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: GamePolitics.comWhy Are So Many Chinese Fanatic Online Gamers?
By pete_gallagher
As part of a bid to understand why so many Chinese gamers are obsessed with online games, a 'preliminary' study was conducted with hopes that the findings could assist in the prevention and treatment of those afflicted.
Researchers Wei Peng and Ming Liu began by defining online gaming dependency as 'a psychological state characterized by psychological discomfort experienced by online gamers when they are unable to play online games as they wish.'
The study (PDF) sampled 166 Chinese online gamers, who, on average, had been playing online games for around six years. On a normal weekday, those queried averaged 3.06 hours in-game, a figure that shot up to 5 hours per weekend day.
The main contributing factors to online gaming dependency, according to the researchers, were: Read More
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).
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