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Where are the old (30s) granpa gamers? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It's such a fucking kid move to not have enough imagination to understand adults needs recreation too.

Do you think you'll stop gaming in, like 20 years when you're 30?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (6 children)

    It's somewhat based in reality, isn't it? I'm still gaming in my late 30s and most people I get to play with are on average 10-15 years younger than me. People leave the hobby with time, en masse, and almost no one my age seems to be joining. There are some games that let you ignore that more (single player, matchmaking. Although even in single player, what's the point of gaming, if you don't get to discuss it with most of your friends), but some are really difficult to continue playing (coop :().

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Although even in single player, what's the point of gaming, if you don't get to discuss it with most of your friends

    ... The point is to... play... the game? I have exactly two current games that I play or talk about with friends. The others are all single player games that I play solely for the enjoyment of playing the damn game. Like, what do you mean, what's the point? This view is utterly baffling, just play it?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Same here. I've got a handful of friends that only want to talk about the latest call of duty or rainbow six, but I'm just not into the competitive gameplay. I just want to play the game. Single player is the way I go and I play it because it's like an immersive movie. I get to control the character and see the story unfold, it's like magic. Every now and then I get to talk about how amazing the story in that one game was, and it's just like talking about a movie, but I don't play the single player games solely for the purpose of being able to talk about it. I got to experience it, and play it the way I wanted.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah, most of the playerbase is young, as young people spend more time playing videogames.

    I think the amount and maybe type of game change a bit, but that's about it. Ofc some people just stop, because there's always some people, but I don't think our generation (I'm roughly the same age) will leave out gaming as much as the previous one did. And I still know plenty of people from gen x who still game avidly. Relatively avidly, at least.

    Gaming was more of a "kids thing" when we were young. Like a lot more. Now it's a viable career. Not a common or easy one, but probably more viable than say "racing-car driver" in the 80's.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You are just playing the wrong games if you think everyone is young. I play on a lot of classic wow private servers and the average age is probably 35+

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, not "everyone", but if you look at the games being played the most and look at what age the people are who put in most hours, it's obviously teenagers.

    That isn't to say that "everyone is young". Me saying America has a majority of white people wouldn't mean me saying "everyone is white".

    Ofc a private server for a group that has probably existed for 10 years or more will not have the same statistics as looking at just what age plays most.

    "Wrong games" lol. Yeah my brother plays a lot of OSRS and the average age for that playerbase is probably higher than 20.

    But it's a very minor part of the whole group of "everyone who games".

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    On a side note I play and follow the classic Tetris scene and it's been wild seeing the game change in terms of age demographics in only a couple years. Went from mostly middle age 30+ to kids 14-25 at least at the top of the game.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    No, it's not. Some adults wake up and trade video games for board games.

    It's like having friends you can spend time with, for real, instead of just being a joke and without real social engagement. Regardless of how many subscriptions to a gorram MMORPG.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    being a fucking joke and without real social engagement.

    Aww, guess remote work isn't real work either, huh?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

    It's not like we're interacting now, because this is just text so ofc it isn't real engagement. What about split-screen party games? Those not "real engagement" either? So... where's the line? Because for instance for TTRPGS, especially for D&D, people definitely use tablets and phones while playing to keep notes / character sheets. What's the difference between an online session of D&D and an IRL one? Sharing a bathroom?

    All of your rhetoric sort of strongly implies you can't be have "real social engagement" with friends who aren't in your immediate vicinity. To say that in this era of technology is a pretty strong tell you don't have any friends outside your small town, I guess.

    Have you ever tried telling a partner that texting and phone calls (or even video calls) aren't "real engagement" and "it's a fucking joke" to think it is?

    "My preferred choice of recreation has more pieces and doesn't use electricity, so it's clearly more mature."

    Honestly, grow up.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It's possible to like both board games and video games. Don't be a dick.

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