The Telegraph).As part of the study, which started during COVID, scientists gave away PS5 and Nintendo Switch consoles during a national shortage.
The data found that those with a console had better mental well-being compared to those without, however playing for more than three hours a day had a “detrimental” effect.According to the data, children, women and less-experienced gamers who played a Nintendo Switch saw the most positive outcomes, while it was adult men and childless households who benefited the most from owning a PS5.Speaking about the importance of the study Pete Etchells, a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University, said: “The present study is so interesting; it uses a survey-based method that takes advantage of a natural experiment that happened in Japan during Covid to essentially test for causal relationships.
The results show that broadly, there was a positive relationship with games console ownership and mental wellbeing.”“These results are not surprising,” added Daniel Johnson, a psychologist who specialises in video games at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. “They fit with what we know from talking to video-game players for decades.”However, other scientists have said the impact of the pandemic may have skewed the results, so a similar study would need to be conducted in the future to verify the results.In other news, Gearbox Software has confirmed when Borderlands 4 will be released via a teaser trailer..
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