Why 20 year old gamers are better than 50 year old gamers.

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KingCherry said:

greenmedic88 said:
...there is no population model to reference that predates any Baby Boomer generation gamers.  

I can speak from my own experience as someone who started gaming during the first generation of consoles in the late 70s up to present, but this doesn't validate any opinion that most or even half of Gen X is still gaming in any significant capacity. 

I'm inclined to say that there could be a higher percentage of Millenials still playing video games as a form of entertainment same as any other form of visual entertainment (TV, film) until death, but whether that has anything to do with having grown up playing video games is pretty open to debate. I grew up playing video games from a very early age, same as many of my friends. I think I'm in the minority of my peer group who still prefers it as a form of visual entertainment. Then again, it's hard for me to say personally as the majority of my friends are Millenials rather than Gen Xers. 

Baby Boomer generation? Crikey! That's from 1946 to what, 1965?? I'd say they are, in general, way out of the equation 51-70 year olds?! That was my whole point, those folk don't seem interested as they weren't brough up on them.

There's no doubt in my mind, that the reason there are so many older gamers is that people have grown up with them, from mainly the mid Eighties onwards. That's 30 years of gaming history drilled into people. I see so many blokes in their thirties now who game, and it increases all the time as they get older. Games are more and more catered to be inclusive of all ages, keeping people involved.

I'm guessing, but the type of person who bu inclination would be a gamer, doesn't necessarily include the casual COD / FIFA GTA types who play nothing else. I reckon they'll probably tire of gaming.

Millenials & Gen X, two very broad age ranges there, I'm straddling both and that cover a 40 year span..

a 51 year old for example would have been around 6 years of age when the famous Atari 2600 came out in 1977 and younger when pong or other earlier consoles came out in the early 70's. So technically they could have grown up with gaming of sorts. Just not as we know it today.