Overall Gaming Time Italy Annual Report
Like so many markets around the world, the Italian games industry enjoyed a record year in 2020 with total spending on …
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During the first wave of coronavirus, play time rose to 8.5 hours per week, but then dropped down to eight hours, where it stayed during the second wave.
Delving a little deeper, the average time spent playing consoles came in at 6.9 hours per week, with PS4 the most popular device at 6.3 hours followed by the Switch at 4.7 hours.
Although there is no indication as to which next-gen console sold more units, the Xbox Series devices appear to be getting more use. Respondents spend an average of 4.2 hours playing their new Xbox compared to 3.3 hours spent on PlayStation 5.
Mobile games are played for an average of five hours per week, while PC is closed behind with 4.7 hours.
However, despite the increased spending overall, the number of Italian consumers playing video games actually shrank slightly last year.
Drawing on survey data and insight from GameTrack by Ipsos, IIDEA reports that the number of players in Italy came in at 16.7 million last year -- down on the 17 million recorded a year prior.
9.4 million of Italy's gamers are men and 7.3 million are women.