<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> I’m gonna kill myself now.
That’s still a pretty big jump from the average age being 13 at the end of the SNES era. And, working in a game store (2 different ones at this point), I can confirm that there aren’t that many little kids playing anymore. It’s mostly late teenagers and twenty-somethings. The little kids are mostly after shat titles (like Batman Vengeance or The Scorpion King), and don’t know a good game from their own posterior, but the older the gamer is, the better taste he seems to have. Being the one who sells the games to these people, I’d have to say that most gamers are at least 17+.
And if you’re talking about world wide, in Japan the average age of a gamer is somewhere around 45. You can’t say that those odds are skewed that much. And since they typically buy several times more games than we do (2002 was the first year since 1983 that US game sales outweiged JP game sales), it’s safe to assume that the average gamer is above the age of 17.
And don’t act like it’s a huge freaking conspiracy or that they’re plotting against you or anything. I had just as much freedom when I was 15 as I do now. I’m just allowed to drink and smoke and gamble now. The government’s not really against kids, they just try to get them to wait until they’re older to make dumb decisions like drinking or smoking or gambling. If you want to see a government that does hate kids, watch Battle Royale.
That was pertinent because entering in a drawing like that is considered gambling in some states, including California, where they’re at. That’s why they can’t do it. I mean, the game is rated “T.” Just follow my previous advice and sign up under a parent/older sibling/older friend’s name.
Originally posted by Mr. Saturn
If you want to see a government that does hate kids, watch Battle Royale.
And it’s upcoming sequel drools.
I enjoyed Battle Royale greatly, and it’s not just for the carnage. Asiatic filmmaking is something I deeply respect.