Study: 69% of Russians, young and old, play video games.Most of them are on smartphones

Russians most often play on smartphones.
This conclusion was made by the research company Mediascope, starting to study the audience of mobile gaming in Russia.How the study was conducted:The report is based on data from our mobile panel.
The main results are divided into three categories.How many people play mobile games? 69% of the Russian population between the ages of 12 and 64 play at least occasionally on a device, and 55% do so more than once a week.
The majority, 42%, prefer smartphones.Games account for about 15% of all time using a smartphone.
This places them in the top 3 most popular types of mobile applications.The average mobile gamer runs about seven games per month.About 40% of mobile owners spend almost an hour and a half daily on gaming.What does a typical mobile gamer look like? A mobile gamer is a typical mobile user, as people of all ages, genders and locations play pocket entertainment.
Socio-demographic groups differ only in preference for the type of games.In contrast to general smartphone use, there is a clear preponderance of men in gaming in the younger population.
However, with age there are noticeably more women in the gaming audience.In terms of media consumption on the smartphone gamers differ little from other users of mobile devices.
Gamers are slightly more interested in audio/video applications and social networks.
Among individual services they use Discord more often than others.What mobile games do Russian users prefer? The most popular genres (in brackets - percentage of game activity):Casual games (35%).Action (18%).Strategy (11%).Simulation games (9%).RPG (9%).Genre preferences strongly differ by age and gender:Women, especially older men, like casual games.
Young men are interested in action games, and older men - in casual games and strategies.The games with the largest reach (2-3 % of users play daily):Brawl Stars - popular mainly among men.Homescapes - popular mainly among women.Full data of the study - here.

Ghost of Tsushima souvenirs will be sold on Tsushima island

Another way to attract tourists has been invented on Tsushima island: soon souvenirs based on Ghost of Tsushima will be sold there.
T-shirts, shirts, hoodies, bandanas, scarves, socks, mugs, patches and stickers for PlayStation 4 and DualShock 4 will appear in the store.
The merchandise itself is not new: you can already buy them on the Japanese brand GRAPHT's website.
Souvenirs from Ghost of Tsushima are going to be sold at Tsushima on a permanent basis.Some souvenirs that are going to be sold at Tsushima.Department with merchandise from the game will open April 29.
The date is not accidental: on this day begins the Japanese chain of holidays known as Golden Week.
Accordingly, more visitors come to Tsushima during the long weekend.Tsushima and Ghost of Tsushima have interacted closely before: for example, fans of the game helped raise money for the restoration of the local shrine, and the leaders of the development team were given the title of honorary representatives of the island.

Elon Musk Buys Twitter

2022 can already be called the year of big deals.
Including non-gaming ones - Elon Musk, head of SpaceX and Tesla, buys Twitter for $44 billion, or $54.2 per share.Musk is going to defend freedom of speech on the site and improve it in every way possible:Free speech is the foundation of real democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square, where issues vital to the future of humanity are discussed.
I also want to improve Twitter: add new features, make algorithms open to gain trust, get rid of spam bots and authenticate real people.
Twitter has a huge potential - I can't wait to start working with the company and the users to unlock it.According to Bret Taylor, the chairman of Twitter, the deal will bring a significant cash premium - they say this is the best offer for shareholders of the site.The deal will be completed by the end of 2022, after which Twitter will become a private company.In March Musk bought 9.2% of Twitter shares, but refused to join the board of directors.
I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022 \"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.