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A Child's Hobby?
« on: June 11, 2011, 10:00:35 AM »
Though playing video games is often called a child's activity, a new study from the Entertainment Software Association has found that that perception couldn't be further from the truth.

According to the organization, which represents the game industry, the average gamer today is 37 years old. Moreover, the average game buyer is 41 years old. Because of that, a greater number of parents are playing games with their children. The ESA said that 45 percent of parents play games with their kids "at least weekly."


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20069682-17/a-childs-hobby-average-gamer-is-37-years-old/#ixzz1OyoMDryX
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Re: A Child's Hobby?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 10:02:45 AM »
So, maybe we weren't so off with this...



I also wanted to comment that CNET is pretty freaking slick....when I was getting the text for the above, I just copy/pasta'd the the first two paragraphs. Somehow, they automatically inserted the "Read More:..." line into my clipboard so I didn't have to go back and attribute it separately!
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Re: A Child's Hobby?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2011, 10:53:50 AM »
I'll be playing until the day I die, or am unable to control fine motor functions. Unfortunately, getting older means seeing the same ideas rehashed time and time again and not wanting to drop $503743 on a new game every 3 months. This'll mean more time spent between buying and playing new games. So while we may play until the end days, it'll seem like we don't play as much because of the time spent between game purchases.

At least that's this little bear's opinion.

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Re: A Child's Hobby?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2011, 11:03:52 AM »
Oh and I am going to make them play every game I have... Just quicker! Suddenly I want to play old games.

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Re: A Child's Hobby?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2011, 07:20:54 PM »
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