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***Americans spent $2.7 billion on video games in November 2009 alone.

 

***China and South Korea consider video game addiction their most pressing public health issue.

 

***The average video game player is thirty-five years old and has been playing games for thirteen years.

 

***A British study polled 7,000 gamers and found 12% of them met the World Health Organization criteria for addictive behavior.

 

***According to a May 2009 study in Psychological Science, about 8.5% of American youth between 8 and 18 show symptoms of video game addiction.

 

***A 2005 New York Times article estimated that 100,000 Chinese people made their fulltime income from MMOGs by selling in-game loot to Western clients for real world dollars. Today, industry experts suggest the number is likely more than half a million.

 

***114 million American adults play video games.

 

***26% of people over 50 are now playing video games, up from 9% in 1999.