Industry veterans get candid on ageism in gaming

Re:Industry veterans get candid on ageism in gaming by psunavy03 on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:11AM (#39359065)

Why? Elder Millennials and younger GenXers (born late 70s and early 80s) were arguably the first generation to grow up where video games were mainstream, and that's just a little older than that age bracket. I'm in my early forties, and I've enjoyed everything from the original Final Fantasy to Baldur's Gate 3 over the years.

And I'm sure there are folks older than me who picked them up in their 20s and 30s.

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Re:Industry veterans get candid on ageism in gaming by bee_rider on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @12:38PM (#39360300)

It seems suspect in the sense that we’d expect gaming to be at least as mainstream in the subsequent generation, right? The median age of a gamers should be approaching the median age of the population from below, I’m fine with believing it is pretty close, but how’d it get higher?

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Re:Industry veterans get candid on ageism in gaming by meheleventyone on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @12:52PM (#39360501)

When I actually googled to see what the median age of Americans was it's 38.9 which is pretty much in the middle of the quoted age range.

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Re:Industry veterans get candid on ageism in gaming by drivingmenuts on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:26AM (#39359286)

I'll probably be a gamer until I die - I see no reason to give it up; I just change my play style.

I keep having this vision of a retirement home full of aging gamers, electronic and TPRGs.

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