A new study has found that playing video games can make you “happier”.
Researchers at Oxford University studied data from 3,274 gamers. They looked at how longer people played and then asked them questions about their wellbeing.
The study was conducted while they played Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons and EA’s Plants vs Zombies.
This is the first time a study like this has been able to link up questions, with actual in-game play-time.
Professor Andrew Przybylski, who led the study, said the following.
“If you play Animal Crossing for four hours a day, every single day, you’re likely to say you feel significantly happier than someone who doesn’t”.
He said the results were interesting because, 40 years of previous research had suggested that the longer people played, the more unhappy they said they were.
What do you think? Does playing video games make you feel happier? Let us know in the comments below!
28 Responses
I lost the race so I am sad
yes
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wow
Wow, im gonna tell my mum to play more video games
Wow impressive Video games have always made me happy
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yes its so fun
i like minecraft
YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES!!!
I love to play plants vs zombies ??
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i’m going to tell my mum to increase my screen time and yes
i will now play 10 hours of video games so i will be high on happy
This does not apply to fortnite!!!
My parents only let me have half an hour on video games a week, so wait until I show them this.
I feel video games make you happier
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I play plants vs zombie
wow
worst story in the world
Well, I think that kids these days should stop playing video games so much. It’s uneducational and unsocial for my child.
now i have an excuse so that my mum can let me play on my ipad