GamePolitics

According to new research from Parks Associates - as reported on by Home Media Magazine - 46 percent of all American households with broadband have a video game console connected to the Internet, and about 38 percent use said console devices as their primary means of streaming entertainment content such as Netflix or Hulu.

The firm also said that around 75 percent of broadband-connected homes use a game console to access non-gaming content online on a weekly basis, while nea ...read more

The report also found that overall video spending increased to $18.2 billion, with Blu-ray Discs and digital delivery compensating for a decline in DVD revenues. Around 50 percent of households subscribe to a video subscription service; and a majority in all tracked age groups now play video games, according to the report.

Organizations and companies contributing data to the report included Digital Entertainment Group, Frank N. Magid Associates, iHS Electronics and Media, Th ...read more