The ranks of the initiated are growing!

Gamesindustry.biz reports that a recent NPD study revealed 63% of Americans to be playing videogames.

Of the people who said they played videogames, 30 per cent claimed to have played more frequently this year than last, with 40 per cent spending about the same amount of time playing games each year.

The majority of gamers claimed that they saw playing videogames as a way to relieve stress. Both "light" and "heavy" gamers valued gaming as a family activity.

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