{"id":4282,"date":"2014-09-01T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T15:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:38:12","slug":"the-2014-esa-essential-facts-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-2014-esa-essential-facts-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2014 ESA Essential Facts is Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theesa.com\/facts\/pdfs\/ESA_EF_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theesa.com\/facts\/pdfs\/ESA_EF_2014.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4291\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HACKR118.png\" alt=\"HACKR118\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HACKR118.png 490w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HACKR118-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>A few of the highlights that stood out for me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women and men are roughly equal in terms of who plays (though they do tend to play different games).<\/li>\n<li>Gameplay on smartphones and mobile devices is on the rise.<\/li>\n<li>The average age of gamers is marching right along with the time: it is now 31, with a fairly even split between the under 18s, the 18-35s, and the over 35s.<\/li>\n<li>About 2\/5 say they get better value for their money from games than other media (DVD, music, movies).<\/li>\n<li>The most popular online games are casual and puzzle games \u00a0(58%).<\/li>\n<li>These are also the most popular mobile games (77%).<\/li>\n<li>Parental involvement is high, with &gt;85% parents reporting that they are aware of the ESRB rating system, and that they\u00a0oversee and control what their kids play, as well as how much they play.<\/li>\n<li>Not surprisingly, action and shooter games are still the most popular console genres, but strategy and casual games are the most popular computer game genres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for which games were most popular? It&#8217;s nice to see the number of E-rated games is still high, and amusing to note that the Sims remains the most popular computer game franchise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4289\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/snap01605.png\" alt=\"snap01605\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/snap01605.png 767w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/snap01605-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4290\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/snap01606.png\" alt=\"snap01606\" width=\"758\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/snap01606.png 758w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/snap01606-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4282'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4282);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4282);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4282);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.theesa.com\/facts\/pdfs\/ESA_EF_2014.pdf A few of the highlights that stood out for me: Women and men are roughly equal in terms of who plays (though they do tend to play different games). Gameplay on smartphones and mobile devices is on the rise. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-2014-esa-essential-facts-is-out\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[353,14,81],"tags":[349,206,391,342],"class_list":["post-4282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-2","category-general","category-information-technology","tag-esa","tag-game-industry","tag-games","tag-games-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4292,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}