Online Gaming Reaches All-Time High with Gamers Avoiding Work, Friends and Love According to New Limelight Networks Research
2019年3月19日 - 10:10PM
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Younger generations play and watch the most
online gaming content and aspire to have esports careers
The popularity of online gaming continues to grow, with gamers
playing more than seven hours each week, an increase of nearly 20
percent in the last year. Young adults are leading the online
gaming charge, with gamers age 26 to 35 playing for eight hours, 13
minutes each week, a 25 percent increase from last year. That’s
according to the latest “State of Online Gaming” research report on
worldwide consumers’ gaming behaviors and expectations from
Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading provider of edge cloud
services.
When gamers aren’t playing themselves, many are watching other
people play online. Nearly 60 percent of global gamers watch others
play online each week, with 10 percent watching for more than seven
hours. For younger gamers, watching others play online is more
popular than watching traditional sports on television. In fact,
gamers age 18 to 25 spend nearly four hours each week watching
online video gaming, 77 percent more time than they spend watching
traditional broadcast sports.
As gamers play and watch more online gaming content, their
aspirations for becoming professional players also rise. In fact,
36 percent of global gamers would quit their jobs to go pro if they
could support themselves as professional gamers, up 11 percent from
last year. Younger male gamers (age 18 to 35) are the most
interested in esports careers, with more than half (56 percent)
noting they want to become professionals.
Additional insights from the report include:
- Gamers have prioritized playing over
their social and professional lives. More than one quarter (26
percent) of global gamers have skipped out on spending time with
friends or going on a date to keep playing. Italian gamers are most
likely to skip social events, with 41 percent having done so.
Twelve percent of worldwide gamers have missed work to play video
games. More than a third (35 percent) admit to playing at work at
least once a month, including 10 percent who play daily.
- Mobile continues to drive appetite
for casual gaming. Gamers are increasingly playing on-the-go,
noting mobile phones as the most commonly used device for gaming.
Mobile gaming is popular with “casual gamers,” who make up more
than half (57 percent) of the gaming market. Casual Single-Player
games such as Candy Crush and Angry Birds are the most-preferred
type of gaming content globally. However, younger gamers (age 18 to
25) prefer First-Person Shooter and Battle Royal games such as
Fortnite.
- Gamers lack patience with downloads
and security issues. Globally, 85 percent of gamers find the
process of downloading video games frustrating. Slow downloads are
the biggest pain point for 34 percent of worldwide gamers and
frustrations are highest in the U.S. (39 percent). When it comes to
security, more than half (54 percent) of gamers note they would not
continue to use a gaming platform that previously suffered a
breach. Security concerns are highest in Germany (62 percent),
Japan (63 percent) and South Korea (66 percent).
“The growth in online gaming—both in playing time as well as in
viewership—has raised expectations for fast online performance,”
said Michael Milligan, Senior Director at Limelight Networks.
“Whether it’s downloading game updates, joining a squad online to
take on the competition, or learning new techniques from favorite
live streamers, gamers around the world won’t tolerate latency and
download disruptions that slow them down.”
The State of Online Gaming report is based on responses from
4,500 consumers in France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Singapore,
South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States age 18 and
older who play video games at least once a week. The full report is
available here.
About LimelightLimelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW), a
leading provider of digital content delivery, video, cloud
security, and edge computing services, empowers customers to
provide exceptional digital experiences. Limelight’s edge services
platform includes a unique combination of global private
infrastructure, intelligent software, and expert
support services that enable current and future
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