Listen here you little shit.
I've got unplayed games older than you!
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Even most people in the 50-64 years range play videogames: https://www.techopedia.com/video-game-statistics
Lol people can be so weird.
I have 70 year old family/coworkers who are like "hey 70 isn't old!"
And then there's Lemmy "hey 18 year olds, what's it like to be minutes from death?"
Man we sure are suckers for this Facebook level interaction bait.
Original video gamers are like 75. It’s weird to assume that most won’t at least occasionally play.
I’m 48 and play daily. Husband is 43 and has like 2k hours in Baldurs Gate.
My literal grandparents play video games. They were in their 70s. In fact, they were the ones who taught ME how to play, and my mother (who is not a gamer) remembers them always having the latest console when they were growing up.
I believe games were originally marketed to adults until Nintendo decided to buck the trend?
"Where are the old gamers?" Yo! "The thirty year old gamers?" Never mind.
I'm 35 and my dad turns 68 this year. He had a stroke about 13 years ago that narrowly missed killing him and paralyzed half of his body (he recovered some use of his leg, but his right hand just hangs out).
He had to give up a lot of things, but I made sure gaming wasn't one of them. He plays with a foot pedal and a mouse, and still loves it.
He plays all of the fallout games on a loop, has a thousand hours on the Bioshock franchise, and we play Co-op shooters together sometimes. He has a bunch of other games, but he's super picky lol.
Old-ass gamers unite!
I mean this purely as an observation, but: almost certainly literal child detected
I'm in my mid 30s, and the people in my extended social circle around my age that don't fire up a game at least once or twice a week are few and far between, even including the harried, busy, regular not-yet-grand parents, haha
Quick edit: imo, the ones not playing video games at my age (again, in my area) are generally the ones who seem the least like they have their shit together. It's weird but it's a thing I've noticed
39 here and still playing. The worst part is STILL having a huge backlog of steam games to work through.
I grew up playing video games in the 80’s - of course I still play video games even though I turned 50 this year.
I swear the younger generations forget gaming has been around for a LONG time long before they were born, also that people don’t change what they enjoy doing just because they get older…..
30... That's funny. I'm 50+ and clap asses hard in Tarkov PvP.
I got a Deck cuz I'm in my 30s. Best thing ever to relax with.
I don't know anyone my cohort who doesn't.
I'm 38 and never plan to stop. Of course, I met my wife through World of Warcraft, and we game together most nights. My parents still play games in their mid 60s, too. I remember a kid mocking my dad for gaming at 40 when I was a kid. I imagine that guy is doing the same thing now.
48, just been gaming with my 15 year old. Love it, wouldn't be without it!
You can have my game controller when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. And I'm not alone. We are many. We are legion.
You've heard of dementia villages that mimic old city neighborhoods? Gen-X is gonna need that to look like a mall. A video arcade would make sure over half of them never try to leave1. We're not done gaming, not by a longshot.
1 - The rest are going to tend to cluster up in the food court or Tower Records.
I'm also developing them, with the first one hopefully (somewhat) finished by September
I have systems older than grandpa!
Turning 40 this year.
43 and on the daily, whether PC, Steam Deck, or one of the kid's consoles.
Forty-nite playa!
Every time I visit my dad he's still playing Empire Deluxe
I'm only barely in my 30s but yeah! Hopefully going back to college next year to finish getting a game dev degree too
37 Guilty as charged
I have a 10, 2 and 1 year old and none of em are havin kids yet so I got some time.
37 and sitting on my Mass Effect 3 run number…I can’t remember actually. Maybe I should go back to the Elden Ring DLC.
40 here. Minecraft is my main but I play others too, like Horizon 5, balders gate 3, stardew valley (mad respect for the Dev), and a few others. I gave up cod after warzone came out.
38 and still gaming regularly on PC.
I’ve been playing video games for probably around 46 years. Let’s just say they’ve changed a little in that time.
30s are not old, just more magical powered!! The 20s need submissed!!
37 here. Recently bought a Lenovo Legion Go so I can game on the go. Currently enjoying Darkest Dungeon 2, among others.
A bit older than 30, and right here.
Don't tell me we have lost control!!
I remember going to college when I was 17 and meeting a 30-year-old student and thinking she was so old. That was almost 40 years ago now. OP, give it a few years and you might want to rephrase the question. Oh, and Star Trek on the Commodore PET was where I started.
I'm in my early 40s and still do a bit. Mostly, between a fulltime job, recently buying a house, and farming, I've not had time to play much. I did start BG3 but moved in the midst of it and haven't touched it in months (I'm at the first hub in whatever act has the darkness.... Act II, maybe?) I'd love to actually go back to playing some of the games I loved from the late '80s and early '90s since some of those are much easier to pick up and put down. I did play a little bit of TF2 again recently after at least 5 years (probably more) of not really playing it. This winter, I might pick BG3 back up in between house projects.
I haven’t been playing a lot lately, but today I connected my VR headset back up so my nephew could play it. I think it’s going to pull me back in for a little bit. It’s tethered to my PC but it has oled panels with great contrast (og Samsung odyssey). It’s been years since I used it, so some of the captivating novelty felt like it was back.
I played almost nothing but VR games in ‘18-‘19, including a 200 hour Skyrim VR play through. I do not tire of it as quickly as most, and I even still have to play through the second half of HL Alyx.
I’m in my mid 40s. Those of us in The Oregon Trail Generation got to watch video games grow up alongside us. Old pong and Atari games already exist, then the NES comes out when you’re in kindergarten or first grade. You read about the SNES in Nintendo Power later in elementary school before it hits. Then the N64 comes out when you’re a teenager, and if you’re lucky you can drive yourself to the store to marvel at Mario 64 at a kiosk in the electronics section.
And that’s just Nintendo. There was a whole different kind of progression on the computer side.
Here I am, 40yo father and a husband that identifies as a gamer
Me and all of my friends
My kid started playing Minecraft so naturally I joined her. Her imagination amazes me, I wish I could be as creative as she is.
I'm 36 and am currently taking a restroom break from a good old-fashioned LAN party with my dudes.
I'm 38 and play a variety of video games. Currently alot of WoW on my private server. But I might be dropping WoW for awhile in favor of focusing on the new Path of Exile league.
- Also work in the industry
Yes, that's also me. And I'm always trying to get more people playing. Been having one-off weekend blasts with my girlfriend and her sister with EDF5, Tekken 7 and other games.
They also got a taste of Overcooked. The yelling at each other was glorious
I'm currently playing Borderlands with my friend in the UK every Monday morning. In the past we have played borderlands 2, borderlands 3, tiny Tina's wonderland, Diablo 4, Grim Dawn, city off Heroes and many more.
I'll be 30 this year and see no reason to stop, nor do most of my friends around my age. Most people stopping around my age do so because they have kids and therefore barely any time or energy.
I would if I didn't fall asleep right after steam and the game updating.
right here!
Maybe OP will put this on a cake one year for me
Right here brother.
39 soon here 👀
I just opened final fantasy to myself and it's awesome. I'm 34
Sit awhile and listen. These old bones don't move as quickly as they used to! I used to be quite a threat in Mortal Kombat 4!
Qwell, so long as 40 year old gunmen (pigs) are dictating all the fluck, it's swall OK then, isn't it?
I'm 45.
Dad got me started on his Intellivision (early-80's), got my own Atari 2600, first computers C64 and Tandy 1000, then a Nintendo-everything guy until now having a Playstation, Xbox and Switch for as many rooms of the house.
These days Rocket League is the best to play during remote audio meetings, 'cause you don't need sound and it's 5-10mins a game, but COD, GoW, Zelda.* and Mario.* would still get a thrashing when the girlfriend's at work.
"Can't stop won't stop" --Swift, T.
My friend is like 34, still plays games. WoW, WoT, Terraria, Factorio, Minecraft, L4D, something else.
