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Grampy on 17 January 2009
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SmokedHostage said:
Grampy said:
kungfusqurrel said:
nintendo as a game company will probably not care about mature gaming anymore, it will cater to my 6 year old nephew for many years to come.

Actually, the average age of Nintendo gamer is higher than the HD consoles whose major market is 16-30 male. I'm 63 myself but maybe I just never grew up enough to think of blowing people away with in the goriest possible manner is the ultimate and only form of entertainment.

 

 

 That's quite the generalization.

Not really. You have to factor in a huge growth in older gamers of which the vast majority are using the Wii.

"Last year, 26 percent of people over the age of 50 played video games, up from 9 percent in 1999, according to the Entertainment Software Association, a Washington-based trade group. The figure is expected to rise because of the games’ growing popularity with seniors, the association said. "

A 17% increse in the total population over 50 is a huge number of people and they will definately raise the average age of Nintendo users.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aGnwt15mTjJQ&refer=us