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A third of men would prefer to play video games rather than enjoy sex with their partners, according to research.

Two-thirds of men would rather play on their gaming console than have a night of passion with their partner, a survey has found.

1 in 3 British men would prefer to play video games than sleep with their partner, with 72% claiming they'd shun their missus for the night to play a new release.

PS3pricecompare.co.uk has polled 1,130 British men and discovered that 72 per cent would give up a night of passion to have a decent session playing a new game.

For the study, 1,130 men were questioned by the Specialist Play Station3 site www.PS3pricecompare.co.uk.

British men are so obsessive about video gaming that they can avoid having sex with their partners to play an engaging video game, a recent survey revealed.

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Whether it's Chun-Li, Lara Croft or even Master Chief that floats your boat, video games are apparently 'better than sex' according to British men.

Blokes are so passionate about video games that a third prefer to play them than have sex, a study found.

Many British males would prefer to play video games rather than have a passionate encounter with their partners, a new survey reveals.

According to a press release from a specialist PlayStation 3 site, two thirds of PS3 men prefer games to sex.

ONE in three men would prefer to play video games than enjoy SEX with their other halves, shocking new research revealed today.

According to a recent, err, pole, two-thirds of men say they'd rather play a new game release than have a rummage in the sack with their lady.

A recent survey of over 1000 women by one of the UK’s leading PlayStation 3 price comparison websites has shown that almost half of those asked would forbid their partners from purchasing a games console, even though 32% would quite like to treat themselves to one.



Research by www.PS3PriceCompare.co.uk of 1,316 females in relationships has revealed that 48% of women would ban their boyfriends or husbands from buying a games console, despite almost 1 in 3 of the women admitting to wanting a games console for themselves.



The top reasons behind the ladies not wanting their partners to own a games console included jealousy and the fact that their living room gets taken over. 28% of the women questioned felt that games consoles like the PS3 and Xbox ate in to their quality time with their other half, whilst 34% were more bothered about the cost.



Almost 1 in 4 of the participants surveyed by PS3PriceCompare.co.uk said they would rather their partner didn’t have a games console because they said it would have a negative impact on their sex life.



When asked “Has a games console ever caused an argument between you and your partner?” nearly half answered ‘yes’. However, the study proved all was not lost, as 6% claimed a games console had brought them closer somehow.



Another statistic revealed by the survey was that there has been a 53% rise in the number of women playing video games in the last year, with more feminine consoles like the Nintendo Wii and DS becoming more popular.



Mike Elsmore, head developer of PS3PriceCompare.co.uk, commented on these findings;



“I must say that the results to our latest survey came as a bit of a shock to me. It is inevitable that some women would get a bit fed up with their partners playing on games consoles, but to think that quite a large number would actually ban us guys from buying one is a bit of a surprise.



He continued, “As for those ladies worried about the consoles being too expense, they needn’t worry. Finding low prices and good deals is exactly what PS3PriceCompare is for.”



For more information, visit http://www.ps3pricecompare.co.uk

Research from the UK’s only specialist PS3 price comparison site has found that 1 in 3 British men would prefer to play videogames than sleep with their partner, citing women as being ‘hard to please’, with 72% claiming they’d give a night with the missus a miss to play a ‘new game release’.

In a study of 1,130 British men, of those in relationships, 32% said they would prefer to play videogames than sleep with their partner, with the reasons for this ranging from their “partner being hard to please” through to “not as much fun”.

Specialist PlayStation3 site, www.PS3pricecompare.co.uk recently launched and no allegiance to any retailer, means it ensures that consumers find the cheapest new consoles and games available no matter which big name brand that happens to be. As part of the launch, the site commissioned research into gaming habits.

When asked “Which would you prefer; sex with your partner or an evening playing videogames?” 32% of men said they’d prefer to sit down and play by themselves.

However, that number increased when the question changed to include “new videogames”, with 72% of men in relationships claiming they’d forego a night of passion to spend an evening playing a newly released game.

When asked to validate their response to the previous questions, nearly half of those who claimed they’d prefer to spend a night with a game as opposed to with their partner said that this was because their partner was ‘hard to please’. Nearly a quarter of all respondents said that thought a night of passion is “not as much fun as a night playing videogames”.

In response to the question, “If you were given £50, what would you be most likely to spend it on?” the majority, 41%, said they’d spend it on ‘a videogame’, 19% said ‘clothes’ and just 3% said ‘bills’.

Mike Elsmore, developer of PS3PriceCompare.co.uk said,

“I, like many other men, am an avid gamer, but even I find these results startling. I’m not sure my partner would appreciate me ignoring her for any old game… now, Resident Evil 5… that’s a different matter!

“My hope is that consumers will use PS3PriceCompare as the one-stop shop for comparing all retailer’s prices online before making their choice as to console or their next game purchase, and given that there is so much difference in pricing and some great deals out there, I’m pretty sure that’s a possibility.”

For more information, please feel free to get in touch with Rich Leigh, 10 Yetis Public Relations Agency, on 01452 348 211 or rich@10yetis.co.uk. Alternatively, find me on Twitter @RichLeighSmith