Table 4. Number of users by genre.
Genre | RPG | FPS | RTS | Racing | Sports | Arcade/Shooting | Comparative Group | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Specific games | Maple Story, Roblox | Overwatch, Sudden Attack, Crazy Shooting Bubble Fighter, Counter Strike, Team Fortress2 | League of Legends, StarCraft1&2, Heroes of the Storm, Clash Royale | Talesrunner, Kart Rider | FIFA Online2, FIFA | Minecraft, Elsword, Crazy Arcade | Individuals who haven’t played games in the past 3 months and are not game addicted | |
Users | Male | 91 | 350 | 396 | 42 | 104 | 80 | 413 |
Female | 38 | 126 | 25 | 120 | 5 | 79 | 891 | |
Total | 129 | 476 | 421 | 162 | 109 | 159 | 1304 | |
(%) | (4.7) | (17.2) | (15.3) | (5.9) | (3.9) | (5.8) | (47.2) |
NOTE: The comparative group consisted of 1,304 non-gaming students (789 elementary school; 515 middle school). The gaming group for the study’s analysis consisted of 1,456 students who indicated the top 6 genres in this table as their ‘game most played.’ 457 students mostly played other non-popular game genres and were excluded from our main analyses. The numbers in each game genre include all players who play the game genre regardless of their game addiction level.