SELL recently presented the results of its annual study “The French and Video Games” carried out by Médiamétrie. This report provides an overview of video games and the profile of video game players in France and decodes their consumption and usage habits.
As one can easily imagine, this new edition therefore highlights an increasing number of players and an intensifying practice. In short, the SELL shows that video games are gaining popularity with ever larger audiences. With the search for social ties, the practice of family games, increased parental responsibility … The findings made last year were confirmed and expanded in 2021.
Video games in France, a love story
More specifically, therefore, the study in question finds several things. Here they are listed below to understand everything at once:
- France has never had so many players: 73% of the French play at least occasionally * (+2 pts) or more than 38 million people.
- The practice of video games is intensifying: France has 58% of regulars ** compared to 52% in 2020.
- An increasingly social video game to share with family: 61% of gamers believe video games create social bonds, 9 points more than in 2020. 77% of parents play video games with their children, compared to 66% in 2020.
- Responsible practice: 48% of parents say they know and use parental control systems, compared to 37% in 2020 and 32% in 2019.
Basically everyone plays, or almost, and more and more often. And if possible with the family, so that you can assess yourself in peace. Thanks for imprisonment?
Who is playing the most?
2021, yes 73% of French people play video games at least occasionally* (+2 points), 58% play it regularly, an increase of 7 points over the previous year. These regulars are with 53% a man, 47% a woman and your Average age is 38 years old. The practice of video games has never been so popular. And the surge in player engagement seen in 2020 at the end of an unprecedented context is confirmed. During leisure time between the generations, 71% of adults (+3 points) and 98% of children (+4 points) play video games.
And on which platform?
Male and female players on average 2.2 Use gaming platforms : The smartphone remains the most widely used medium, with 51% of gamers saying they play it, just ahead of the home console, which has seen a sharp increase of +4 points at 49%. Like last year, consumer video games are popular: “Casual” games, platform games, and adventure games are the top 3 most popular genres among the French.
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source : SELL / Médiamétrie study “The French and the video game”. Carried out on the Internet from September 6 to 27, 2021 with a sample of 4,016 Internet users aged 10 and over.
