[ITSUKI Co., Ltd.]
The most important thing to consider when playing online games is the speed of your internet connection! ITSUKI Co., Ltd. conducts a “Survey on the actual situation regarding online games” targeting online game enthusiasts!
*ITSUKI Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 21, 2024
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The most important thing to consider when playing online games is the speed of your internet connection! ITSUKI Co., Ltd. conducts a “Survey on the actual situation regarding online games” targeting online game enthusiasts!
ITSUKI Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kita-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Iwashita), which operates the Internet line business. Kazuki) conducted a “Survey on the actual situation regarding online games” targeting online game enthusiasts in their 20s to 40s. This survey revealed how online gamers enjoy playing online games.
* -Background-*
Long vacations such as summer and winter vacations are a great opportunity to start new hobbies and activities. Also, I think many people will be enjoying online games this summer. The popularity of online games is increasing year by year, and the market size of e-sports is also expanding and attracting attention. How do online game enthusiasts enjoy playing games on a daily basis? Therefore, ITSUKI Co., Ltd., which operates the Internet line business under “ITSUKI Hikari”, conducted a survey of the actual situation regarding online games among online game enthusiasts.
* -Investigation Summary-*
・More than half of online gamers play online games for “more than an hour a day on average”
・Many online gamers play games with other online gamers.
・There are various moments when online games are fun, such as when you clear a quest or mission, when you obtain a rare item, and when you level up.
・The difficulties when playing online games are “fatigue from playing for long periods of time” and “preparing the playing environment.” ・More than 90% of online gamers believe that it is important to have a good playing environment in order to enjoy games.
・The most important factor when it comes to the environment when playing online games is the speed of your internet connection.
* -Survey overview-*
Survey period: July 24th to July 25th, 2024
Survey method: Internet survey
Survey target: Men and women in their 20s to 40s who like online games and play online games on a regular basis.
Number of people surveyed: 330 people
Monitor provider: Japan Business Research
More than half of online gamers* play online games for an average of 1 hour or more a day*
First, when asked the question, “How much time do you spend playing online games on average per day?”, the most common response was “more than 1 hour but less than 3 hours” (53.6%), followed by “less than 1 hour” at 27.3%. It took shape. The results revealed that more than half of online gamers play online games for an average of at least one hour a day.
Online gamers* often play games with other online gamers*
Next, when asked the question, “Who do you play online games with?”, the first answer was “other players in the game” (65.8%), and the second answer was “NPCs (non-player characters) in the game”. 43.0%, followed by “friends and acquaintances” at 31.5%. From this result, we found that many online game enthusiasts often play online games with players and NPCs connected online.
* There are various moments when you feel fun playing an online game, such as when you clear a quest or mission, when you obtain a rare item, and when you level up.*
In addition, in response to the question “When do you feel like playing an online game?”, 63.6% of respondents answered “When you clear a quest or mission,” and 2nd place answered “When you get a rare item.” ” was 51.8%, and the third place was “When leveling up” at 50.3%, resulting in a response rate of over 50% for the top three answers. From this result, we found that there are various moments when online game enthusiasts feel “fun” while playing online games.
*The two main difficulties when playing online games are “tiredness from playing for long periods of time” and “preparing the playing environment.”*
In addition, when asked, “What is difficult about playing online games?”, the most common response (43.9%) was “tiredness from playing for long hours,” followed by “preparing the playing environment (devices, game consoles, communication devices, etc.)”. (Environment, etc.)” followed at 38.2%. The results revealed that around 40% of online gamers have felt tired when playing for long periods of time, and that they are putting effort into preparing the playing environment.
More than 90% of online gamers* think it is important to have a good playing environment in order to enjoy games*
In addition, in response to the question “Do you think that preparing the playing environment is important for enjoying online games?”, the first answer was “Important” at 48.2%, and the second place was “Very” at 44.2%. The total response rate for these two responses was over 90%. This result shows that the majority of online gamers believe that it is important to have a good playing environment in order to enjoy online games.
*The most important aspect of the environment when playing online games is the speed of your internet connection.*
Finally, in response to the question “What do you think is important in an environment for playing online games?”, the first place was “Internet line speed” at 79.7%, and the second place was “PC performance” at 57.9%. It became. Perhaps because detailed control is important in many online games, it has become clear that “Internet line speed” and “PC performance” are important in order to smoothly transmit this control.
* summary*
This survey found that more than half of online gamers play online games for at least “an average of one hour a day or more,” and many of them play games with other online gamers. In addition, there are various moments when you feel that online games are fun, such as when you clear a quest or mission, when you obtain a rare item, and when you level up. I found out that there are a certain number of people who find it difficult to maintain. More than 90% of online gamers believe that it is important to have a good playing environment in order to enjoy games, and they place importance on “internet line speed” and “PC performance.” It became clear.
*Survey implementation company*
ITSUKI Co., Ltd.
Address: 1-67-55 Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0045
Company URL: https://itsuki-inc.net/
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