I-American Entertainment Software Association (ESA) ihlanganise isithombe somdlali waseMelika ojwayelekile. Uneminyaka engu-33 ubudala, uthanda ukudlala ku-smartphone yakhe futhi uchitha imali eningi ekuthengeni okuqukethwe okusha - ngo-20% ngaphezu konyaka odlule no-85% ngaphezu kuka-2015.
Cishe u-65% wabantu abadala e-United States, noma abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-164, badlala imidlalo yevidiyo. "Ukudlala imidlalo sekuyingxenye ebalulekile yesiko laseMelika," kusho uStanley Pierre-Louis, uMongameli we-ESA kanye ne-CEO. “Lokhu kubenza babe uhlobo lokuzijabulisa oluhamba phambili namuhla.”
Ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-35,8 ngo-2018 asetshenziswa ekuthengeni okuqukethwe komdlalo kuphela, ngaphandle kwamadivayisi nezinsiza, cishe okucishe kube ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha kunango-6. I-Call of Duty: I-Black Ops III, i-Red Dead Redemption II kanye ne-NBA 2017K2 zikleliswe kuqala phakathi kwemidlalo yevidiyo ngokwenani lamakhophi athengisiwe.
Njengoba idatha yenhlolovo ibonisile, abazali abaningi bakhawulela isikhathi izingane zabo ezisichitha zidlala imidlalo yevidiyo futhi bathembele ezilinganisweni zeminyaka yobudala ukuze bakhethe okuqukethwe okwamukelekayo. Abazali abangu-87% abazivumeli izingane zabo ukuthi zithenge imidlalo emisha ngaphandle kwemvume yazo; abantu abadala bathenga okungu-91% bebodwa.
Akumangazi ukuthi ama-smartphones angabadlali abasetshenziswa kakhulu, kepha okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi ama-PC angaphambi kwama-consoles ngo-3%. Futhi, imidlalo yevidiyo iya ngokuya ithumba ingxenye efanelekile yesintu: cishe u-46% wabo bonke abadlali bamageyimu ngabesifazane, kuyilapho okuthandwayo kwabo kohlobo kuhluke kakhulu kunakwabesilisa futhi kuncike kakhulu eminyakeni yobudala.
Abesifazane abaneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengama-34 badlala imidlalo efana ne-Candy Crush, i-Assassin's Creed ne-Tomb Raider futhi maningi amathuba okuba basebenzise omakhalekhukhwini ukuze badlale imidlalo, kuyilapho abesilisa abasesigabeni esifanayo bedlala ngokuyinhloko kuma-consoles, ikakhulukazi imidlalo efana ne-God of War, Madden NFL kanye I-Fortnite.
Abadlali asebekhulile abaneminyaka engu-35 kuya kwengu-54 bancamela imidlalo efana ne-Tetris ne-Pac-Man yabesifazane, i-Call of Duty, i-Forza ne-NBA 2K yabesilisa.
Abalandeli begeyimu yevidiyo abadala bavame ukudlala izindida nemidlalo ehlukahlukene enengqondo. Amadoda aneminyaka engu-55 kuya ku-64 athanda ukudlala i-Solitaire ne-Scrabble, kuyilapho abesifazane bedlala i-Mahjong ne-Monopoly.
Lo mbiko uphinde ubhuqe enye yezinganekwane ezidumile mayelana nabalandeli begeyimu yevidiyo. Ngakho-ke, abadlali babengenamathuba amaningi kunabanye abantu baseMelika ukuthi baphile izimpilo zabo bodwa futhi bengenzi lutho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma ubheka ukuhamba, ukupakisha nokuzivocavoca, izibalo zabadlali ziphakeme kancane kunabaseMelika abangadlali.
Ucwaningo lwenziwe uchwepheshe wenhlolovo yomphakathi , eyacubungula idatha yabantu baseMelika abangaphezu kuka-4000 kuye.
Source: 3dnews.ru