{"id":65863,"date":"2014-06-14T12:05:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=65863"},"modified":"2014-06-14T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:06:35","slug":"gamers-are-smarter-more-successful-than-non-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/65863-gamers-are-smarter-more-successful-than-non-gamers","title":{"rendered":"Gamers are smarter, more successful than non-gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitch.tv<\/a>, a streaming platform most of \u00a0you are familiar with, recently commissioned Lifecourse\u00a0Associates to conduct a study\u00a0on the average modern gamer. Titled, “The New Face of Gamers”, the study has now been released via Twitch’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the research, gamers are on average more social, family orientated, educated, optimistic, successful, and socially-concious than non-gamers.<\/p>\n

“Stereotypes of gamers have been slow to catch up with this new reality. In many cases, we still see gamers portrayed as glassy-eyed addicts or isolated automatons. Given how pervasive a pastime gaming has become, it should seem obvious that these negative characterisations aren’t true. And in fact, they\u2019re completely at odds with who gamers are,” stated the report.<\/p>\n

Lifecourse interviewed over 1,000 Americans part of\u00a0the study, while also basing their conclusions on other\u00a0reputable industry reports.<\/p>\n

They found that gamers were more likely to be living with\u00a0other people when compared to non-gamers (16% vs 10%), were closer to\u00a0their families (82% vs 68%), were more educated – college degree or higher – (43% vs 36%),\u00a0and they were more likely to be employed full-time (42% vs 39%).<\/p>\n

“For most players, gaming is a positive force in their lives,” the report ended.<\/p>\n

What we must take into account is that correlation does always not equal causation. “Gamers usually are more likely to be employed than non-gamers” could be translated to “people that are employed are more likely to be able to afford games, consoles, and PCs”.<\/p>\n

But, with all the video game violence studies that we report on, it is only fair the scales are balanced.<\/p>\n

Source: Twitch.tv<\/a><\/h6>\n

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