Allensbach, Germany - Three out of every four young Germans regularly play games on a console or personal computer, according to a study by the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research. Around 76 per cent of people aged 14 and 19 spend time gaming, the results showed. When the results were amended to include people up to 64 years, the percentage fell to 40 per cent.
Fourteen to 19-year-olds play the most and 21 per cent of those respondents said they played 10 hours a week or more. Only 11 per cent of older players logged similar amounts of time. However, two- thirds (67 per cent) of all respondents said they played a maximum of five hours a week.
Gaming remains more popular among men than women with 48 percent of male respondents saying they play often. Only 33 per cent of female respondents reported the same.
The most popular are logic games, followed by strategy, racing, action and shooter games. However, youths had almost opposite tastes, with action and adventure games outpacing intelligence games.
The institute surveyed 10,396 people in 2007 as part of its study.
