Wealthy men play videogames, survey shows

Being good at videogames and finding success in the real world might not be as mutually exclusive as often thought, according to a new survey of gaming habits among well-heeled men.

Slightly more than half of men who make at least $100,000 US per year also put in several hours per week storming the beaches of Normandy, terrorizing Liberty City, or pounding on the Jokers henchmen on gaming consoles or PCsaccording to a study by the dating site SeekingArrangement.com.

The site surveyed 13,728 of its members who make six figures or more and found 54% play video games at least once per week.

Those making between $100,000 US and $200,000 US played for an average of 5.2 hours per week. Gaming peaked among menin the $300,000 to $400,000 US bracket at 10.3 hours per week.

"Many assume that time spent gaming is a detriment to success, which is completely false," says site CEO Brandon Wade in a statement. "Our survey indicates that gaming is an outlet, not distraction, in a wealthy mans life."

Most (41 per cent) of the men surveyed play games on the Xbox 360, followed by the Playstation 3, PCs and the Wii.