Coronavirus causes US video game usage to jump 75 percent
By Reuters
19 March 2020 |
2:49 pm
The increase is a result of Americans beginning to quarantine themselves. Verizon CTO Kyle Malady isn't surprised by how many more people are playing video games.
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