'Games overtake music' for US men

[Andrew]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4423365.stm
--
Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.

 

[shawk]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Andrew wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4423365.stm

Yup. Average age in AGHL is over 40. Pretty surprised to see the age
of some of the posters in there.

--
It's a bit of a jump isn't it? I mean, er, chartered accountancy to lion
taming in one go.
You don't think it might be better if you worked your way toward lion
taming, say, via banking...

 

[Andrew]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:03:38 +0100, Shawk <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses>
wrote:

>Yup. Average age in AGHL is over 40. Pretty surprised to see the age
>of some of the posters in there.

I think that says as much about the Usenet population as it does
gamers. I think most kids prefer web forums where they can spray
animated gif's around.
--
Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> once tried to test me with:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4423365.stm

Bah. I just means we download our MP3's and buy our games and movies.

--

Knight37 - http://knightgames.blogspot.com

Once a Gamer, Always a Gamer.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Knight37 wrote:

> Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> once tried to test me with:
>
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4423365.stm
>
> Bah. I just means we download our MP3's and buy our games and movies.
>

Exactly, anyone over 30 is well and truly sick of wasting money on cd's
just to get 1 or 2 decent songs.

--
DalienX

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

DalienX wrote:
> Knight37 wrote:
>
> > Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> once tried to test me with:
> >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4423365.stm
> >
> > Bah. I just means we download our MP3's and buy our games and
movies.
> >
>
> Exactly, anyone over 30 is well and truly sick of wasting money on
cd's
> just to get 1 or 2 decent songs.


I think a more likely theory is that the kids who were playing games 10
or 20 years ago have kept on playing and are now in the older age
group.
Video gaming didn't exist in the same way for our parents or
grandparents when they were young, so they never got into it then.