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Everyone is playing video games now. When they arrived at the scene, the primary audience for them were teens that were somewhat socially inept or "geeky", but that has changed.

Now, not only children and adolescents play video games but grown men and women play in their spare time too. In fact, the 25-34 age group is one of the largest groups of customers who buy these games for PlayStation and Xbox.

Women love this kind of simulated human-computer interaction as well, and represent 40% of the main hearing. The market for game consoles is such that almost no population is excluded.


Recent studies show that video games are more popular than television. Twenty years ago, families sit together and watch the Cosby Show. Millions of people still watch television every night. But the world of entertainment has changed.

There are currently thousands of websites devoted to discussions on specific games. For example. there are sites that have panel discussions on strategies and tips and updates for players dedicated to Madden Football.

In recent years, U.S. sales video games have begun to shift to the Hollywood box office revenues. That statistic will not change and the gap between the two only continue to grow as more and more engage in realistic simulations that companies are laying.

This is especially true in the gaming industry has begun to address young children. Some say that video games are contributing to the dumbing down of American children. Maybe that's not true.

Promote electronic games a lot of beneficial things such as eye-hand coordination, improved concepts of literature, such as character development, and can make learning fun and exciting. There are tons of new ones on the market that teach literacy and numeracy through video games, both handheld and console.

There is even talk of incorporating learning strategy in some schools. Children's hospitals have also found a good use of them. Many times when children are undergoing treatment for serious illnesses such as cancer or sickle cell anemia treatment can be long and painful. Hand held video games is a wonderful way to brighten children's day and take your mind off of what is happening.