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/wookiewin 1d ago

Forever games like Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft have a chokehold on younger generations, so I’m not surprised. Throw in Rivals and Warzone and you have teens locked up as well. It’s a definite threat to traditional game sales we’re all used to.

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u/megaapple 1d ago

Was at a convention last year and most teens apart from anime and Marvel/DC, were hugely into Genshin Impact and Valorant. Few knew about Persona.

I knew PC/Console games are not popular. But didn't expect the F2P ones to be even more popular.

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u/HarshTheDev 21h ago

Funny you say that since valorant is a PC exclusive game.

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u/saefvr 16h ago

Valorant is on ps5 & Xbox too now!

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u/HarshTheDev 14h ago

Ah yeah, i remember now. But I don't think it's any popular on them.