#GamerGenerationsAreLit: Do you think some Gen Z/Millennial gamers will still be gaming when they’re old and gray? 🎮🕹️
As we all know, the gaming world has evolved tremendously over the years. From older generations who grew up in an analog world to younger millennials and Gen Z who have been raised with video games and technology at their fingertips.
Did you know that the average age of a male gamer in the US is 35, and for females, it’s even older at 44 years old? 😱
I personally grew up in a household where gaming was frowned upon by my parents, but the statistics clearly show that gaming is not just a hobby for kids anymore.
So, I can’t help but wonder – will we be seeing retirement homes filled with playstations and gaming rigs in the future? 👵🎮👴
Join the conversation by sharing your thoughts in the comments and take our poll to let us know if you think some Gen Z/Millennial gamers will keep playing into their golden years! 🎉🤔🎮 #GamerLife #FutureOfGaming #GoldenGamers #NeverTooOldToGame
Yes. Video gaming is currently growing in popularity among the 60+ crowd.
My mother in law got really into gaming recently and got herself a gaming laptop – she’s a big fan of puzzle and mystery games.
I hope to have around 40,000 hours in rust by the time im 70 – and still suck
Of course we are.
Video games are *already* starting to get popular at retirement homes and it will of course just increase as the demographics there switches to more digital generations.
50 now, started playing games as a kid on the ZX spectrum… started playing MMORPG’s in 1999 with everquest, played, and continue to play WoW since vanilla… will continue to play whilst the game is still supported and expansions are being produced.
I can 100% see myself gaming in my retirement years. After all, age is just a number when it comes to the joy of gaming.
I am already looking forward to play video games after retirement. My wife laughs at it, but I guess she just doesn’t get it. Nothing changed about my love for video games in the past 25 years, don’t see why it should in the next 25.
They’ll have to pry the controller from my cold, dead fingers.
I’m 50-something, still playing. I have no plans to ever stop. I’m actually kind of looking forward to retiring someday so I can just play vidya all day. I play MMOs and they’re full of people a lot older than myself. There are guys in my guild in their 60’s and even in their 70’s playing MMOs every day.
I can’t wait to pick my retirement home. I hope there’s a Nintendo switch in the common room, and instead of bridge nights we have Magic the Gathering competitions.
I don’t see why not?
Gaming helps keep your mind active and I’d probably be less distracted by the time I’m in my old age
Different elements to consider with stats.
Solitaire is a game, do they include that? Check the scope. They use brain games for elderly, many sahm may kill time/de stress that way. Gamification is heavily used in education and companies as well, so the spread maybe for different reasons.
I know moms who love things like Roblox and Pokémon go because their kids. So some may be picking up games later in life.
And yes us vintage millennials exist – I was not a HUGE gamer but in my 20s, my first real place of my own had a toy box. My then bf and I bought each other consoles. We had game nights (with a lot of other stuff for adults – we were not sober lol). I used to joke I want a kid to justify having the toy box lol
And now I have a kid and a PS4, I’m too tired to game. But I wish and wistfully promise I will.
And I’m pissed off when games like crash bandicoot are outdated or ridiculously expensive!
Oh and it makes no difference generationally, kiddo thinks he knows everything and I’m as good as analog. Despite a background working with technology and tech sector too lol. That will never change I guess, we will always be dinosaurs to our own kids.
And I’m going insane trying to make kiddo understand being a YouTuber is not a goal!! First have something worthwhile to say, please!!!!! If I could get one thing through to the next gen it’s that.
And also note, next gen are now looking at (co)creating their own games, it will go deeper and deeper I imagine. I spend most of my game time with my kid discussing his creations (surprisingly I do know how to make them doable, with my dinosaur ways lol).
My genZ brother still has his console fwiw (no kids), and all my colleagues too (unless they were never into gaming).
I’m approaching 50, and I’m having a blast with Baldur’s Gate 3. I don’t think I will ever stop gaming no, where of course that was the nerdy thing to do when I was growing up.
I will gladly stomp the love out of my grandchildren via Street Fighter whenever their ready to pick up a controller or rock an arcade. Like my father before me.
Ask yourself: “are there decks of playing cards, chessboards and board games in retirement homes now?” and you’ll have your answer 😉
As I near 40, I’ve had a few times where I question this. I think my tastes in gaming are changing a bit, but I still play them on a daily basis. I don’t see it changing unless I fully lose the skills, and even then I think I’d still play management/sim-style games.
I’m nearing 40 and gaming has been a hobby of mine all my life. I can’t imagine ever stop playing. It’s a way for me to relax.
I’m nearing 40 and gaming has been a hobby of mine all my life. I can’t imagine ever stop playing. It’s a way for me to relax.
I don’t have any plans of stopping. Whatever home they put me in better have good internet or I’m not going.
If I survive – sure. I don’t see a reason why not.
Did boomers stop to watch TV in their old age?
I’m 62 and started gaming on a Pong arcade machine (early 70’s). I haven’t stopped gaming – PC and console. Furthermore, I can tell you that Wii consoles were a big deal in retirement homes as a way for old folks to exercise their bodies and minds. So, yes, I anticipate gaming rigs of all types will continue to be a thing in retirement homes. Thank god 😉
I can’t wait for our dnd adventures when we all retire that’s what’s going to replace bingo
Im Gex X. I started with Atari 2600 and eventually found the computer gaming with Sinclair Spectrum ZX 48. Soon it was upgrade to Commodore 64, then C128 followed Amiga 500. Then came PC with 486DX ( 386 was not that good for games, amiga was way way better )
Of cource there were NES, Snes and segas that I had at that time with my amiga and then PC. Later Playstation and Xbox.
Now It’s 80% PC gamming and some casual console stuff. Got pretty nice collection of consoles and games with wifey. She’s a gamer too, Gen Y.
I don’t think Im going to stop gaming ever. Why would I?
Yeah. The reason we associate things with older folks is because at one point in time, those things were the things that we associated with young people. “Dad rock” is the music those dads were listening to as teens, “old lady” hairstyles were what those women had when they were kids, etc. it’s a combination of habit, nostalgia, and knowing what you like. Gaming almost certainly won’t be any different.
I’m 37 grew up on PS and now play Roblox with my kids. My mom saw me play the other day and laughed at me. I don’t care. I’ll be playing video games with my grand children and great grandchildren.
I’m 46 and I game as much today as I did when I was 16. There’s no reason to stop as long as they continue to make the kind of games that I enjoy.
I’m 38 and still gaming, I don’t plan on stopping.
Ive been gaming since i was a kid, I can remember playing pitfall on atari when I was 4 lol..
I’m almost 40 and I’ve been a gamer since I was 5, and I have no plans to stop. I just hit 100 hours in FF7 Rebirth.
When I was a kid, gaming was considered “for kids”. But back then, they were essentially kids’ toys. When the Wii came out, gaming became more popular with everyone because of how fun and intuitive it was. And now that technology has become more advanced, game consoles are much more than bleeps and bloops and pretty colors. There is something for everyone now, and I think that’s why it’s so much more mainstream now.
I’m an old millennial (42), and I’ve kept all of my old consoles dating back to the Colecovision onward, and I bust most of them out at least once a year when I want to play a classic (and I plan to continue this into my old age). The thing that bothers me is when these game cartridges and discs finally degrade. OG Playstation came out when I was in my early teens, and some of those oldest discs will be about 60+ by the time I retire, which is into their end-of-life phase.
What else are we gonna do?
Yes. Right up until I get tremors amd then probably then some. Pry them from my cold dead hands.
It’s not a generational thing. Boomer mom has been an avid gamer since the first Nintendo came out and has her gaming computers custom built.
No because a lot of gamers have intimacy issues and other addictions. They are gonna have to tame it to have healthy relationships. Also, as someone who used to work in optometry for ten years we’re gonna see a big uptick in eye disease for our generations
I’m a xennial (born at the very end of the 1970s), so I’m one of those ladies you read about. I’d say about 50% of my social sphere are gamers. None of us are going to stop playing games at this point so yes, I suspect we will probably be gaming as seniors.
Interesting fact. Both my grandmothers were gamers! They were born in 1932 and 1935. Both of them got pc’s in the early 90s (my grandfathers were both technologically illiterate). Taught themselves how to use a computer, and became obsessed. Mostly card and puzzle games but one of them was known to enjoy a flight simulator every once in a while. They both gamed, daily, until they died at 78 and 90.
Its a personal thing, im planning on quitting whennentering college.
As long as Mario is out there doing his thing, I will be too. My current obsession is Disney Dreamlight Valley though.
I’m a Gen Xer who got an Atari for Christmas and was hooked. I was a hardcore gamer through college and then I kept going as my son got into gaming. I played everything from sports games to guitar hero to FPS games. I can’t even begin to tell you how much time I spent playing Diablo.
At some point, I noticed that I was getting bored while I played and by the time I was 40 or so, I had lost all interest. I have tried to get back into it. I’ll find a game that looks cool and fun and I’ll play it but in no time at all I realize that I’d rather be doing something else. I’ve seen games that look like a blast, and I’m sure they are, but they just do absolutely nothing for me.
I will say that I have gotten into a few VR games. I’ll play something on the Oculus and it’s fun but even with that, I’ll only play for 30 minutes or so where I used to stay up all night playing FIFA or COD.
My millennial son, 40, is still an avid gamer so I don’t see why not.
I’m about to hit my thirties and don’t have any plans of stopping. I was able to teach my grandmother (born 1930s) to play Mario kart double dash on the GameCube! It was lovely. I think about how I’d kill to have that back now that she’s had some health problems. I loved those moments and they’re what make me look at video games so lovingly. They can hurt and they can heal just like anything else.
Of course! I enjoy video games a lot, they bring me joy. I actually met my husband on WoW and now we have 2 kids who also love video games. Its super fun to hang out with them and play games together. They each prefer different types of games, and its so interesting to see their personalities through the games they play.
I was born in 1989, played games since I was 3, I have gaming tattoos and collectibles. I’ll always be a gaaaamer
playing cards, board games all of that could be considered for children. if you enjoy it, you enjoy it. if you have sth against ppl doing that, you’ll probably have other problems (not u op just in general)
I regularly play in parties on Call of Duty where multiple players are 60+. Every once in a while I’ll encounter someone who’s at least 70.
I’m a middle aged and have no plans to ever stop gaming. Why would you stop doing something you enjoy?
I was born in 91, my brother in 86 so we have been gaming our whole lives. Became enamored with gaming consoles and eventually computer games (I still remember my first computer game on floppy disk called “Fine Artist”) lol
We still game to this day and our dad (57) also has been into gaming too since he would play with us when we were kids.
So I definitely think there will be gaming consoles in the nursing homes when we reach that age 😆 almost every person I know likes video games of some sort
If you go on WoW you will find a huge amount of players in their 50s-70s.
I’m a gamer at 52. Gen X is the OG of gaming. Millennials pffft
Have you seen the video of a sniper veteran playing COD?
He’s good
I’m a Xennial. I’ll be gaming until the day I die.