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Reasons for playing video games in the U.S. 2022
A survey in August 2022 found that approximately three quarters of gamers in the United States played video games in as a stress relief. Additionally, 19 percent of respondent gamers strongly agreed with playing games to be together with friends, and 29 percent agreed with that statement.