With the gaming industry projected to bring in $159 billion globally this year as more people stay inside during the coronavirus pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best Cities for Gamers, as well as accompanying videos.
To determine the best places to be a serious gamer, WalletHub 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.| Top 20 Cities for Gamers | ||
| 1. Seattle, WA | 11. Washington, DC | |
| 2. San Diego, CA | 12. Portland, OR | |
| 3. New York, NY | 13. Atlanta, GA | |
| 4. Orlando, FL | 14. Raleigh, NC | |
| 5. Irvine, CA | 15. Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 6. Austin, TX | 16. Denver, CO | |
| 7. San Francisco, CA | 17. Madison, WI | |
| 8. San Jose, CA | 18. Minneapolis, MN | |
| 9. Los Angeles, CA | 19. Las Vegas, NV | |
| 10. Boston, MA | 20. Sacramento, CA | |
Best vs. Worst
- Las Vegas has the most video-game stores per square root of the population, 0.035371, which is 29.2 times more than in Boston, the city with the fewest at 0.001213.
- Virginia Beach, Virginia, has the highest average download speed, 101 Mbps, which is 3.5 times higher than in Boise, Idaho, the city with the lowest at 29 Mbps.
- Gilbert, Arizona, has the highest share of households with a broadband connection, 94.90 percent, which is 1.6 times higher than in Detroit, the city with the lowest at 59.30 percent.
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has the cheapest monthly internet cost, $43.12, which is three times cheaper than in Anchorage, Alaska, the city with the most expensive at $131.35.
