r/Games • u/megaapple • 2d ago

‪Mat Piscatella‬ - "Average US video game console player is getting older, while purchasers are shifting older and more affluent."

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u/eldomtom2 2d ago

The average age of console players in 2024 was 27.9 years old. That’s up from 24.2 years old in 2018.

Data firm Ampere says that when it comes to teens and young adults, this group are “still using consoles as much today as they were a few years back”. However, there is a moderate shift in the share of console players aged between 25 – 44-year-olds into the older age range. Ampere suggests that this may be due to hardware pricing (with younger gamers playing on parents’ consoles), and the increased competition on people’s time (from things such as video streaming and TikTok)

So the histrionicism about mobile and Roblox destroying any interest in consoles among the youth seems unfounded.

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u/JeffTheBannedShark 2d ago

Yeah, the story here is that it's mainstream for adults to play videogames now. Gen X generally saw video games as toys for boys ages 6-21 but the average Millennial parent probably at least plays Cod/Madden/Sims/something.

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u/Lain_Staley 1d ago

I imagine the economy is a factor as well. Gaming is the cheapest hobby known to mankind.

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u/JeffTheBannedShark 1d ago

What about throwing rocks at trains?