Halo 4

LoneWolf4545 posted...

Even though I don't doubt that the average gamer is 30( seeing as its a fact), I can't help but think the average age of the online gamer is lower than that. I'm sure there are a bunch of older people that play online shooters but I gotta think that the majority are in there mid to early 20's.

It's not that far fetched. I started gaming late into Atari. I'm sadly closing in on 30 years old. All the kids that started with the first Nintendo are in that ballpark.

I do agree mostly the youth seem to use headsets. I much prefer using a headset with people I know, so unless I have friends online I'm mute. Only because I find most randoms to be terribly annoying.

The nice thing about all of us older guys gaming is being able to game with our kids. I could barely get my dad to figure out the 2 button Nintendo controller lol. I already have my 4 year old son handling the 360 controller fairly competently in Halo.
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My dad (52) has been playing Halo 4 consistently since he got his 360. I don't know if he actually plays War Games/Spartan Ops though.
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RoneZoneFitness posted...

iRGush posted...

the average age of a gamer is in the 30's iirc

average?? wow. That seems so strange to me...I can't imagine gaming casually 8 years from now but then again........well no, yes i can, nevermind. :p

I'm 33 and there are a lot of us. We grew up playing Atari. I think most 30+ just aren't vocal on forums. We have jobs and marriages and kids now. But we still play.
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People over 50 play them!!!

Age is just a number. As you kids will discover when you get older and still want to play. It's stupid to assume that somebody older that plays must be a no life loser.

I'm 53, have a good job, a great marriage and 2 awesome kids. I get on mostly in the evening if I play during the week and early morning on the weekends. It's just one of my hobbies. I play with my 15 year-old son all the time. He started playing with me when he was 7. He's ridiculous now. Especially at Halo. And he plans on becoming a pastor so I don't want to hear about video games turning kids bad.

I play online a lot with a friend who is 45. We're both decent. My k/d in Halo 4 is around 1.2. I know nothing to brag about but I don't kill any team I'm on. It's about the same in Black Ops.

I never played games in my 20s. Of course if we'd have had the Xbox and PS back then I might have. I just got into them in the last 10 years since the Xbox came out. I'll play 'till I'm dead now.

Funny thing is, since I got into games more recently, I do NOT like the old school games like Mario. I have no nostalgic love for the N64 or anything like that. I'd much rather play Halo, Gears or Uncharted than some side scrolling junk.
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