Pwn naysayers with facts from the ESA |
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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is one of those bodies you either love, or love to hate. While they are a pretty potent force in informing the public and getting statistics on who plays what and how many games are bought each year, they're also the people that changed the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) from its current incarnation as a yearly gamer droolfest into an invitation-only event. They do manage to do something good for us gamers, though. If you've ever had to argue about the legitimacy of gaming as a potent medium for expression or that gaming isn't just "kids' stuff", then the ESA has a ton of information for you to use in your defense. Perhaps not enough to convince one rather irate Florida lawyer from getting angry over a game called Bully, but maybe just enough to pwn him in a debate if ever you had to.
For instance, whenever someone says that games are just kids' stuff, don't hesitate to tell them that according to the ESA, the average game player age is 33 and that the most frequent game buyers are 40 years old. If you've got to defend your right to game, tell naysayers that you're one of the 87% of gamers under 18 who ask for permission to buy a game!
Even more important, at least for our personal well-being, is this little tidbit: according to the ESA's top ten facts about the game industry, 35% of American parents say they play computer and video games. Some 80% of those gaming parents say they play video games with their kids, and 66% of those who play with their kids feel that playing games has brought their families closer together. That's a lot of love in the room, even while you're planning to kill each other in a game. So go ahead, and don't be afraid to say "I'm a gamer, and proud of it."
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It all prints to one page too! Great work ESA! Nice find Victor B.
If the average gamer is 33, why does Nintendo still make consoles for six year olds?
Nintendo makes consoles for the whole family. Which most 33 year olds are starting.
The only people who think Nintendo is strictly for little kids ARE LITTLE KIDS!
In fact, my 8 year old little brother didn't want a Gamecube because he thought it was for little kids, meanwhile me and about 10 of my closest friends all play Gamecube exclusively.
I think little kids say Nintendo is a kiddy system to make themselves feel cool and older. It's just one of those fad type things, like when I was younger and no one even admitted playing games because "Only nerds play games".
I'm 25 now, and the idea that "Video games are for nerds!" has long since died off, just as the "Nintendo is for kids!" stuff will also die off. Thing is, people are already realizing that Nintendo is a company for both kids and adults, and saying otherwise just makes you sound even more like a little kid.
You already said what i wanted to post.
I'm 22 and think the same! A mate of me just bought 2 weeks ago simcity for SNES on ebay
/me thinks of his face while he is losing against me at the Battlemode in SuperMariokart on SNES
/me thinks about playing MarioKart against him via the Wii24/7 service and laught about him on teamspeak HRHR
I love this imagination
It's a nice and very popular statistic, and I was very positively supprised about it.
Sadly, afterwards I found out, that they asked "Do you /Occasionally/ play computer games?". Hence everyone who sometimes finishes a deck of solitair, marked "yes".
That is, however not what I would understand as gaming.
:(
I'm glad there are more people who think like us! I cannot wait to play the Wii. It is going to be so much fun.