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Soundwave on 02 August 2013
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
walsufnir said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:


True, videogames werent considered as well rounded tech for all ages until the PSX. Before that they were considered toys.


To some they are still toys. What exactly do you want to say?


Yep...exactly the reason all the toy stores went out of business where I live. Babies, toddlers and very young children are the only reason Toys R Us still exists. K B Toys went ouf business where I live because of EB Games. Electronics took over and kids are kicking over toys just to get their hands on games. They are desensitized to the effects of technology. Then the Playstation came onto th scene the game industry grew by like forty million+ and continued to grow there after and then MS segmented that crowd. Thats an effect if I ever saw one. Today the average gamer is an adult. 

This was going to happen anyway. You had the NES generation of kids, then you have a second wave of kids entering gaming in the 90s. The kids who grew up with the NES liked gaming enough to continue to do it, and you had a second wave of kids coming in too.

It was an inevitable compound effect.