| Yakuzaice said: It also seems the 19% last year and 25% this year is growth, not total percentage of people who game online. The article on gamespot has that as 57%. Or at least I assume that is correct as the Gamespot article's update seemed to be in regards to those numbers. |
Not quite. Statistics can be misleading. Here we go:
"We start with the pool that play games (61 percent of population ages 2 and over)," NPD analyst Anita Frazier explained to GameSpot."
Read: Of the total population of (I'm assuming) N.A. over the age of 2, 61% play some form of electronic gaming device.
Edit: And if they polled 20,000 people and 5,000 played games online, then it does mean that the % rose from 19% to 25% of the general population.
"Of those, 57 percent play online."
Read: So thats actually 57% of the 61% who play games. Or roughly 35% of the general population.
Which means: That out of EVERYONE who plays an electronic gaming device, 43% DON'T play online. This includes the PC as well.
