Video Game Industry Impressive Statistics

• Forrester Research forecasts that by 2005 video game consoles will be in nearly 70 million American households.
• Research firm IDC predicts that computer and video game sales will reach an astonishing $16.9 billion by 2003, not including an estimated $1.1 billion from online gaming revenues. Even if the actual number is only two-thirds of the IDC estimate, it suggests that game industry software revenue will soon leave the motion picture box office behind.
• According to a recent survey conducted by the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA), an incredible 60% of all Americans age 6 and older-or about 145 million people-play computer and video games.
• The same study found that the typical American family uses its console or computer to play games for an average of 10-11 hours per week, and Internet games are increasingly popular, with 24% of game players now playing games online, up from 19% in the year 2000.