While many people still dismiss video games as children's games, this couldn't be further from the truth. According to ESA the average male video gamer in the US is 32 years old, and the average female gamer is even older at 36. And that's not all: video games are a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States. more than 200,000 jobs offers.
As the chart below shows, consumer spending on video games, hardware and accessories in the United States reached a record $36 billion last year. In the coming days, game publishers, console manufacturers and other industry players will do their best to encourage gamers to spend even more in 2018.
