Change of age from younger to older tends to make the user play different video games such more graphically inclined or shooting and violent games
As I got older I tended to sway away from games such as Super Smash bros or cartoonist games like Pokemon as well, and started to play more shooting and "Mature" rated games. This is because my friends started to play other games than the ones that we had played before. Also, the game consoles changed overtime and technology started to become more infused into the internet and online play rather than multiplayer play with mutual friends. Since more games started to use online play with strangers there would be more players online rather than a couple mutual players, and it created more fun and interesting play. Also, since I got older my friends and I tended to sway away from friendly violent games to more realistic and shooting games such as Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto. When we started to get older we started to understand the realistic world more and understand the facts on what would happen to people in these violent activities. Therefore, we then started to play more "Mature" rated games since we knew and understood the "real world" outcomes. Since, more games such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto have an older age group playing online, it makes for more people to play online, which caused for my friends and I to sway over to more shooter and "M" rated games.
The use of technology is able to bring an older age group to video games due to the online play
As technology started to get better as time went on the greater percentage of people started to play on the internet and online based games or computer games, stated in the article by the MarketingCharts staff. Also, stated in that article is that most of the gamers are from ages 18-29 started to play games on mostly consoles and any device such as on a touch screen tablet. This was another reason why my friends and I tended to play other games or stopped playing Super Smash Bros because due to the new technology and devices being made, more and more people started to play games on apps and cell phones. Since more technology was being created this made my friends and I move away from our childhood games and start to use the newest devices being portrayed to society such as online shooting games or playing apps on tablets which also used more of a social media aspect that was able to bring about an older age crowd of young adults. Then, due to the better creation of graphics and images being used in later video games, it allowed for an older audience rather than just children, which also allowed me to sway to different video games and stop playing the game that I did as a child. Therefore, from our textbook, "Converging Media" from question six on page 184, I was able to explain a video game that I loved to play as a child and explained reasons why I tended to stray away from that video game overtime.
From this chart you can see the different ages of people who play online |