U.S. Game Console Ownership Growing Quickly

A new Nielsen study found that the number of U.S. households with televisions and video game consoles has risen from 38.6 million to 45.7 million homes since 2004 — an 18.5% expansion. Two-thirds of all men in TV-owning households between 18 and 34, and 80 percent of those 12 to 17 have video game consoles in their homes. A third of the country (93.8 million Americans) have played at least one in-home console video game for at least a minute. Three-quarters (74.4%) of console use came from the top 20% of gamers.