Gamers Are Not Who You Think They Are, Study Finds

Twitch says their profile has changed in last decade

A new study commissioned by gaming-themed online video platform Twitch finds that today's gamers do not live in their parents' basements, and are, for all intents and purposes, just average young people who aren't tethered to their consoles.

Sixty-three percent of Americans have played a video game in the last 60 days. When parsing out the information on millennials, that number jumps to 73 percent of that demographic.

"Gamers overall have a different profile than 10 years ago," said Jonathan Simpson-Bint, Twitch's chief revenue officer.

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