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Gamerace on 07 May 2009
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GamingChartzFTW said:


Nintendogamer said:
Mind you there is one person in their 90's that love mario kart Wii. one person I read about, I'm sure there are plenty of other people in their 90's play the wii.

90% to 100% of people our age play core videogames.

Probably less than 15% of the 40+ age group play core videogames on a regular basis. Especially not 40+ women dragging the average down even further. The percentage might be even lower! Who knows?

If some user know about a 90 year old who play core videogames or have seen some interview on tv about old people playing core videogames, it still does not alter the fact that our generation is de facto the core videogame generation.

:/

 

 

First off, I'm 40 and I and most of my friends play.   However, for myself (and I know for many of my friends) I played 1st gen systems, then PC and didn't get into consoles (despite my son have N64, GC, PS2) until now.  If it wasn't for the Wii I'd have ignored this console gen too.    My dad is also a PC gamer and he's in his 60's.

But don't forget for most 40+ people, they didn't grow up with video games in their homes and do not have that childhood association that younger generations do so obviously the % of people playing and the % of time playing is going to be lower than people who grew up with NES, etc.

Secondly - Women in their 40's are the LARGEST segment of the PC gaming market.  Like 40% of the entire market.   No they are obviously not playing Crysis.   They are playing flash games and a little WoW.   But still they represent the largest $$ marketshare on PC.