Average Gamer Is 37 Years Old

kolbe writes "A new study from the Entertainment Software Association suggests that the average age of today's gamers is between the 37 and 41 years old. If true, does this mean that game studios should be adjusting their demographics accordingly? Is Generation X the next 'baby boomer' market for the gaming industry?"

Re:Middle age and I hate games

[DarwinSurvivor]

Darn, that's too bad. I just found this really cool game. You start with an empty text file and the goal is to combine keywords and codes in order to create a procedural algorithm that produces an environment containing further goals for others to complete.

Re:original

[mcvos]

its up from 34 last year apparently. So gamers are ageing 3 years for every 1.

That's it. I'm quitting.

Re:its only the beginning

[slackbheep]

Sorry but playing Farmville or Bejeweled doesn't make you a gamer by any reasonable definition anymore than playing a little soccer with my nieces and nephews makes me an athlete. This is no different than the recent popularization of some facets of geek culture which leads to hipsters in box frames talking about how they're so glad they can come out about how they read The Hobbit at thirteen and once saw the inside of their old iMac.