The battle between the Video Game and Movie industry continues on, driven by Generation Z's preference for video games over movies. According to a 2024 report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), a staggering 63% of Gen Z individuals prefer playing video games to watching films (compared
For those that are curious, here’s the exact questions used and the %s by demographic
Generally speaking I’d also fall into the rather play games category, but it really depends on the context. Unfortunately there aren’t too many couch co-op kind of games anymore so if the goal is to spend time with someone playing a video game doesn’t often work great.
I think the first stat in the graph is the most important one and really speaks to the reason for the last one. I said this is another post about this article, but video games have become their own kind of third space. Going out with friends has become so expensive, whether you’re going to a movie or something else, and in a lot of places you can’t go to hang out without having to spend money anyways, so video games have become a replacement way to hang out with friends. And that’s before you start talking about stuff like friends who moved across the country for work or something.
Yes, definitely. My kids play a lot of fortnite because that’s how they talk to their friends after school. Some of my friends I only talk to while gaming because we don’t live near each other.
My wife, kids and I play video games together by sharing the controller.
We were playing classic SNES games together. Like playing Super Mario World or Super Metroid. My youngest isn’t really good at bosses so he hands it off to his older siblings. Where my wife likes to draw various scenes from the game so we can color them later.
It started during the pandemic but we do it once a month now and it’s been a great family bonding experience.
If you are interested, this is my Couch Coop To Do List for me and my wife (sorry for bad formatting):
A Way Out
Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram From Hibernia
Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All!
BattleBlock Theater
Biped
Bravery and Greed
Bread & Fred
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake
Castle Crashers
Cat Quest II
Chariot
Conduct Together!
Contra: Operation Galuga
Cuphead
Darksiders Genesis
Death Squared
Degrees of Separation
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Divinity: Original Sin II
Dungeon Defenders
Dungeon Golf
Earth Defense Force 5
Ember Knights
Escape Academy
Escape Simulator
Fly TOGETHER!
For The King
For The King II
Forced
From Space
Fueled Up
Gauntlet
Golf With Your Friends
Grave Danger
Hammerwatch
Heroes of Hammerwatch
Huntdown
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
KeyWe
Knights and Bikes
Kukoos: Lost Pets
LEGO 2K Drive
LEGO City Undercover
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Lost Castle
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Magicka 2
Mekazoo
Metal Slug
Monaco 2
Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine
Moving Out
Nine Parchments
Nobody Saves the World
Operation: Tango
Outward
PHOGS!
Pizza Possum
Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
Pode
Portal 2
Rayman Legends
River Tails: Stronger Together
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
Rooms of Realities
Rotwood
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Shift Happens
Sonic Superstars
Spelunky
Starbound
Struggling
Surmount
Team Sonic Racing
The Adventure Pals
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
The Plucky Squire
The Swords of Ditto
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
Tipston Salvage
Tools Up!
Towerborne
Trine 2
Unrailed!
Unravel Two
Unruly Heroes
Untitled Goose Game
Voyage
We Were Here Together
Who’s Your Daddy
Wizard of Legend II
ibb & obb
For those that are curious, here’s the exact questions used and the %s by demographic
Generally speaking I’d also fall into the rather play games category, but it really depends on the context. Unfortunately there aren’t too many couch co-op kind of games anymore so if the goal is to spend time with someone playing a video game doesn’t often work great.
I think the first stat in the graph is the most important one and really speaks to the reason for the last one. I said this is another post about this article, but video games have become their own kind of third space. Going out with friends has become so expensive, whether you’re going to a movie or something else, and in a lot of places you can’t go to hang out without having to spend money anyways, so video games have become a replacement way to hang out with friends. And that’s before you start talking about stuff like friends who moved across the country for work or something.
Yes, definitely. My kids play a lot of fortnite because that’s how they talk to their friends after school. Some of my friends I only talk to while gaming because we don’t live near each other.
My wife, kids and I play video games together by sharing the controller.
We were playing classic SNES games together. Like playing Super Mario World or Super Metroid. My youngest isn’t really good at bosses so he hands it off to his older siblings. Where my wife likes to draw various scenes from the game so we can color them later.
It started during the pandemic but we do it once a month now and it’s been a great family bonding experience.
If you are interested, this is my Couch Coop To Do List for me and my wife (sorry for bad formatting):
A Way Out Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram From Hibernia Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! BattleBlock Theater Biped Bravery and Greed Bread & Fred Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Castle Crashers Cat Quest II Chariot Conduct Together! Contra: Operation Galuga Cuphead Darksiders Genesis Death Squared Degrees of Separation Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Divinity: Original Sin II Dungeon Defenders Dungeon Golf Earth Defense Force 5 Ember Knights Escape Academy Escape Simulator Fly TOGETHER! For The King For The King II Forced From Space Fueled Up Gauntlet Golf With Your Friends Grave Danger Hammerwatch Heroes of Hammerwatch Huntdown Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes KeyWe Knights and Bikes Kukoos: Lost Pets LEGO 2K Drive LEGO City Undercover LEGO Horizon Adventures Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Lost Castle Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Magicka 2 Mekazoo Metal Slug Monaco 2 Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine Moving Out Nine Parchments Nobody Saves the World Operation: Tango Outward PHOGS! Pizza Possum Pocky & Rocky Reshrined Pode Portal 2 Rayman Legends River Tails: Stronger Together Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos Rooms of Realities Rotwood Sackboy: A Big Adventure Shift Happens Sonic Superstars Spelunky Starbound Struggling Surmount Team Sonic Racing The Adventure Pals The Expanse: A Telltale Series The Plucky Squire The Swords of Ditto Tick Tock: A Tale for Two Tipston Salvage Tools Up! Towerborne Trine 2 Unrailed! Unravel Two Unruly Heroes Untitled Goose Game Voyage We Were Here Together Who’s Your Daddy Wizard of Legend II ibb & obb
Absolutely, thank you!