CNN report about elderly gamers in Japan

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

This video talks about the growing senior presence at Japanese arcades. Although it mostly shows them playing coin machines, I suspect this is something we'll see more and more of in the future (even for at home console-playing).

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/world/2012/02/08/lah-japan-elderly-gamers.cnn

[Oobgarm]

I suspect this is something we'll see more and more of in the future (even for at home console-playing).

What makes you say that?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Old people play slot machines?!

YOU DON'T SAY.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

What makes you say that?

The demographics have already been shifting in that direction for decades. The average video game player in America is now in their 30s. I don't see a point where today's gamers suddenly stop playing games.

[Oobgarm]

December 21st, 2012.

[The 1 2 P]

Old people use to play Wii Sports in the US too.....until they got bored of it like everyone else did.

[Collector_Gaming]

Old people play slot machines?!

YOU DON'T SAY.

yea right... They have this thing over in japan for quite some time called

Pachinko

They are generally found in japanese arcades. and wouldn't you know the older residents of japan actually enjoy playing them and have all this time?

http://www.tokyoezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Pachinko-Parlour.jpg

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

December 21st, 2012.

Yeah, I forgot about mass extinction events.

[Kitsune Sniper]

yea right... They have this thing over in japan for quite some time called

PachinkoI was thinking of this.

http://media.masslive.com/business-news/photo/9331034-large.jpg

[Collector_Gaming]

I was thinking of this.

http://media.masslive.com/business-news/photo/9331034-large.jpg

well that is illegal in japan so we'll have to settle with this again

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/28456414_9b712e22fa.jpg
take note of the guy on the left.. Hes winning big! just look at all those tiny balls of steel
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S1YKqhmXg0E/TWoiURa1-TI/AAAAAAAAFc8/LAewYmIsek4/s1600/Duke_Nukem_Ava_by_The_Xorcyst.jpg
thats right duke balls of steel

Funny thing is it is illegal to gamble in any sort of way in japan......... but..... most major suppliers of pachinko gaming have a vendor outside the arcade where you can take those balls and exchange them for money basically a loop hole in the system so your not forced to get another giant pikachu from the prize counter :P.

[GameNinja]

I am not surprised either, the people who are currently in their 50s and 60s didn't grow up playing games like those are in their 20s and 30s did, and it is only reasonable to assume they will continue playing.

It kind of seems as if this video is suggesting yet again that "games are for kids" and so we should be surprised when adults and older people want to play them.