This is something that was brought up in another thread. A few people were saying they believed that as hardcore gamers progress in life, get a career, get married, and have children, that a lot of gamers will become casual and play casual games.
I personally disagree with this, but understand I truely don't know if this happens on the most part, or for a lot of people. So I am curious. I am 33 and have been married for almost 6 years. I have a 2 year old son and a 3 month old daughter. I've been gaming since I was 7. I certainly have less time to play games now than I used to, but the type of games I play have not changed. I feel I am a fairly well rounded gamer. I love both more casual games and hardcore. I love Mario games, Zelda games, Brain Age games, as well as Resident Evil, Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and so forth.
One person was saying the target hardcore age is 12-22. And someone else mentioned that because people have less personal time as we get married and have children, then we play casual games. Personally, neither applies to me. Just because I'm into my 30's, I'm not any less into hardcore games. And because I have less time, doesn't mean I'll play casual games any more than I have. For one, jumping on to play a stage or a few rounds of Call of Duty 4, or Halo 3, doesn't take any more time than playing some Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. And actually takes less time to play some CoD4 or Halo 3 than to play Mario Party.
So, long story short. I'm curious if the people that brought this up are right. Fellow hardcore gamers that are now late 20's and up, and fellow hardcore gamers that have gotten married and had children, are you now becoming casual gamers? Did you change from a Hardcore gamer to a casual gamer?
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