Nongamers

The added peripherals to the Wii Remote and DS (or DSi itself for that matter) are simply insult to injury to Microsoft and Sony, who once said they were not interested in "nongamers" just a few years ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

: Consoles can be a good choice even for nongamers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Fortunately, my friend (and cohort during my time at Kotaku) Mike McWhertor and his partner Scott have created game-inspired shirts that actually look good even to nongamers. ❋ SVGL (2008)

I'm often writing about how it's important for games to understand how "normal people" -- i. e, nongamers, different demographics than we're used to, etc. -- perceive video games, and I just found it fascinating how like, our whole value system isn't visible to your regular folks coming in from the outside. ❋ SVGL (2008)

After all, one of the chief joys of gameplay (which nongamers tend to misunderstand) isn't in having mastered it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gamers also consume media in different ways than nongamers, with hardcore gamers spending five more hours on the Internet, two more hours watching television and two more hours listening to music than nongamers per week ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gamers are twice as likely to go out on dates as nongamers in a given month ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gamers are twice as likely as nongamers to buy a product featuring new technology even if they are aware that there are still bugs ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gamers are also twice as likely as nongamers to pay a premium for the newest technology on the market ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gamers are 13 percent more likely to go out to a movie, 11 percent more likely to play sports, and 9 percent more likely to go out with friends than nongamers ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the positive aspects of gaming - creativity, community, self-esteem, problem-solving - are somehow less visible to nongamers. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Spore is playful enough to entice even nongamers into what Wright calls "epic creativity." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sony also seems to understand better than Microsoft that alternative forms of gaming are a stronger lure to nongamers than online platforms. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Okasan Securities analyst Masashi Morita believes that in addition to capturing nongamers, Nintendo can even win back some of its lapsed fans with the Wii's built-in support for the company's vast library of classics. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He started a task force inside the company to figure out why nongamers didn't play games, and how to attract them to the pastime. ❋ Unknown (2007)

guy 1: I'm so cool i play [smite] everyday by myself and [rage quit] every [match]. Guy 2: bro ur kind of a nongamer. ❋ 12345pene (2015)