are those that play casual games on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, e.g., Bejeweled Blitz, Diner Dash, FarmVille, Texas Hold Em, etc.
** Hardcore social gamers are those that play strategy and role-playing games on a social network like Facebook and MySpace, e.g., Age of Champions, Kingdoms of Camelot, etc.

Qualified Respondents for the survey were those who live in America, play games on desktop/laptop computer, game console, mobile phone, handheld game player, tablet device or social network in the past year and play more than just computer-based/installed arcade or “casual” games (e.g., Solitaire, Minesweeper).

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