67% of Mexicans connect with their family through video games, reveals an Xbox survey

The holidays are the perfect time to gather with family, celebrate with friends, and play video games with your loved ones! That suggests a new global survey commissioned by Xbox and conducted by YouGov, the international Internet-based market research and data analysis firm, which compiled local and global results across 6 key markets, including Mexico, revealing the popularity of video games, as 78% of the Mexican respondents agree that they spend fun moments playing video games.

The Xbox survey focused on understanding people’s behaviors and perceptions around video games in relation to other activities and traditions during the season known as holidays. The results indicate that the Gaming ground begins to break out among the festivities of the Mexicans, since almost half of the participants (49%) said they will play video games this season.

Just as we see that video games are included in the December activities of Mexicans, the tradition of meeting with our loved ones is part of the festivities, however, it is not always possible to share the festivities with those we appreciate the most, there are times when reuniting with loved ones is simply not feasible. Distance is no longer a problem for 67% of Mexican respondents, who consider that video games are a great way to interact virtually with family and friends that they will not be with during the holiday season. There are excellent titles for this, such as traversing the sea ​​of ​​thieves with your pirate crew, put together your own world in Minecraftor travel in a caravan the roads of force horizon 5.

“Without a doubt, video games have an incredible power to bring people together, to entertain, inspire and connect them, whether they are playing together on the same couch, or going online hundreds of miles apart.” Shared Naxla Mina, Gaming Marketing Lead for Xbox LATAM. “We’re proud to be part of an industry that brings people closer to their loved ones, and we understand the responsibility we have to continue to make Xbox a safe and fun place for everyone to play.”

In addition to understanding the consumption of video games in the holiday season, the study that Xbox commissioned to YouGov suggests that people in Mexico will play more and more, gradually. This, considering that 56% of the participants said they will play with family and loved ones more time during the Christmas festivities this year compared to years past.. With this data, it is safe to anticipate that we will see a large number of families and friends asking for time to finish one more game before dinner, and that is that nobody can refuse a challenge of Halo Infinite with friends, or some levels of battletoadsto name a couple.

Although we see that the holiday season is a key time to gather with family and connect with loved ones, even if they are far away, it is very important to take advantage of this season to rest and recharge energy for another year of adventures. How to achieve it? For Mexicans, video games may be the answer, since 76% of respondents agree that playing with family and loved ones is a great way to relax during the holiday season. Through the hundreds of Xbox Game Pass titles, surely there will be some indicated to disconnect and rest… Of course, as long as you are free of lag when you play online.