The bar charts illustrate electronic gaming trends in South Korea in the year 2006. The first chart gives information about the percentage, ages and genders of the gamers, and the second highlights the game type preferences.
Overall, very young children comprise the lowest percentage of gamers, followed by adults above the age of 30. People in their twenties are the biggest group of gamers, followed by teenagers. Men outnumber women in all the age groups. Game type-wise, role playing games are favored the most, with action games coming in second followed by strategy or turn based games, simulation, and other game types.
Less than 10% of total gamers are under the age of 12, and slightly less than 20% are teenagers (ages 13-19). The biggest age group in terms of percentage (with about 35% men, 10% women) is that between the ages 20 and 29. Men over 30 comprise a little over 10% of all gamers, women comprising less than 5% in that age group.
Role playing games are preferred by almost 50% of all gamers, action games being preferred dramatically less with exactly 20% preference. Strategy or turn based games are favored by about 18% and simulation games by about 10% among all gamers. Other game types are preferred by less than 5% of all gamers.