Press Release Summary = Online Golf is fast becomming a favorite among maturing gamers. Online golf prvides a way for gamers to compete in tournaments as well as just play for fun.
Press Release Body = Salt Lake City, May 15 2006
The worldwide video game industry, generated revenues of $24.5 billion last year, surpassing movie box-office receipts, and sales are projected to climb to $55 billion by 2008, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Broadcast TV audiences are slowly declining, while moviegoing remains stagnate. Gaming on the other hand appears to be the newest and perhaps strongest pillar of the media market. So it comes as no surprise that film studios, media giants, game makers, and Japanese electronics companies are in a struggle to prevail in the Game Wars. \"This is an enormous shift taking place, and everybody wants a stake,\" says Sony Entertainment (SNE ) Chairman Michael Lynton.
Over 100 million people a day are now playing online games. In addition to that another 200 million people will be playing next year according to Forrester Research.
The fact is that, 7 out of 10 college students play online games EVERY DAY! On the top of that, golf is the worlds fastest growing sport. The Country Club has combined online gaming and golf to create the next generation of online millionaires! It\'s the \"perfect storm\". Video Games Consumer demand for interactive entertainment is at an all-time high, due mainly to mainstream acceptance of video games. The average online consumer spends 3.3 hours per week playing video games as compared to an average of 10 hours of television watching. One-third of gamers play more than 5 hours per week and 8% exceed 15 hours per week (Source: GDC 2004 Developer Business Summit). Golf Today Golf is one of the most popular sports in the world. In 2003 in just the US, there were over 38 million golfers who played nearly 500 million rounds of golf on approximately 15,000 golf courses. According to the ESPN Sports Poll in 2003, 19.3% of persons over the age of 12 indicated that they do play golf. Undoubtedly, golf is a major sport with a massively loyal following. Sports Video Games Are a Significant Proportion of the overall Video Game Market Video games based on sports are a large portion of the video game market, receiving 17.6% of total sales by units sold in 2003. While most sports video games are related to football, there is an undeniable \"halo effect\" that surrounds sports video games in general with a popularity and mainstream loyalty rarely found in other genres. Furthermore, sports video games are usually multiplayer and by nature are competitive; this tends to drive the demand for online gaming upward.
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