Should kids go back and play old games? I have no opinion on this, not interested in getting into that (ongoing and fiery) discussion.
Will they play old games without prompting by an adult? Absolutely. I used to run a video game store that allowed patrons to play games (we had couches, TVs, it was a pretty casual quiet atmosphere in a small town). The younger kids were just as likely to play Mario 3 as Halo 3. My niece is currently obsessed with Chronotrigger and she loves watching Let's Plays of older games. I know kids that are into old Megaman, old Sonic, again it doesn't matter to them that it isn't new. They don't even think of it in familiar terms. It's pretty clear they don't care about graphics or old-school difficulty or really anything that's coming up in the thread.
If you leave it lying around, some kids will pick it up and some kids would rather do something else. Just like adults.
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Should kids go back and play old games? I have no opinion on this, not interested in getting into that (ongoing and fiery) discussion. Will they play old games without prompting by an adult? Absolutely. I used to run a video game store that allowed patrons to play games (we had couches, TVs, it was a pretty casual quiet atmosphere in a small town). The younger kids were just as likely to play Mario 3 as Halo 3. My niece is currently obsessed with Chronotrigger and she loves watching Let's Plays of older games. I know kids that are into old Megaman, old Sonic, again it doesn't matter to them that it isn't new. They don't even think of it in familiar terms. It's pretty clear they don't care about graphics or old-school difficulty or really anything that's coming up in the thread. If you leave it lying around, some kids will pick it up and some kids would rather do something else. Just like adults.