Is India’s Relationship with video games turning into a problem.
Psychologists in New Delhi and Bengaluru say that gamers as young as 10 have been brought to them by their parents to help distance them from their gaming consoles or mobile phones. Sharma’s SHUT clinic says it has received more than 120 cases of game addiction since February 2018. But addiction isn’t the only gaming problem that Indians face. A recent report compiled by U.S-based cloud services firm Limelight Networks reveals that 24.2% of Indian gamers have skipped work to play. This figure is higher than it is for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Singaporean, South Korean, British and American gamers. Some 52% of surveyed Indian gamers admitted to playing during work hours — again the highest figure globally. The primary reason for this is the increasing prize money that can be won from gaming tournaments.
