Videogames
BY
Group A
• Our survey was a brief questionnaire on
what people do, and think about
videogames.
• Several of the Questions we asked were:
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What school do you belong to in Pace?
What kind of games do you play?
How many hours do you play?
How much money did you spend on videogames in 2005
Have you subscribed to any MMORPGS?
Has gaming influenced your social-life?
Does society have a bad view on videogames?
Do you think games influence children’s development
Which form of entertainment provides the most fun for you?
• We were able to get information from 25
people for our survey.
– 14 males with an average age of 21
– 11 females with an average age of 20
• Out of the 25 people,
several were from
different schools.
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Dyson 9 (36%)
CSIS 10 (44%)
Business 4 (16%)
Education 1 (4%)
Dyson
CSIS
Business
Education
• According to our survey most of the
people that play games here at PACE
come from the CSIS or the Dyson schools.
• Our second question was what type of games do
most people play?
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80
70
60
50
40
Male
Female
30
20
10
0
Action
Adventure
Roleplaying
Sports
Strategy
Other
• According to the graph and our survey,
men and women enjoy different types of
games.
– Men prefer role-playing, sports, and strategy
games, while women prefer adventure and
other types of games.
– However both men and women almost seem
equal when it comes to action games.
• In total out of the 25 people:
- 13 of 25 play action games
– 4 of 25 play adventure games
– 15 of 25 play role-playing games
– 7 of 25 play sports games
– 8 of 25 play strategy games
– 5 of 25 play other types of games
• How many hours people spend playing
videogames in a week
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50
40
Male
Female
Total
30
20
10
0
<3 Hours
4-8 Hours
10-15 Hours 20-25 Hours
25+ Hours
• What we found out was that most people
spend around 10-15 hours a week playing
videogames, and others spend around 4-8
hours playing.
• Very few spend over 25 hours a week
playing videogames.
• How much people
spent on videogames
in 2005
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50
40
Male
Female
Total
30
20
10
0
$0
<$50
<$100
<$200
• Here it is visible that people spend $50 or
less on videogames on average.
• It can also be said that men spend more
money on videogames than women do.
• How many subscribe
or plan to subscribe to
a MMORPG
80
70
60
50
Male
Female
Total
40
30
20
10
0
Yes
No
Planning on to
• Because MMORPG’s like Everquest are
usually not free, and require a subscription
fee, it is not surprising that most of the
people checked no.
• Has videogames influenced social-lives?
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45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Man
Woman
Total
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
• According to the graph most people
believe on some scale that videogames
influence their social lives, or not at all.
• It is also surprising that men or the most to
agree, and women are the most to stay
neutral on the subject.
• Does society have a bad perception on
videogames?
40
35
30
25
Male
Female
Total
20
15
10
5
0
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
• This is controversial today.
• On the 25 people that we surveyed most
agree that society has a bad perception
about videogames, though if more people
were surveyed it might very well be even
between agree, or disagree.
• Do games influence children’s development?
60
50
40
Male
Female
Total
30
20
10
0
Yes
No
Do not know
• This question is also very controversial .
• Most agree that videogames have an
influence on children’s development.
• Whether they do or not is yet to be proven
beyond a doubt, but it would not be a
surprise if it was proven.
• Which type of entertainment provides the most
fun?
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70
60
50
Male
Female
Total
40
30
20
10
0
Television
Reading
Videogames
Music
Other
• For the most fun men and women are
different on the issue.
• According to the graph men think
videogames are the most enjoyable, while
women seem to like music and reading
just a little bit above videogames.