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We Are All Gamers
One of the BBC's 'At-A-Glance' features talks about the realities of gaming in Britain, and it has some encouraging statistics for the industry's continued health. "The detailed project, called State of Play, profiled UK gamers and non-gamers from 6 to 65 and found that almost 60% played games. Of those, 48% are women and 100% of 6 to 10-year-olds play games ... The average age of the UK gamer is 28, perhaps much higher that one might expect. Unsurprisingly, those born in the 90s do not know life without games. Perhaps more unexpectedly, 51% of the 36 to 50s play games, and the figures are still rising. "
Perhaps more unexpectedly, 51% of the 36 to 50s play games,
I'm in my early 40's and I've been gaming since I was twelve - that was when the first real electronic arcade games came out. I used to spend many an hour playing Space Invaders, Lunar Lander, etc etc and have know many people in my age group who did the same and have remained game players ever since.
Why would we stop doing what's fun just because of the calendar?
Personally I tend to think it's more of a bias in the age range of people doing games journalism that makes them find it surprising that we're gamers.