Average age of players

kiddums

I'm just curoius as to the average age of the people on this forum.

I'm wondering is playing an xbox a younger person or are there a few 'older' games on here.

sink

I'm old enough to have had santy bring me a new NES.

calex71

sink wrote: »

I'm old enough to have had santy bring me a new NES.

Lol me too, except that year I got an Amstrad cpc 464 with green screen

It had whopping 4mhz cpu :pac:

TheMooseInNam

calex71 wrote: »

Lol me too, except that year I got an Amstrad cpc 464 with green screen

It had whopping 4mhz cpu :pac:

Oric Atmos was the first I can remember but I've since been told that I had a Sinclair Spectrum (the one with the fleshy keyboard) first.

deathrider

Few years behind those who posted already. Gameboy was my first, so I'm still well up that hill... Not over it yet though.

DARK-KNIGHT

I did this same poll year ago and average age seems to be late twenties to early thirties on this forum!!

I'm 28 and will never give up gaming I'm addicted can't help it:)

dunworth1

i started gaming on a sega mega drive. those were the good old days
then got into my game boy (pokemon).

I use the name izambard here also.

I can remember getting my Nintendo Entertainment System at Christmas when I was eight from Santa Claus and every Christmas since I've received gaming related presents.

Now that I'm 29 and the Christmas joy has lessened for me, the fact I know Santa Claus still visits my home to ensure I get what I request on Christmas Eve ensures I will continue to receive gaming related gifts for the foreseeable future. I loved the way he exchanged the socks my girlfriend told me she got me last year with a copy of Donkey Kong Country Returns!

projectgtr

My dad plays most nights im on, only really plays COD or Rainbow 6, he is in his 60`s and only picked up his xbox about a year ago

sink wrote: »

I'm old enough to have had santy bring me a new NES.

i got a ZX spectrum 2+

Grumpypants

Ive a 1977 Atari 2600 still in its box and my first hand held was a Nintendo Game and Watch called Octopus thats from 1981 still have it too.

Reamer Fanny

My uncle is in his fifties and he plays Black Ops

TheMooseInNam

projectgtr wrote: »

My dad plays most nights im on, only really plays COD or Rainbow 6, he is in his 60`s and only picked up his xbox about a year ago

That's truly epic! Got my Dad a Wii a few years ago. He loves golf on it. Had to stop him playing the boxing game though. Thought he was going to have a heart attack the last time we played each other... he just turned 66

Khyra24

I'm 24 and my first console system was Atari...

It doesn't matter how old you are...it's how you play the game!...and if you enjoy it or not.

Reamer Fanny

I am also 24, my first 'console' was the Amstrad CPC, games came on casette tapes and took an age to load (not one for the impatient) my favourites were Metroid, Altered Beast and Paperboy

dunworth1

justryan wrote: »

I am also 24, my first 'console' was the Amstrad CPC, games came on casette tapes and took an age to load (not one for the impatient) my favourites were Metroid, Altered Beast and Paperboy

i remember that my brother had one.

miralize

21 in 2 months

eugeneious

15 at the minute. My first console that i remember is my brother's n64 or sega saturn.

-=al=-

24, sega game gear

SeantheMan

Youngest in my clan (of about 20ppl) is only about 24, oldest is up to 50 I think.
Average is late 30's , they nearly all have wives and kids too.

Kenny_D

24, Commodore 64

Limerick Dude

22 next week.

First console I owned was the sega mega drive

Since then I have owned a gameboy, gameboy colour, sega game gear, sega saturn, playstation, playstation 2, xbox, xbox 360.

Was so disappointed with the sega saturn and then all my friends laughed at me with their playstations

JeanPierre

is this a poll of users on boards or gamers in general!

falan

sink wrote: »

I'm old enough to have had santy bring me a new NES.

I can remember my first console was an Atari 2600. Pretty sure it was out the second hand shop. First "new" console would have been a sega mastersystem with enduro racer at christmas...I have a photo of me playing it at about 8 or 9 years old on christmas morning 1987 or 88....Delighted i was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rizYaPu2U4

kiddums

JeanPierre wrote: »

is this a poll of users on boards or gamers in general!

The xbox gamers on boards.

evad_lhorg

25. Got a Nes with my brother about 1990 I think, with the legend of Zelda. We wanted mario 3 but got another classic we didnt know anything about.

mickoc

I am 32 and getting alot of slack of the wife for playing xbox one.

mickoc

I am 32 and getting alot of slack of the wife for playing xbox one. I cant see the problem, am I to old for this now or something?

miralize

mickoc wrote: »

I am 32 and getting alot of slack of the wife for playing xbox one. I cant see the problem, am I to old for this now or something?

I plan on gaming until I die tbh. Its a past time that makes you think as opposed to mindless TV show

mickoc

I totally agree, its far more enjoyable and interacting then just watching the tv. Because I am getting slack I was starting to think that maybe I have outgrown this. I think some people don't understand that gaming is now really targeted at the mid-age consumer. Firstly the graphics are unreal on the xbox one. It really is an art with the level of details in some games. Then the price, its not cheap to own a console or purchase games. They have to be targeting people with an income and not just kids.

Captain Chaos

Exactly. Most gamers that spend the most money and are the early adopters of day one new platforms are in the 25-35 year old bracket and that is the main target market demographic despite what most non gamers think. It's not a kiddie industry anymore with Mario and Sonic running around all day.

Stone Deaf 4evr

mickoc wrote: »

I am 32 and getting alot of slack of the wife for playing xbox one. I cant see the problem, am I to old for this now or something?

the trick is to occasionally involve her. co op on chariot, dance central or even a playthrough of something like the wolf among us are actually pretty enjoyable activites that can also help broaden the horizons of a non gamer.