• BenFranklinsDick
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    I don’t believe those numbers for a second, and they’re trying to charge 3k for access. That’s absurd.

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      it’s 100% that they count mobile games as “gaming” so grandma and grandpa playing candy crush and wordle are “gamers” now. They list 11% on console but even that seems high. 23% on PC probably includes wordle too.

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        It might, but PC would definitely have its share of older gamers. MMORPGs for an example, attract them. I believe the oldest I ran into in my Runescape days was over 70. Of course that’s if you believe peoples’ claimed ages.

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          My girlfriends 70 year old nana plays horizon zero dawn on PS4, in her words “i die a lot but I’m enjoying it”

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            Pretty much all MMORPGs nowadays can be played solo.

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        My mother plays a lot of solitaire. Are they including that?

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      They are definitely including casual mobile ‘gamers’ in the 1/3rd number.

      The article says 55+ is only around 11% of console gamers, for example.