Of course, not everyone who plays a lot has a problem with gaming. Some experts say thatit is harmful to label people who might just be very enthusiastic about gaming. One thing they doagree on is that the percentage of players who meet the proposed criteria for addiction to videogames is small. It is estimated to be somewhere between 1% and 9% of all gamers, adults and kidsalike. (It is more common in boys and men than girls and women.)