| celador said: Well one way younger players are better is in terms of reaction times. |
Well, I'm a 38 year old gamer and the reaction time issue is partly true, partly a fallacy. A lot of gamers who grew up during the 80's and 90's played games that required d-pad movement and extremely fast trigger responses in SHMUPS and Sports games. A lot of gamers in their 15-20's today basically suck when n it comes to using a d-pad and being fast on the buttons, but I think might be better at FPS gaming since that has been the main focus of twitch gaming in the last 15 years (for console gaming atleast). It's all just anecdotic evidence of course.
in terms of the issue regarding how many generations one age groups might experiences compared to the other: Well it's really great for younger gamers today to have this wealth of great games, both new and old. I just hope a lot of gamers take their time with the older games since they come from a time when games were made with lifes and continues which is a different approach than today. It's also important that we as a gaming community spreads gaming of all generations, to alla generations of gamers and potential gamers.
