Reality is Broken

Reality is Broken - Jane McGonigal

• The planet is spending more than 3 billion hours a week gaming. 
• Collectively, there are 4 million gamers in the Middle East, 105 million in India, 100 million in Europe and 200 million in China. 
• More than 10 million "Hard Core" gamers in the UK, France and Germany spend at least 20 hours a week playing.
• Looking at statistics, every average American person who reaches the age of 21 will have spent 10,000 hours gaming. 
• The planet is spending more than 3 billion hours a week gaming. 
• 5 million 'extreme gamers' in the US play games on an average of 45 hours a week.
• Digital games, across most media platforms, is expected to be a $68 billion industry by the end of the year.
• 97% of young people play video games.
• 40% of gamers are women.
• 69% of heads of households play video games.
• 5.93 million years have been spent playing World of Warcraft. 5.93 million years ago, our first ancestors stood up, this shows how much time is spent playing video games.