There's no shortage of anecdotal evidence that the recent casual gaming trend has brought new gamers into the fold, but the NPD Group today has added something empirical to back up conventional wisdom. As part of its Online Gaming 2008 report, the industry-tracking group found that 72 percent of respondents to a US survey reported playing games in some form, up from 64 percent the year before.
The report also found that online gaming was on the rise, although not quite as drastically. The NPD Group found that 42 percent of respondents play online games, up a more modest 2 percent from 40 percent the year before.
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