Some stats, some dubious
Posted on by Jason Li
For our coverage of netbars today, we visit iResearch for some statistics.
Our appetizer: there are a decreasing number of netbars.
(green = 10,000s of netbars)
For our main course: the 2nd-tier cities have the most netbars.
(left = # netbars, green = first-tier city, yellow = second-tier city, blue = third-tier city)
And finally, for our dessert: gamers actually support the mandatory 3-hour break!?
(Of the 4460 polled, how many were parents?)
Link to first graph, second graph, third graph @ iResearch.
The last is indeed interesting. It could be that the folks who answered the survey felt that they “should” say that they support the fatigue law (which removes all in-game incentives for continuing play after 3-5 hours). Another possibility is that older gamers DO support the fatigue law for younger gamers, and have their own ways of getting around the regulation.