Notice I said getting older, not growing up. I mean by no means that games are for kids, and this is a part of my argument. Now that that's out of the way.
I think gaming is only getting stronger, and yet I feel I'm losing interest. Not because I don't want to be interested, but because I don't have time. Having to deal with a job and school leaves me with very little personal time, and when it that time rolls around I like to spend it with actual humans rather than computers. That does not mean that people who do enjoy games more than social interaction are wrong, no, we're just different. I say this because I notice a lot of my friends and people on here decry that gaming is dying because they feel the same way I do.
I think if we'd take a poll, we'd find that most gamers are in the age ranges of16-21 and 30-50 (we'll talk about this in a moment). The 16 through 21 range is a range when most people have a lot of free time, and have the ability to enjoy games on the level with which they were meant to be played. But, as you near that 21 year mark, or sooner, you start to feel your free time shrinking. Whether it be into a relationship, job, school, etc. Does that mean that people who still maintain an active gaming life through that time gap are wrong? No, not at all, they are probably better at managing time than most. So, stop with all the "gaming is dying!" cause its not, you're just running out of time to enjoy it.
Now, back to the 30-50 year scale. Why do I say there'd be a lot of gamers in this time scale? Well, at this point there life is kinda established. Chances are, they have a stable job, worked out a family and have graduated school. Does that mean the people haven't done this are slow? Not really, it does in some ways, but it really means you're just making your glory years last longer. Also through that time scale, the kids will probably be moving out of the house, and you'll start your mid-life crisis. But wait, us gamers have a saving grace, we have a way to feel young, its cheap, and it only affects us. That's right, gaming. It reminds of when we had 12 hours a day to kill. So we pick up the controller again, and relive that time. Because of this, we introduce gaming to our kids, probably during that 16-21 time frame I just mentioned. So, it also lets you stayed connected with your kids through that hard part of letting them go.
People say gaming is an addiction, its a hobby. Some people just take it too far.
I think gaming is only getting stronger, and yet I feel I'm losing interest. Not because I don't want to be interested, but because I don't have time. Having to deal with a job and school leaves me with very little personal time, and when it that time rolls around I like to spend it with actual humans rather than computers. That does not mean that people who do enjoy games more than social interaction are wrong, no, we're just different. I say this because I notice a lot of my friends and people on here decry that gaming is dying because they feel the same way I do.
I think if we'd take a poll, we'd find that most gamers are in the age ranges of16-21 and 30-50 (we'll talk about this in a moment). The 16 through 21 range is a range when most people have a lot of free time, and have the ability to enjoy games on the level with which they were meant to be played. But, as you near that 21 year mark, or sooner, you start to feel your free time shrinking. Whether it be into a relationship, job, school, etc. Does that mean that people who still maintain an active gaming life through that time gap are wrong? No, not at all, they are probably better at managing time than most. So, stop with all the "gaming is dying!" cause its not, you're just running out of time to enjoy it.
Now, back to the 30-50 year scale. Why do I say there'd be a lot of gamers in this time scale? Well, at this point there life is kinda established. Chances are, they have a stable job, worked out a family and have graduated school. Does that mean the people haven't done this are slow? Not really, it does in some ways, but it really means you're just making your glory years last longer. Also through that time scale, the kids will probably be moving out of the house, and you'll start your mid-life crisis. But wait, us gamers have a saving grace, we have a way to feel young, its cheap, and it only affects us. That's right, gaming. It reminds of when we had 12 hours a day to kill. So we pick up the controller again, and relive that time. Because of this, we introduce gaming to our kids, probably during that 16-21 time frame I just mentioned. So, it also lets you stayed connected with your kids through that hard part of letting them go.
People say gaming is an addiction, its a hobby. Some people just take it too far.
