British gamers are upwardly mobile

Thursday 21 January 2010 20:00 EST

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Forget calling their mums or texting their mates – it seems that the country’s mobile-phone owners are eschewing communication for some quality gaming time.

This week’s UK National Gamers Survey reveals that there are 8 million mobile gamers in Britain who between them spent £170m last year. But not everyone is splashing their cash on their entertainment on the go –4.2m Brits play but don’t pay, although a third of paying gamers spend £5 a month on their habit.

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