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Reasons for playing MMO games in the U.S. 2016. by gender

The graph shows the leading reasons why gamers in the United States played massively multiplayer online (MMO) games as of December 2016, broken down by gender. It was found, that 53 percent of female respondents played MMO games because they liked the element of competing with other gamers. The same was true for 64 percent of responding men.

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The graph shows the leading reasons why gamers in the United States played massively multiplayer online (MMO) games as of December 2016, broken down by gender. It was found, that 53 percent of female respondents played MMO games because they liked the element of competing with other gamers. The same was true for 64 percent of responding men.

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Release date: January 2017

Region: United States
Survey time period: December 14 to 23, 2016
Number of respondents: total survey n = 1,560
Age group: 18 years and older
Special properties: n = 1,070 respondents who play online multiplayer games
Method of interview: Online survey
Supplementary notes: Question: [ ... ] Which of the following statements would you agree to? I play in multiplayer mode, because…

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