Friday, April 08, 2005

Men spend more money on video games than they do on all forms of music, research group Nielsen Entertainment said Thursday, lending credence to a growing belief that video games are displacing other forms of media for the attention of young men.

Video gaming in general is starting to attract an older audience, with nearly a quarter of all gamers over age 40, the agency also said.

For males, Nielsen said, games now rank only behind DVDs as a purchase category, ahead of CDs, digital downloads and other ways of buying music.