According to a new NPD Group report, 53 percent of U.S. consumers have been to the movies in the last six months, but 63 percent — that's 2 out of 3 consumers — have played a video game. Yahoo! has the story.
More factoids:
- 1 in 3 gamers (31 percent) bought a console or handheld video game in the past year, up 7 percent over the year prior.
- Among console/portable gamers: 31 percent played games on a website, 12 percent played games on a social networking site, 19 percent played games bundled with their mobiles phones, and 11 percent purchased/downloaded a game to their mobile phone.
