NPD: Kids pick mobile devices over PCs, consoles for gaming

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Zoombael said:

Neodegenerate said:

I started gaming at 3 on the original Nintendo instead of going with the Atari.  My nephew has shown a preference for his 3DS since he was 4.  Not that uncommon to show preferences at those ages.

I can't comprehend what you're trying to tell me. Not one of those devices is a PC. In all my life i've never seen a toddler playing a game on a PC. Come to think of it, i've never seen a videogaming toddler.

My very first Videogame experience actually was on a computer, playing the very first Might & Magic on a friends Apple (can't remember which model he had, I think it was a Mac LC but don't quote me on that) at age 4. I started gaming on consoles only 4 years later at age 8, and a year later also with handhelds. I also got my first PC at age 6 (a refurbished 286 from the bank my father was working for - still don't know why a PC from a bank came with a Joystickport card), slightly too late for the lowest age group but still before I started console gaming.