A new survey has found that over half of gamers prefer to play single-player titles.

According to Midia Research, this game mode is most popular across all platforms – particularly on mobile, with 58% of respondents saying they preferred single-player games.

The data from the survey was collected from Midia Research’s Q1 2024 and Q1 2023 consumer surveys across the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Poland, Turkey, and South Africa.

Research found that older gamers were more drawn to single-player titles, with 74% of gamers aged over 55 choosing to play games solo.

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    28 days ago

    Not sure what you mean. Guilds were basically run by egotistical 14yo with too much free time back in the old days you describe too.

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      28 days ago

      Yep. I remember playing vanilla WoW and seeing guilds with names like “Sapped Girls Can’t Say No”, “Naga Stole My Bike”, and “Seal Cub Clubbing Club”.

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      28 days ago

      I believe WoW was the tipping point for this. Never had these experiences with older games like Dark Age of Camelot.

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        27 days ago

        The game required more from its players back then. I mean gl hf to solo your way to 50 in daoc :)