Americans of All Ages Are Spending More on Video Games (venturebeat.com) 37
We know that time and money spent on video games is surging due to the pandemic. Now, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group is providing detail on where that growth is coming from. From a report: And it turns out that people across all age demographics are playing more games more often. That's big for mobile games, but it also includes Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox. In its "2020 Evolution of Entertainment" report, NPD found that 4-out-of-5 consumers in the U.S. played a game in the last six months. More important for the industry, those consumers are spending 26% more time and 33% more money on games than the same period in the previous year. But this isn't just coming from young people. Older demographics are turning to games more often as they find themselves with money they can no longer spend on dining out or attending live events. Spending on video games for Americans 45 years old-to-54 years old increased 76%. People age 55-to-64 increased their spending 29%.
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Because you were scratching her dong up.
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She seems fine with blowing me. Maybe you just need to wash up better.
They forgot to mention (Score:1, Troll)
that it has got nothing to do with COVID19. Nobody is sitting at home more often, nobody has stopped going out, it's all quite like last year, isn't it?
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They mention the pandemic in the very first sentence in the summary and article, dingdong. Congrats on taking not reading TFA to a whole new level.
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You should ask Santa for a sarcasm reader this year.
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Oh, I understood the sarcasm all right. It was just wrong. And since someone is wrong on the internet [xkcd.com], I'm duty-bound to respond and point this out to them. I'm sure you understand.
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Oh, I understood the sarcasm all right. It was just wrong. And since someone is wrong on the internet [xkcd.com], I'm duty-bound to respond and point this out to them. I'm sure you understand.
Actually, no, you didn't. You've confused it with cynicism and felt compelled to correct it. Now you believe you're being sarcastic, saying it's your duty, but you're cynic.
So are you sure I understand?
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50/50 chance it was some weird faceplant attempt at sarcasm. Could be a bot as well. Hard to tell these days, with everyone living in la-la land. (Especially the ones that think they aren't.)
I mean, we have people mimicking bots mimicking retards. Grandmas and all varieties of normies have stayed plugged into the Matrix for extended periods over the last year. I'm glad to see them getting into games, at least they know that shit's not real.
“For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities o
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I live in the highest lockdown zone of the UK right now. I am allowed to be sarcastic.
But to make a peace offering: I really wish I could say that you two should go out more often. I really do.
There, better?
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They mention the pandemic in the very first sentence in the summary and article, dingdong. Congrats on taking not reading TFA to a whole new level.
Yes, and briefly mentioning a factor like a global pandemic in a study related to human behavior, is kind of like briefly mentioning to someone that human feces smells bad after they've stepped out of a dirty outhouse.
Needless to say, some shit becomes rather obvious. This was a pointless study.
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Linux gaming is actually a thing at last.
And as for age demographics, I am in my early 50s.
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If you read Slashdot, then the answer is probably yes.
Why Not... (Score:2)
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That explains surge in suicide. Having to play Fortnite for 14 days would make me suicidal, and I'm anything but.
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I'll go kill myself.
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Indeed (Score:1)
I just purchased "Captain Obvious Conquers the Pandemic Internet!" Terrific game.
No, it just Bob loading on lootboxes... (Score:2)
it's to bad that covid is killing pinball location (Score:2)
it's to bad that covid is killing pinball locations.
That was really picking up before this covid hit.
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It will pick up again, it's quite robust a market.
You see, unlike playing an arcade game (of which there are dozens of emulators and re-releases for home consoles and PCs), you can't emulate a pinball machine. You can try to do a recreation of one digitally, but it's still not the same. Some simulations come close to mimicking the actual physics, but few actually do so properly.
It's also a fairly tactile gam
Statistically expected. (Score:3)
Given the 55-64 were probably the very first people ever to play computer games, and they would have been the group that really didn't have much exposure to computers/computing at all, I'd expect the market to be small. These were the people who were in their mid to late teens by the time that "Pong" turned up in arcades (I remember it coming out). Definitely averaging late teens to early 20s by the time Space Invaders came out, so probably very little chance to get into gaming at that point).
Now the 45-54 were the major start of the gamers. In the single digit ages to very early teens when Pong came out, and averaging about 9-10 when Space Invaders came out. That's exactly when kids get into things of that nature (again, I remember Space Invaders coming out pretty clearly, and got hooked on it).
After that, the early games consoles were released largely when this age bracket was in the 10+ bracket, and started to become a distinct market that hadn't existed before.
There's not huge attrition by mortality in this group, so the increase can partially be attributed to the boundary of the gamer generation passing into new age brackets, and their regular spending patterns on this hobby disproportionately affecting the statistics that previously existed (low, as they'd not grown up on computer games).
I'd also expect COVID does have some impact, as on online games, I've noticed people "coming back to play" after sometimes decades away, raising families etc. as it's a good social escape in times when getting out and about physically isn't so easy.
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> Given the 55-64 were probably the very first people ever to play computer games ... I'd expect the market to be small.
Actually you'd be quite surprised just how large the 55+ bracket is since they have a LOT of free time. Some of the more popular PC games I've seen them play are Microsoft's Solitaire, World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, Second Life, etc. My parents were never gamers but they would constantly play Microsoft's Solitaire from Windows XP.
On mobile the data for the "fad of the month" is al
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Today's 55 year olds were video game enthusiasts since the 70/80s w
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You want to know me better (Score:1)
new generation means (Score:1)
I'm not playing more... (Score:2)
... It's weird because I am more slammed with life online (more activities online) and offline (e.g., taking care of my nest and colony) even though I am locked down to go out due to my disablities, health (e.g., can easily get infected), etc. I don't even have a paid job. :/