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Reasons for playing MMO games in the United States 2016. by gender

Leading reasons for playing multiplayer online games according to gamers in the United States as of December 2016, by gender

The data displays the leading reasons why gamers in the U.S. played massively multiplayer online (MMO) games as of December 2016, broken down by gender. It was found, that 53% of female respondents played MMO games because they liked the element of competing with other gamers. The same was true for 64% of responding men.

I want to experience something with others	42	61
I want to interact with others	51	60
I want to compete with other players	53	64
I am online most of the time anyway	32	29
Games are more interesting when played in multiplayer mode	34	41
Many games can only be played in multiplayer mode	24	15
Other	2	1
I don’t play games in multiplayer mode	2	1

Reasons for playing MMO games in the United States 2016. by gender

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