Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 25, 2017
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August 25, 2017: Once thought of as a fringe activity, video gaming has become a huge business, generating $17.7 billion of sales in the U.S. alone during 2016.[1] Worldwide, industry revenue topped $75 billion.
Tencent, a Chinese entertainment company, was the largest beneficiary of all this spending with $10.2 billion in sales. Tencent also owns Chinese QQ instant messenger and WeChat services. Sony Computer Entertainment came in second with $7.8 billion in sales, while Microsoft added $6.5 billion.[2]
Nearly half (49%) of all American consumers have played a video game.[1]
And, as in just about every other area of life, the digital revolution is changing the way they play. Statista reports that “in 2009, 80 percent of video games sold were physical copies and 20 percent were digital.” But now, most are digital. And there is a rapidly growing market of mobile gamers.[1]
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- August 24, 2017 – 19 percentage point gap between Pivot Counties and Democratic counties on gun issue
- August 23, 2017 – 116 references to God in state constitutions
- August 22, 2017 – 271 state legislators can’t run in 2018 due to term limits
- August 21, 2017 – 28 percent think climate scientists understand causes of climate change very well
- August 18, 2017 – 354 million downloads of top 10 Android apps in July
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