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Majority of Americans play browser-based games

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AUSTIN, USA: Goo Technologies, HTML5 high-end graphics provider for games and interactive visualizations on the web, recently announced the findings of its 2013 State of Browser Gaming Index, fielded among more than 2,000 Americans, aged 18 and older, and conducted online by Harris Interactive in September.

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The survey, which aimed to discover the top benefits and trends of browser-based games in the gaming community, found that a majority of Americans (52 per cent) play browser-based games, with single, never married Americans favoring them more than married people (62 per cent to 48 per cent).

People with children under 18 in the household were actually more likely to play browser-based games than those without children under 18 in the household (60 per cent to 48 per cent), added the report.

The report further added that eighty-five percent of Americans who own a smartphone/tablet and play browser-based games say that if they were available without limits on quality, speed or graphics they would want to play them on their mobile device from anywhere.

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The browser is increasingly becoming a major platform for gaming. However, many say it just doesn't work well enough yet. In fact, 59 per cent of gamers who have played a browser-based game say they wished the games worked better, whether they are played in a desktop, laptop or mobile browser, with the types of games they wished worked better being listed as follows:

* Strategy games - 24 per cent wish this type of game worked better on a browser

* Shooter games - 22 per cent

* Multiplayer games - 19 per cent

* Virtual world/Roleplaying games - both 16 per cent

* Sexy character-based games - 6 per cent

* Dating/hookup games - 4 per cent

Men who play browser-based games were more likely than women who play browser-based games (68 per cent vs. 50 per cent) to say they wished browser-based games worked better, and an additional 10per cent of browser-based gamers said gambling games should be improved.

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"While the results of the survey may seem amusing, they point to a real desire for high quality games to be available from anywhere without expensive hardware or software downloads," said Marcus Krüger, chairman, Goo Technologies.

"Games powered by Goo, such as the wildly popular launch of Casinofloor.com in Sweden, are showing the world that truly immersive 3D games can be accessed as easily as typing in a web address," added Krüger.

Stockholm-based Goo Technologies is a web technology company whose aim is to make all digital experiences instantly available on all devices, everywhere.

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