Finally we can see the results that most of us have known or at least felt to be true for a very long time and it makes me very glad to finally see a big company like SIFO making this official. Some of the major results from the survey follow below.

Gaming bigger than football and hockey combined
39% of the population has played computer games this year. The figures for football are 24% and for hockey 3%. 17% of the ones who play computer games do it regularly, compared to 5% for football and 1% for hockey. This means that computer gaming is almost three times as big as football and hockey combined.

Gamers participate more in physical activity
74% of the gamers participate in physical activity compared to 61% of the population as whole.

Gaming is social
54% of the gamers play together with friends while in the age group 16-29 as many as 69% do. 12% of the gamers have gotten new friends thanks to their hobby. That means that over 300 000 Swedes over 15 have widened their social network through computer games.

Press Release (in Swedish)