Everyone’s a gamer now, but they are not spending much on it


Verizon Communications Inc says gaming jumped 75% on its network after people started going into lockdown.

PORTLAND: With much of the world bottled up at home because of the coronavirus, getting people to play video games is no problem.

Getting them to spend money is another thing. That’s the challenge facing the video-game industry right now. The good news is more people are getting into gaming – possibly for the first time – and others are playing more than ever before. Hours and hours more.

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