CESA announces results of annual gaming study

  • By Dan Tochen, GameSpot
  • Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:21 pm PT

Consumer Entertainment Supplier's Association says more than one-fourth of Japanese play console games.

CESA is a video game trade organization that has conducted annual surveys of Japan's gamers and other topics of interest to game firms since 1996. One of their newest studies focuses on the general population's use of games, and is entitled "2006 CESA General Population Survey and Report: Typical and Atypical Users in Japan and Korea."

Today CESA issued a press release highlighting some of the study's findings. In a nutshell, the survey found that gaming continues to occupy a central role in Japanese entertainment. Across all respondents, 26.1 percent report playing console games, and a whopping 34 percent of those say that they play games with their family. However, solitary gamers are still most common: 53.1 percent of game players reported playing "by myself." Only 4.3 percent of respondents report playing online games.

The report is in Japanese and is available for purchase at Japanese bookstores for 5,250 yen ($45.75).

13 Comments

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Apr 26, 2006 4:53 am PT

    dumb.

  • vaejas

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 5:28 pm PT

    Heh, it's not for you. As for the price.. shrug. It's only the cost of two new Koei rentals! ^__^;

    I am surprised the online numbers are so low, especially if it includes Korea.

  • larsypoop

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 4:43 pm PT

    Why would ANYONE pay almost 50 bucks to read what everyone already knows?

  • noxian

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 4:38 pm PT

    Veracity, there's probably a limit to how much GS can report. As several of you have whined about already, the report is being sold. Which means there is likely a limit to how much of the content can be given away for free. Ever notice how book review sites don't just scan the book so you can see what the reviewer is talking about...movie sites don't just rip a chunk of the movie (legal ones at least) and post it up...same idea. If GS could just tell you what the entire report says, there would be no point to selling the report.

  • ApisBee

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 4:15 pm PT

    Wow, only $45.75 to know that Japanese gamers play RPG on their PS2. Oops, I should have let you pay for that tidbit first!

  • wytefang

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:49 pm PT

    Exactly my question...it doesn't. I could care less what J-gamers like, especially since I dislike their games so much.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:36 pm PT

    y does this matter

  • veracity024

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:32 pm PT

    ok, so you guys are supposed to tell us about it, not tell us we gotta pay for it...... republish this article with more details.

  • SithLordKiller

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:31 pm PT

    Valenz, the word you were looking for is "affect."

  • SithLordKiller

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:30 pm PT

    Those numbers are very informative. Too bad I can't read the actual report--since I can't read Japanese. Oh well, maybe someone will translate it and I will be able to read it. As for online gaming in Japan, not very common so it's no surprise.

  • valenz

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    Why would i pay to see a study that doesn't effect me in any way?

  • xBlitzerx

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:26 pm PT

    Offline Japanese RPGs own all.

    Thank you very much!

  • ExcAREentric

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:26 pm PT

    Oh, i have to pay to see the report? F that.

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