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In the past games were for kids and people who enjoyed the lack of sunlight, it's been written many times here already, and then Sony came along with their marketing men and conveniently (for them) made it popular for everyone to play games and 'made' it more of an adult experience. (actually, I disagree that it was only Sony responsible for this and not just the natural evolution of games)
Anyway, I was actually thinking that this may have already started changing again as I was in my local games shop. You see, several middle aged women came in and were asking about games for their young sons, and I looked around and it was like a creche. This might just be me getting old, but there seems to be a trend back to games being for younger players. Oh, i know there are plenty of adult orientated games out there, but the amount of stick I get at work for being a game fan is second only to me being a techyhead.
Unfortunatly my wife also has a dislike of me buying new games so i can't win can I?!
Anyway, I was actually thinking that this may have already started changing again as I was in my local games shop. You see, several middle aged women came in and were asking about games for their young sons, and I looked around and it was like a creche. This might just be me getting old, but there seems to be a trend back to games being for younger players. Oh, i know there are plenty of adult orientated games out there, but the amount of stick I get at work for being a game fan is second only to me being a techyhead.
Unfortunatly my wife also has a dislike of me buying new games so i can't win can I?!
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In the past games were for kids and people who enjoyed the lack of sunlight, it's been written many times here already, and then Sony came along with their marketing men and conveniently (for them) made it popular for everyone to play games and 'made' it more of an adult experience. (actually, I disagree that it was only Sony responsible for this and not just the natural evolution of games)
Anyway, I was actually thinking that this may have already started changing again as I was in my local games shop. You see, several middle aged women came in and were asking about games for their young sons, and I looked around and it was like a creche. This might just be me getting old, but there seems to be a trend back to games being for younger players. Oh, i know there are plenty of adult orientated games out there, but the amount of stick I get at work for being a game fan is second only to me being a techyhead.
Unfortunatly my wife also has a dislike of me buying new games so i can't win can I?!
Anyway, I was actually thinking that this may have already started changing again as I was in my local games shop. You see, several middle aged women came in and were asking about games for their young sons, and I looked around and it was like a creche. This might just be me getting old, but there seems to be a trend back to games being for younger players. Oh, i know there are plenty of adult orientated games out there, but the amount of stick I get at work for being a game fan is second only to me being a techyhead.
Unfortunatly my wife also has a dislike of me buying new games so i can't win can I?!