February’s Digital 2022 report for South Africa has been published by Kepios, and shows that more South Africans play games on smartphones than on any other platform.
Kepios is a company dedicated to researching and providing accurate reports of digital trends and behaviour.
The company primarily acts as an advisory firm and is used in more than 230 countries around the globe.
Its February 2022 digital report on South Africa detailed the platforms that South Africans primarily use to play games.
To produce consistent statistics, Kepios examined the percentage of internet users from ages 16 to 64 who play video games on each kind of device.
Below are the results.
- Smartphone: 75.6%
- Desktop or laptop: 49.0%
- Game console: 30.5%
- Tablet: 16.6%
- Hand-held gaming devices: 7.7%
- VR: 5.6%
- Media streaming device: 4.3%
It is unsurprising that smartphones are the most popular gaming device in South Africa since it is the most accessible gaming platform to South Africans.
Likewise, PC and console gaming are predictably very popular thanks to the strong local market for these platforms.
Perhaps the most surprising statistic is that 5.6% of South African internet users play games via VR, as the high cost of acquiring the necessary tech and the limited array of games that currently support VR make it a niche gaming category.
Read the full report here.
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