72 percent of players reported an “improved mood” while playing PowerWash Simulator.
This is according to the results of a study, the first of its kind, commissioned in 2022, which analyzed data from more than 8,500 players in almost 40 countries, including the US and the UK.
According to the Oxford University Internet Institute and FuturLab, developer of the PowerWash simulator, which collaborated on the study, players “consistently reported a better mood after the first fifteen minutes of the gaming session compared to the beginning of each session”.
Of the 162,325 “game mood reports” from players, the average player reported a more positive mood during the game than at the beginning of each session.
This type of change is “comparable to changes seen in other leisure activities such as reading, shopping or listening to music.”
“Currently, short-term changes in the mood of video game players are not well understood. Gaming research often relies on artificial stimuli, with games created or modified by academic researchers, typically played Instead, “I wanted to know how real gameplay in natural contexts could predict player mood on short time scales,” said lead author Assistant Professor Matti Vuorre. , Tilburg University and Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute.
PowerWash Simulator's Shrek SLC now has a release date: October 10.
Developer FuturLab announced the Swamp Squirt DLC last month, but at that time, we only received a general release in the fall. We now have a firm release date on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as details on what fairytale environments we'll soon be spraying.