A recent survey released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project reveals that more than half of the American adults play computer games and one in five play every day. The survey of 2,054 US adults shows that while younger adults are far more likely to play than older people, computer games are clearly the main way people choose to entertain themselves these days. More than 81% of the respondents between 18 and 20 said they play games, compared with 23% of people aged 65 and older. However, it's pretty clear that teenagers are the main computer games consumers, as more than 97% of them play games.

Furthermore, it's not only adult men who play computer games, it's women too, as half of them play on the computer. The study also shows that computer games are played by people who have a college education more than those who don't. The data shows that 57% of the people who went to at least some college are gamers, compared with 51% of high school graduates and just 40% of people having less than a high school education.

Anyway, it's interesting to see that adults with children who play games choose the computer as well. 66% of the parents or guardians of children under 17 play video games, but only 31% of the parents with teenagers play video games with their kids. As previously mentioned, if people don't have kids, they are less likely to play video games. Furthermore, while teens tend to play games on consoles, adults opt for PCs to do that. 61% of the respondents 18 to 29 years old play games on PCs compared to 28% who play on consoles. Computer games are still by far the dominant way of playing among adults.