{"id":8461,"date":"2023-09-13T17:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:53:13","slug":"australia-plays-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/australia-plays-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Plays Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think is more popular&#8230;the AFL Grand final&#8230;or Video games?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Australia Plays 2023 report from the Interactive Games &amp; Entertainment Association and Bond University Video Games win hands down.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data revealed that 81% of Australians engage with video games (up 14 percent from the previous report)\u2014outpacing the 56% who watched the AFL Grand Finals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with the numbers, the report showcases gaming&#8217;s positive aspects: players often excel in various areas, employ games for mental health, and find joy in the social facets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8455 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-1024x706.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-1024x706.webp 1024w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-150x103.webp 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-300x207.webp 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-768x529.webp 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-80x55.webp 80w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023-480x330.webp 480w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/australia-plays-2023.webp 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To dig into the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia plays<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> report listen to the podcast episode below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/$\/62a2b852b291bc0014229152\/the-tech-feed-are-video-games-more-popular-than-the-afl-gran?feed=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"110px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you think is more popular&#8230;the AFL Grand final&#8230;or Video games? According to the Australia Plays 2023 report from the Interactive Games &amp; Entertainment Association and Bond University Video Games win hands down. The data revealed that 81% of Australians engage with video games (up 14 percent from the previous report)\u2014outpacing the 56% who watched the AFL Grand Finals.\u00a0<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/australia-plays-video-games\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[828],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australia Plays Video Games - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/australia-plays-video-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia Plays Video Games - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What do you think is more popular&#8230;the AFL Grand final&#8230;or Video games? 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