Who do you think plays video games?

Question

I am asking, based on your experiences or whatever, who plays video games most? Would they be kids in middle/high school, or maybe an office worker? How old are they? What gender? Why do they play? What do they play? What platforms do they use? I'm not looking for any of that copy-paste stuff unless it's an actual study of what the public thinks. I want to know people's opinons. I know there is a whole range of people playing video games. This is for a paper, and I need to know what people think the typical image of a gamer is. Thanks!

Answer 1

I think its guys ages 18-24. Guys in High School or College. Most of my friends in this age range play football games like Madden and NCAA Football. Sports games. I dont know too many of your average gamer in this age to play anything like RPGs. Systems vary depending on financial situations.

I'm personally a female game and my network of other females that are real gamers like me is pretty slim to none. I actually only personally know 2 others.

I know there is a big community of us out there but its tiny in comparison to the number of men who play.

Answer 2

The age range isn't so much as it is a generation range. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in North America in 1985, and so children then had access to videogames. Back then, videogames appealed mostly to boys and tomboys. I'd say that anyone born 1970 or later would have a chance at playing an NES. And back then, it was mostly geeks. You also have to remember that after the Videogame Crash of 1983, following the release of horrid Atari titles like ET, many people were distrustful of videogames. Around the turn of the decade, we saw the Super Nintendo and Genesis, and more and more people got into videogames, even if it was just a casual hobby. Even my own grandmother, in her 60s at that time, got into games on the Super Nintendo, but she's a bit of a statistical anomoly. Anyway, by the time of the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Dreamcast (I base things on Nintendo thus far because that's what I had and what I remember things by) almost a decade ago, and by that time almost everyone I knew was playing a game system of some sort. Not all "gamers" per se, the captain of the basketball team was really into games as well.

To shorten this, they're mostly people born between 1970 and now, and are more likely to be male. Some might be older geeks who have moved from arcade games, tabletop RPGS, and comics to videogames, and what they play varies widely.

Answer 3

There are many different people that play different games for different reasons. I know this sounds general but that's exactly what gaming is. this is why there's different genres (Action,Adventure,Puzzle,RPG) In my opinion Gaming is as diverse as The people who play them. Sometimes it's the shy kid who doesn't have many friends in school. Sometimes it's the guy who wants to blow up some Virtual people in war games. or people who want to exercise their brains with puzzle games(Tetris,Lumines,Every Extend Extra) or Someone who plays Music games like DDR or Guitar Hero because games have come so far in through the years that it can more realistically simulate the nuances of making music. Sorry got long winded hope this helps.

Answer 4

I say middle/high school guys play the most video games mainly because of sport games.

Answer 5

I know people from 6 to age 70 ( no really ) that play everything from Solitare on the PC like my Mom-to my older brothers and thier friends in the mid to late 30's having all nite Katamari Damacy battles. It just depends on who you like playing with, and what you like playing. I play all sorts of things, from RPG's to Racers to FPS's like the infamous Halo. There's no one gamer age range anymore, especially with Nintendo & Xbox Live Arcade offering the "casual" gaming experiences.

Answer 6

i'll just put myself down. uhhhhhh.....early 20's, kinda fat, working 7 days a week at a deadend job, i play on pc, but will get a wii b/c i think it's cool, i like to play strategy games b/c they challenge me, like the way old ppl like crosswords and checkers. i play b/c i'm too ugly for the world to see me. If i wasn't i would like to look like the main dude on the previews of 300 in theaters. i would b rock solid with an accent. lol. i work security, but i want to be a social worker. Im a man. i have my GED or DGE.lol. k i hope this helps you find your destiny.

Answer 7

probably young teenage boys play video games the most. maybe around 13 or 14.

Answer 8

Lots of boys play action games like HALO and some like adventures RPG like Final Fantasy X.Some girls like kiddy games some like action games.

Answer 9

i love to play video games

Answer 10

All shapes and sizes..all ages...male...female (mostly male probably) but there are games that run the gamut...from simple to brainy.