play on the computer

prepositions collocation

Does 'play on the computer' sound natural? For example, in a sentence like "Kids play on the computer too much these days ignoring other ways of having fun".

I know that I can just say 'computer games' or 'video games', but I'm interested in that word combination precisely.


It's about as natural as saying, "Kids are playing in the field" or "Kids are playing on the road"

It is completely normal unless your intention is to convey the idea of kids playing videogames, in which case you should probably specify that

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