With the MMORPG market growing every day and this past system generation and the next promoting the online gaming community through such things as Xbox Live, it is no surprise that more and more people are playing online. Recent information has come out from a poll that says that though the online community of gamers is continuing to grow, men are still more likely to form frienships through gaming while women stick to playing solo mostly.

From the article:

The survey of over 3,000 American adults found the usual -- more men (45 percent) than women (35 percent) play computer and/or video games -- but it also uncovered some new statistics. Women, for instance, prefer to play games solo, while men are more likely to play with others, whether on- or offline.

Forty-one percent of those who called themselves gamers play at least 3-4 hours a week, with a sizable minority of 1 in 10 claiming they played 10 or more hours each week. Online gamers were the most hardcore; 16 percent of them said they played 10 or more hours weekly, compared to only 6 percent of offline players.

Men are more likely to make friends with other online gamers, the survey showed. One in 4 have formed ongoing friendships or relationships from playing online games with strangers, while fewer than 1 in 7 women have done the same.

Read the full poll results and information over at InformationWeek.com