Average Gamer Is 37 Years Old 295
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:Sigh (Score:1, Informative)
Why don't you just follow the link to the story to find out how they came up with that figure? It's... right... huh.
Dammit, I've been Soulskilled!
(Thankfully /. 2.0 links to the original submission, and you can get the link from there: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20069682-17/a-childs-hobby-average-gamer-is-37-years-old/ [cnet.com])
Anyway, reading that story, you're probably right, because it turns out the study is by an industry group trying to prove that kids don't play violent video games. They're not exactly what I'd call impartial.
Anyway, since CNet is useless, here's the link to the original study: http://www.theesa.com/newsroom/release_detail.asp?releaseID=147 [theesa.com]
original (Score:5, Informative)
Heres the original pdf of the study.
http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2011.pdf [theesa.com]
its up from 34 last year apparently. So gamers are ageing 3 years for every 1.
Re:Stereotypes are true? (Score:2, Informative)
What are you some kind of racist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo_women [wikipedia.org]. There you go a matriarchal society where all the males remain with the mothers, aunts, sisters and nieces through out their lives. Zero divorce and no child support.
Hmm, are you a slave to your relationship, just jealousy force you to slander other lifestyles and, does the shame and humiliation of your extended bathroom visits haunt you.
Big thing when it comes to gaming design for older generations "BIGGER FONTS" at high resolution settings or at the very least separately adjustable fonts in the graphics options.