Sony: We “Legitimized [Gaming] As A Form Of Entertainment!

[Jordahn]

RolStoppable said:

Jordahn said:

RolStoppable said:

The other misconception is that Sony brought gaming to older audiences. That's wrong because adults, including women, were playing video games on the Atari and NES already. Sony narrowed the audience of people who were playing video games by focusing on males 15-25 years old (their own words, I think that can be found in the youtube video "History of PlayStation").

Something I need to comment on.  No one stopped an adult from doing most anything, including playing a game on an Atari and Nintendo system.  I think that was implied in one of my posts.  Even though SONY mentioned 15-25 year olds, doesn't mean they were limiting those within that age group, and it doesn't mean they were stopping anyone outside of that age group from playing a PlayStation game.  You're causing the misconception here.  

I didn't say that Sony stopped anyone from playing a PlayStation game, I implied that their focus on a particular age group caused many adults to stop gaming. Which makes sense, because most of the games targeted at 15-25 year olds are seen as juvenile by most adults.

OMG.  You just said "I implied that their focus on a particular age group caused many adults to stop gaming."  But your previous statement was "I didn't say that Sony stopped anyone from playing a PlayStation game."  What do think playing a PlayStation game is, NOT gaming???  Yeah, you and others think this obviously.  Playing PlayStation games in general is gaming, and just because there is a target audience for most ANY product does not necessarily stop anyone from trying their products.  And in your OPINION that most "games targeted at 15-25 year olds are seen as juvenile by most adults."

EDIT: I stand corrected.  You have a point when you said "games targeted at 15-25 year olds are seen as juvenile by most adults."  Let me add to this by saying that most adults viewed almost ALL video games as juvenile, but SONY tried to change that image by pushing games that didn't fall into the stereotypical younger audience.  And I'm glad they did.