MyGaming recently ran its SA gaming survey to find out more about the habits and trends among South Africa’s gaming community.
With a sample of 1045 responses, we are now getting a much better picture of the high-end SA gaming market.
Of the survey participants, 822 (78.66%) indicated that they played online games.
Another of the questions we asked survey participants was to indicate which type of internet connection they use for gaming and/or gaming related downloads and services.
ADSL connections are a clear favourite among SA’s gaming population. This is likely due to the low latency required to get the most out of online games, something which ADSL can offer.
Another factor in the popularity of ADSL connections for gaming is the relatively inexpensive, large-volume ADSL bandwidth packages that are available. Gamers require many gigabytes of data each month for downloading games through digital distribution channels, as well as keeping their games patched and up to date.
The following table provides an overview of the survey feedback. The results are ordered according to popularity.
| Broadband connection | Sample % |
| ADSL 4/10Mbps | 38.66% |
| ADSL 1Mbps | 23.35% |
| ADSL 384kbps | 15.79% |
| 8ta 3G/HSPA | 5.55% |
| Vodacom 3G/HSPA | 4.69% |
| Cell C 3G/HSPA | 3.73% |
| MTN 3G/HSPA | 2.97% |
| No Answer | 2.01% |
| iBurst Wireless | 1.82% |
| Other | 1.15% |
| Neotel NeoFlex/NeoConnect | 0.29% |
It is also interesting to note that of the total sample, 78.66% of the survey participants play online games, while 77.84% were ADSL users. This may indicate that the other types of internet connection used by survey participants aren’t popular for online gaming purposes.
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I live in PTA and I’ve played online with CellC as well as with ADSL 384kbs Uncapped. On ADSL my ping averages 120 with a 999 hiccup for about 10 sec that occurs at the very least once an hour. On CellC my ping averages around 90 without a day’s hiccup ever (had both for a few months respectively). I could even let 3 of us play CoD4 on my connection alone with CellC, but the ADSL became unbearable with more than one person.