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Fun with ESRB Stats

By james_fudge

Who doesn't love stats?

The ESRB has compiled a slew of video game industry statistics into a swank infographic entitled, appropriately enough, Video Game Industry Statistics.

Here are a few fun facts guaranteed to impress your sweetheart:

-The average age of a gamer is 34

-Only 25 percent of gamers are under 18

-93 percent of the time, parents are present when games are purchased or rented

-86 percent of the time, children receive their parents' permission to rent or buy a game

-64 percent of parents believe games are a positive part of their children's lives

-48 percent of parents play video games with their children every week

-Parents report always or sometimes monitoring their children's gameplay habits 97percent of the time

Check out the rest of the numbery goodness here.

-Reporting from San Diego, GamePolitics Special Correspondent Andrew Eisen

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 16, 2010 (boomark / email).