Poll: Giving up gaming because you're old
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I would imagine few adults give up games BECAUSE they get old. They give up games because with age comes increased responsibility, and thus less free time to play games. In particular behemoth time investments like Skyrim.
That said, when one gets even older you get more free time again: kids move out, maybe reduced hours or retirement. The generation that was raised on games isn't that old yet. I could see a late-life renaissance among people who are now 30 something and play less than they used to.
That said, when one gets even older you get more free time again: kids move out, maybe reduced hours or retirement. The generation that was raised on games isn't that old yet. I could see a late-life renaissance among people who are now 30 something and play less than they used to.
There's no "switch". You don't wake up one morning and wonder "Egad, how did I ever waste so much time with these electronic shenanigans? I really should get to finding a more constructive hobby, like collecting stamps or helping my darling dear with her china collection!"
I'd like to say it's generational, but it also isn't. I know a lot of fogeys who get into Skyrim something fierce, for instance. Nowadays, retirement opens up a lot of opportunities for senior citizens - gaming being one of them. The more time will pass, the more you'll see gamers aged anywhere from thirty-five to sixty-five, still going strong.
What's likely to happen, though, is a shift in interests or in gaming styles. It's hard to maintain a steady MMO regimen when you've got a nine-to-five to take care of, kids, chores, housekeeping and your social life. Add potential overtime to that, and your nine-to-five might occasionally turn into a nine-to-seven or eight.
In response to that, you're likely to give up on those games that seem tailor-made to get you to sit down and play for hours and hours. You'll maybe focus more on casual gaming, or find a way to work through "core" titles in small one or two-hour sessions.
Honestly, I think this is going to be a good thing for all of us. Extremely competitive titles like the CoD franchise seem to depend on a bedrock of young and utterly committed gamers who grind the heck out of their episode of choice for Prestige ranks or perks or whatever. Getting older's going to make most attempts at binge gaming difficult, so we just might get to see a decrease in online hostility.
I'm pushing thirty and if everything goes according to plan, I'll remain a gamer for several decades more.
I'd like to say it's generational, but it also isn't. I know a lot of fogeys who get into Skyrim something fierce, for instance. Nowadays, retirement opens up a lot of opportunities for senior citizens - gaming being one of them. The more time will pass, the more you'll see gamers aged anywhere from thirty-five to sixty-five, still going strong.
What's likely to happen, though, is a shift in interests or in gaming styles. It's hard to maintain a steady MMO regimen when you've got a nine-to-five to take care of, kids, chores, housekeeping and your social life. Add potential overtime to that, and your nine-to-five might occasionally turn into a nine-to-seven or eight.
In response to that, you're likely to give up on those games that seem tailor-made to get you to sit down and play for hours and hours. You'll maybe focus more on casual gaming, or find a way to work through "core" titles in small one or two-hour sessions.
Honestly, I think this is going to be a good thing for all of us. Extremely competitive titles like the CoD franchise seem to depend on a bedrock of young and utterly committed gamers who grind the heck out of their episode of choice for Prestige ranks or perks or whatever. Getting older's going to make most attempts at binge gaming difficult, so we just might get to see a decrease in online hostility.
I'm pushing thirty and if everything goes according to plan, I'll remain a gamer for several decades more.
If you give up gaming because you feel you've become an adult, well sad fact of the matter is you're still a kid. I would say the only switch that goes off in your head when you become an adult is you no longer give a crap about being an adult.
And for all the people who say you'll no longer have time for gaming, I dunno what kindof time management skills you have but if you don't take some time out of your work week to relax and enjoy life a bit you'll run into burnout and depression only to be helped by vast amounts of medications which cost all that income you've saved up to spend on yourself but never had the time too.
And for all the people who say you'll no longer have time for gaming, I dunno what kindof time management skills you have but if you don't take some time out of your work week to relax and enjoy life a bit you'll run into burnout and depression only to be helped by vast amounts of medications which cost all that income you've saved up to spend on yourself but never had the time too.
Don't be ashamed of your interests, bro. The Pogeymanz games have no age limit. I'm sure a vast number of people can back me up on this.Merel Huijben said:
OT: I feel as though I should give a better answer than the first one I gave.
There is no mental "switch" that flips when you are older, as mny people have already said. I'm not sure where your friend got this hilarious notion; probably by looking at his own parents and making the odd assumption that all adults will eventually become like that.
No, that's not how it works.
My father grew up in a poor household, and one of the only entertaining things he could do was watch or play football.
I grew up in a financially better situation, and I played games growing up.
It has a lot to do with how one was raised, but also a lot to do with individual tastes. My dad doesn't wanna play games, I don't wanna watch football.
Giving up a hobbie that you truly love is something a person doesn't just do, because if you could give it up that easily then you obviously didn't much care for it in the first place. It is something one does if life dictates it must be done. Unless I am literally incapable of gaming, or there is something in my own life that demands I put all of my time and effort into it and give up gaming, I will not stop gaming. The same goes for watching television.
Giving up on playing video games because people say you're "old" is a chump move. Watching men tackle each other for a leather ball has no age limit, so neither shoul me carving an alien beast a new anus.
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Fuck all the haterz, you won't give a shit what they say when you're pushing sixty anyway, so why let them dictate when you can or can't do something?
i was up untill the last year or so a hardcore computer gamer, Although lately i have been forced to almost quitting thanks to 2 jobs School and recently jury duty. I highly doubt i will ever stop gaming but like most people my tastes change i used to listen to a lot of metal and now i tend to listen to more acoustic music same with games i used to like to play games competitively and now i started competing in several shooting sports including archery, action pistol shooting, long range rifles, and historic arms. yet somehow i always find time for games its my quiet time i guess.
I'll be sure to let my Dad know about this topic. He's in his late 50s and currently playing through the Assassin's Creed series.
I apologize if anyone mentioned this, I only skimmed the thread, but...
I must direct your attention to a woman that refutes your friend's entire argument through her mere existence.
I'm only 21, but I want to be her when I grow old.
I must direct your attention to a woman that refutes your friend's entire argument through her mere existence.
I'm only 21, but I want to be her when I grow old.
I've near on giving up on gaming. I'll still play the older games, but there are far to few good games coming out these days. Games now seem to focus on introducing a cool mechanic, and then basing the entire game around it (particularly a fair share of indie games).
...so I guess it's not giving up on gaming, but nearly giving up on the current gaming industry. I'm still having more fun playing Final Fantasy 7 than I am finishing Assassins Creed Brotherhood. Granted, there are still a few gems which come out every year, but the massive flood of games that tend to come out around March and November has never looked so....uninteresting. To me, of course.
...so I guess it's not giving up on gaming, but nearly giving up on the current gaming industry. I'm still having more fun playing Final Fantasy 7 than I am finishing Assassins Creed Brotherhood. Granted, there are still a few gems which come out every year, but the massive flood of games that tend to come out around March and November has never looked so....uninteresting. To me, of course.
I don't think I could ever give it up completely and as others have said, a lot of seriously older people didn't have these things growing up and would have only come to their attention fairly if not very recently and have likely showed no interest in gaming. It varies from person to person. Your friend is incorrect as to the whole "magic switch" thing, it's more a case of having less time to play video games than suddenly stopping.
If you do that, don't mention the word "old", he might take offenseFrozenCones said:
I'm in my early 40's and I don't consider myself old.
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Pretty much this. I've also have much higher standards for games than I did a couple of years ago. X-Men Legends 1 was one of my favourite games when I was about 14. 8 years later, I'd only play it if I was bored out of my mind.PrimitiveJudge said:
I also don't have the time to sit through long periods in games where you're not actually playing, but just running a to-do list. For example, comparing items in RPG's to find out which one will give you a minor advantage ("This sword gives me +7 to damage and +5% to fire resistance, but this axe gives me +9 damage and +3% to ice resistance").
And as much as I love hard ass games like Mega Man Zero, I *really* do not want to reload my game, sit through a boring ass conversation and unskippable sequence every time I die/screw up my rank in a mission, simply because Capcom didn't have the foresight to include a "restart mission" option that you can access without killing yourself until all your lives are gone.
I understand the people that say I don't have the time for games anymore but I will always try and play games till I can no longer physically play them.
At 35 and married I still love gaming BUT I'm not the kid I was. The best example of this is still loving my PS3 but recently selling my Vita and just playing more casual stuff on my phone and tablet when I'm not at home. I couldn't have imagined this back when I owned Sega AND Nintendo machines but priorities change and some things become less important, even if you still love them.
So long as I continue to have fun playing them and have time to play them, I will do so. I am 28 right now, I don't know how old some youngings think that is.
Say what you will about motion contol in gaming but there have been several projects where homes for elerly have invested in gaming machines particularily machines that allow for motion control, and while also a very appreciated form of entertainment ut has also shown to be great in perserving and somtimes even increse cognative and physicalq ability, and there by increasing quality in life.
As to your actual question, no, I intend to continue gaming for as long as I have an interest to do so. Though I can imagine it gets harder to make time for it.
As to your actual question, no, I intend to continue gaming for as long as I have an interest to do so. Though I can imagine it gets harder to make time for it.
What's more likely to happen is as you get older, you continue with the hobby (gaming in this case) which you loved throughout your life, however the world may have moved on beyond your grasp.
It's just a generational thing. We keep doing what we love, but unfortunately, we find it harder to accept the "Next thing" eventually.
Perhaps a version of Connect which reaches into your brain to place you directly into the game whilst simultaneously bombarding you with Ads, which the younger generation appear to be completely oblivious of... but serves as a barrier to entry for the older generation with different sensibilities to the younger ones... or the controller sets off your hearing implants.
Kids rarely make model airplanes, play with plastic soldiers or model railways anymore. That type of escapism has died out in favour of video games.
You won't find a switch being flicked.... instead the world will change around you you try to change with it and while it seems that you'll be able to keep up, eventually for most of you it will leave you behind.
It's just a generational thing. We keep doing what we love, but unfortunately, we find it harder to accept the "Next thing" eventually.
Perhaps a version of Connect which reaches into your brain to place you directly into the game whilst simultaneously bombarding you with Ads, which the younger generation appear to be completely oblivious of... but serves as a barrier to entry for the older generation with different sensibilities to the younger ones... or the controller sets off your hearing implants.
Kids rarely make model airplanes, play with plastic soldiers or model railways anymore. That type of escapism has died out in favour of video games.
You won't find a switch being flicked.... instead the world will change around you you try to change with it and while it seems that you'll be able to keep up, eventually for most of you it will leave you behind.
I plan to keep playing games for as long as I feasibly can. The only things that will keep me from doing so in my old age will be either if my hands become too arthritic (at which point I hope I will have effective medication) or if I go blind. If I die then I'll just be a poltergeist who plays video games.