Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008

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Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008

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In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester. 80% of virtual game workers are based in China.

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Online revenues from console games to reach $8 bln by 2012
Portable console sales for Q2 2008: Nintendo DS - 6.94 mln, Sony PSP - 3.72 mln
Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008
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65% of US households play video games, 38% have consoles, 40% are female
US video hardware and software sales up 53% un June 2008
87% of PS3 owners watch BluRay movies
Video games to reach $68.3 bln by 2012
Video game sales reached $1.12 bln in May 2008
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Video game hardware and software sales up 47% in April 2008
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$1.33 bln of gaming hardware and software sold in the US in February 2008
Game sales reached $669 mln in North America in January 2008
Game software sales up 21% in Germany in 2007
In-game ads generated $295 mln in 2007
$2.25 bln spent on casual games in 2007
Game sales down 6% in January 2008
30.2 mln Wiis by year-end 2008
84% of kids play games
4.3 mln XBox 360 consoles sold in Q4 2007
10 mln XBox Live subscribers
Gaming sales in Japan reached $6.3 bln in 2007
US gaming sales to reach $17.9 bln in 2008
80% of Nintendo DS owners are 8-16 years old
Video games to generate $48.9 bln by 2011
Video game hardware and software sales up 52% in November 2007
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35% of parents play videogames
Portable game system revenues to exceed $10 bln in 2007
36.5% of online Americans have a game console, 15.9% have a portable console
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Number of households with consoles up 18% from 2004
30% of US households to own Wii by 2011
Game console downloads to generate $1.1 bln by 2011
Online games generated $3.2 bln in Asia-Pacific in 2005
Console subscribers to grow at 40.8% a year
Canadian video game market generated $933 mln in 2006
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US gaming market up 19% in 2006
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Asia-pacific online gaming market to reach $3.6 bln by 2010
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US video game market generated $1.4 bln in 2005
$395 mln of console software sold in April 2006
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Casual games to generate $1.15 bln in North America by 2011
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600,000 XBox 360 consoles sold
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2 mln XBox Live subscribers
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80% of entertainment software sold in the US is for gaming consoles
54% of game players said in-game ads were attention-grabbing
Next-generation gaming consoles to reach $21.9 bln by 2008
US retail videogame sales down 24% in October 2005
Chinese gaming market to reach $580 mln in 2005
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124 mln PC gamers in the US
8,978 game addiction counseling sessions in Korea in 2004
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50% of gamers liked the real-life advertising in video games
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61% of kids play a video game every single day
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