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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