Average time spent gaming weekly in Great Britain 2014, by age
In recent years gaming platforms have increased in popularity, especially in the younger generations. The price of electronic items has decreased in recent years, as well as there being more platforms offered.
PC's are the most popular platform for a lot of gamers, with 5.6 million people purchasing games for this platform in 2015. The most popular game type being Action and Adventure, and second being first person shooters with games like Call Of Duty and Battlefield.
From the Statista DMO it is possible to see that the global expenditure on online games is going to increase year over year, with forecast figures for 2021 showing a revenue of 14.7 billion U.S. dollars.