A third of men would prefer to play video games rather than enjoy sex with their partners, according to research. And an even larger proportion - 72% of those questioned - said they would forgo sleeping with their other halves for the chance to play a brand new game. Reasons men gave for choosing to twiddle with their control pads rather than opting for romance ranged from partners "being hard to please" to "not being as much fun" as playing computer games.

PlayStation3 site PS3pricecompare questioned 1,130 men who were in relationships for the study. When asked "Which would you prefer; sex with your partner or an evening playing video games?", 32% of men said they would prefer to play video games. But that number shot up when the question changed to include "new video games". And almost half of those questioned said that if given £50 to spend they would buy a video game, with only 3% spending it on bills.

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