WalletHub
By Jack Barnes
With the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017 drawing large crowds to Los Angeles until June 15 and U.S. gaming revenues expected to exceed $25 billion this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2017’s Best Cities for Gamers.
To determine the best places to be a serious gamer, WalletHub’s number crunchers compared the 100 largest cities across 20 key indicators of gamer-friendliness. The data ranges from average internet speed to video-game stores per capita to number of esports tournaments.
Top 20 Cities for Gamers | ||||
1 | Orlando, FL | 11 | San Francisco, CA | |
2 | Seattle, WA | 12 | San Jose, CA | |
3 | Austin, TX | 13 | Fremont, CA | |
4 | New York, NY | 14 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
5 | Atlanta, GA | 15 | Columbus, OH | |
6 | Los Angeles, CA | 16 | Raleigh, NC | |
7 | Las Vegas, NV | 17 | Anaheim, CA | |
8 | Irvine, CA | 18 | Virginia Beach, VA | |
9 | Boston, MA | 19 | Madison, WI | |
10 | San Diego, CA | 20 | Portland, OR |
Best vs. Worst
- Las Vegas has the most video-game stores per square root of the population, 0.0283, which is 23.6 times more than in Memphis, Tenn., the city with the fewest at 0.0012.
- Pittsburgh has the highest average download speed, 14.62 Mbps, which is 3.1 times higher than in Honolulu, the city with the lowest at 4.70 Mbps.
- Gilbert, Ariz., has the highest share of households with a broadband connection, 94 percent, which is 1.9 times higher than in Detroit, the city with the lowest at 50 percent.
- Durham, N.C., has the cheapest monthly internet cost, $40, which is 2.5 times cheaper than in Anchorage, Alaska, the city with the most expensive at $101.36.
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