Video games aren’t what they used to be – and neither are gamers.
Over the last decade or so, the stereotypes that followed video games have been smashed like so many objectives in, well, a video game.
Video games were long thought to be the territory of loners, most likely teenage boys, holed up in the basement playing alone. Not anymore.
The average gamer is 31 years old and nearly as likely to be a girl or woman as a male (men make up 52% of players), according to the Entertainment Software Association.
And games have become a staple in the entertainment diet across all ages. Among Millennials, 73% have played games in the last 60 days, as have 62% of Generation Xers and 41% of Baby Boomers, finds a survey, out today, of 1,227 persons ages 13 to 64 in the USA, conducted in March.
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