Numbers in the News: Video Games

September 12 is National Video Games Day. From Pong to Pokémon, video games have been entertaining us for more than 60 years.

SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

1958

The year American physicist William Higinbotham invented the world’s first video game—a simple tennis game.

2.7 BILLION

The estimated number of gamers worldwide in 2020

SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

70%

The percentage of people in the U.S. who play video games on their smartphones—the most popular device for gaming

THINK ABOUT IT: How have video games changed the way kids and teens spend their time?

SOURCES: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, NEWZOO, STATISTA, ALTMAN VILANDRIE & COMPANY

Text-to-Speech