HA8 - Task 1 – Secondary Research

Scenario: I have been commissioned by ukie to write a series of resource packs to be published on their website within the guides section.

War-thunder Audience Secondary Research
I looked up some information about war thunder's audience, and found some information on how they play but unfortunately not much about who they are. Very few people seem to have actually researched this.

The average number of players playing tends to hover around 10k according to Steam, Although this number is likely higher due to this list only covering those who got the game through Steam rather than straight from the main site.
http://steamcharts.com/app/236390

These survey results (more about how people play rather than who) were posted to Reddit here:
 https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/4frxvb/war_thunder_survey_results/

"This survey was about community opinions of War Thunder The survey was answered by 455 people and is now closed. I'll let you guys make the conclusions from the data.

1.) How many hours have you played?

1-200 (6.6%) 200-400 (16.3%) 400-600 (17.8%) 600-800 (14.1%) 800-1000 (9.7%) 1000+ (35.6%)

2.)What nation is your favourite/most played?

Germany (41.5%) United States of America (26.4%) Russia (8.1%) Great Britain (16.5%) Japan (7.5%)

3.)What branch do you play the most of that nation?

Ground forces (64.2%) Air Forces (35.8%)

4.) Do you believe that there is a Russian bias in War Thunder? (Note that this question is just to check opinions and does not indicate whether there is a bias or not)

Yes (40.7%) No (59.3%)

If Yes, What caused you to believe this? (This question had 297 responses)

Personal Experiences (76.4%) What you heard from others (4%) Other (19.5%)"

This chart helps to show a bit more about who plays the game. Although it is of a small sample size, the chart reveals that it is most commonly played by male 18-29 year olds.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3391052/ratings

The game's main websites say the game is rated 12 yet in comparison the game is mostly played by 18-29 year olds.

http://warthunder.com/en/

I had considerable trouble finding information on who is playing the game, as there seems to be very limited research done into who actually plays it. Despite this I managed to scrape up whatever information I could find on the audience.