Question for the older gamers on this thread...25+....

I mean this in the most non-condescending way possible, but do any of you ever feel like you're getting too old for video games?

I'm 27, I've been playing video games since I was about 8. I don't know how to describe it but video games just don't "excite" me anymore. Lately I've found myself more interested in following the video game industry than acctualy playing games; and when I do play video games I'm more interested in playing single player games, taking my time to "savor" the story. I don't try to rush through the game. It may take me a month or more to beat a game after I start it.

Another thing that I've noticed is that I don't really care about MP anymore. I used to be a huge MP fan, but lately I just stopped caring...I don't know what it is but MP games feel like a chore now-a-days and I just have time (or interest) to sit and dedicate myself to them anymore.

So, am I getting too old, or just jaded? Anyone else feel this way? More interested in following the industry than actually playing games?

I am 26 and to a certain degree I feel the same way. I think there several things at play for me though.

1.) I simply don't have as much time to devote to videos due to other responsibilities.

2.) This generation of consoles is the longest in history I believe, so the consoles are becoming a bit dated.

3.) Developers are bringing out fewer AAA-new IPs. While games like Halo 4 and ACIII still get me excited, they don't give me the excitement a new IP does. Dishonored was the first game in a long while that legitimately got me excited to play games again.

I don't think you can get too old to play video games, you might lose certain interests but we grew up with video games, just like our parents grew up with TV, yet they still watch it, they're both forms of entertainement.

I go through phases where I feel bored playing video games, or bored of game genres I once loved but I think that after a good break from either gaming, or genres you will come to find that games can still excite you. Not to mention the gaming industry isn't extremely innovative these days, a lot of games we play are so similar to others that they start to lose identity.

One thing I could suggest is try playing something you never thought you'd play, for instance, if you don't really play any RPG games, pick up Dark Souls, The Witcher 2 or Skyrim, if you don't play much action adventure, get into the Assassins Creed Series, or get a PS3 and play games like Uncharted or God or War, if you've got a good enough PC play some PC exclusives...or go back and play the games you missed growing up, either with a ROM or through XBL.

I'm 32 and I don't feel that I'm too old for video games. Looking at society and this generation , video games seem to be everywhere and played on many different devices.

I don't play video games like I used to, 8 hour long marathons and staying up till 3 in the morning, but I put in 10 hours a week. With age I also noticed, that I don't get too excited with every new game coming out and feel like I have to pre-order the game. I tend to wait and get a game when I can and when I remember about it lol. I barely started playing Mass Effect 2 and probably won't finish it till December.

Video games have always been my stress reliever. Hey, its better than smoking crack, right?! :)

I'm 27 and honestly I play more games now than I ever have. I don't think anyone is ever too old for video games or any other hobby for that matter, I think people just lose interest in things sometimes.

I'm 33, and I've been playing since I was 8. Like most of you, I don't get as excited for new games these days - it's a constant irony to me that now I have enough money to afford to buy whatever games I want, I lack the time to play them! I think it's just that as you get older, other priorities creep in. I still play games a lot - I play probably four nights a week, but I'm blessed with an understanding wife who's happy to sit on the sofa reading and watching... she even encourages me to play things like Assassin's Creed and Red Dead Redemption and Fallout 3 - just so she can watch them (or, in the case of Fallout, listen to the music!).

I don't think I'll ever get too old for games. I collect them - I've got loads of them, current and previous gens, kicking around the house and I'm slowly introducing my kids to them too. Like everyone else here, I play games to chill out these days and tend to concentrate on ones that have a good solid narrative.

Damn, in a few months I'll be 25, also, more of lack of interest if anything.

I'm turning 38 years old this month and I have never gotten sick of games or feel to old to play.I think if it was posible,I would still be playing videogames till I reach 138 years old.I feel that videogames is not a childish hobbie, just some of the a**holes that are playing them.It is a hobbie for all ages and I don't think your never to old to play games.This is just my opinion.

42 and still playing... just not online... too many whiny brats playing games they're 5 years to young to be buying themselves.

Thanks for all the replies so far. Interesting perspectives from all of you.

27 here. Video games are my main hobby and i feel exactly like the TC - single player, story-based games are my sweet spot... I dont think i will be giving up gaming any time soon, even though i have a lot more hobbies that i like doing. Gaming is fun, some storylines are worthy of a motion picture and is also pretty cheap. Or at least nowadays...

I'm 26 and I've gotta say It's becoming a bit lack luster, there needs to be new innovation because it's mostly been more of the same, ohh a new call of duty, oh new maps, bored okay onto to the next one, REPEAT. but where's the new innovation? Xbox 720 needs to be released with like virtual reality or something to wow me. because you're right it just doesn't appeal to me like it used to. A lot of Game engines are also getting pretty worn out and Aged.

Thanks,

-ThinkingGames101

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One thing I have noticed since I started gaming back in the very early 1980's was that your game tastes change as you get older... I used to hate JRPG's but as I've grown older I've started to appreciate them more, whereas I've totally gone off the run and gun First Person Shooter games like COD that require very little thought.

I can still play a good first person game if the story backs it up, like a Bioshock or Deus Ex and recently Borderlands... but it could be that you're gaming tastes are changing.

Well I am 30, been gaming since 1986 and I game now probably more than I ever did. That is because there are more games coming out that interest me. So as long as there are games that interest me, I can't imagine I'll stop gaming. If my interest evolve differently then I'll move on, I suppose. There really isn't much else for me to do with my downtime however. I don't like watching TV much, for example. I don't really read and taking long walks in the park are dangerous now.

your just maturing.. Thats a good thing.. Im 42 and still love gaming.. Prefer a great story though.. Play 'Halo Reach' online occassionally, get bored after a day or two though.

i stillplay all my games any 1 who says ur to old 4 games should also be askin if their to old for movies and driving

I mean this in the most non-condescending way possible, but do any of you ever feel like you're getting too old for video games?

I'm 27, I've been playing video games since I was about 8. I don't know how to describe it but video games just don't "excite" me anymore. Lately I've found myself more interested in following the video game industry than acctualy playing games; and when I do play video games I'm more interested in playing single player games, taking my time to "savor" the story. I don't try to rush through the game. It may take me a month or more to beat a game after I start it.

Another thing that I've noticed is that I don't really care about MP anymore. I used to be a huge MP fan, but lately I just stopped caring...I don't know what it is but MP games feel like a chore now-a-days and I just have time (or interest) to sit and dedicate myself to them anymore.

So, am I getting too old, or just jaded? Anyone else feel this way? More interested in following the industry than actually playing games?

brh2010

The good thing about this hobby is that I may get older but the games stay the same age. Heee heh. Or something to tha affect. I'm 37 and still love reading about and playing games. Heck I'm as giddy as a school girl over Halo 4 coming out in a few weeks.

I'm 27, and I feel it's more important to me than ever. I had a bad year with cancer and everything that comes with it, and video games was my shining light that always helped me. There is nothing wrong enjoying a hobby you love, no matter the age. I see people in their 40s playing Magic or Pokemon, who cares? They're having fun. The question you have to ask yourself isn't "Am I too old?" but "Do I still love this hobby?".

I mean this in the most non-condescending way possible, but do any of you ever feel like you're getting too old for video games?

I'm 27, I've been playing video games since I was about 8. I don't know how to describe it but video games just don't "excite" me anymore. Lately I've found myself more interested in following the video game industry than acctualy playing games; and when I do play video games I'm more interested in playing single player games, taking my time to "savor" the story. I don't try to rush through the game. It may take me a month or more to beat a game after I start it.

Another thing that I've noticed is that I don't really care about MP anymore. I used to be a huge MP fan, but lately I just stopped caring...I don't know what it is but MP games feel like a chore now-a-days and I just have time (or interest) to sit and dedicate myself to them anymore.

So, am I getting too old, or just jaded? Anyone else feel this way? More interested in following the industry than actually playing games?

brh2010

i am 49. Get off my internet..... :D As with any hobby you with have highs, lows, and why bother moments. Your time and tastes will change. Accept this as normal. i play FPS to play online with my friends but do enjoy a decent single person story in them. Do what you want. And occasionally walk away. There have been weeks where except when I was invited to a game, my xbox was for netflix only.

i am 49. Get off my internet..... :D As with any hobby you with have highs, lows, and why bother moments. Your time and tastes will change. Accept this as normal. i play FPS to play online with my friends but do enjoy a decent single person story in them. Do what you want. And occasionally walk away. There have been weeks where except when I was invited to a game, my xbox was for netflix only.

jaspermur

No you're not I bought Dragon's Dogma and played it but didn't finish it. I bought Diablo III and finished the Normal mode. I go into GameStop and ask for the newest game and they give me Max Payne 3 which is still sitting sealed in my room. I've got Forza Horizon LE pre-ordered for my bro. I check JTV / Twitch and everyone is playing RTS or speed runs or the newest game out like Sleeping Dogs which I have vague notions about. This year's Lord of the Rings game is about LEGO... big let down. So I'll have to conjure up a list of games for my top 10 that I didn't even play which is a bummer. I don't even know where to start.

Maybe it was a slow year, maybe I'm almost 27 and games aren't #1 for me currently. *edit* don't get me wrong about rockstar i finished red dead, and i do have the time to play more but i would rather spend it elsewhere so i don't really have time to get absorbed on the current crop of games. 2 things will happen 4k and new systems will make me want to play or I'll continue to be nostalgic for what I grew up with and be that guy saying get off my lawn.

32 and I game more than ever. Along with work and the blissful periods of unconsciousness between one day and the next it's all that my life consists of. Which is good since it's a highly entertaining way of passing the time.

I'm the opposite because I play more games now than when I was a kid. I don't think I'll ever stop gaming as long as I'm still breathing.

No way man, that's like asking if you're getting too old to have fun. Videogames are a great form of entertainment/escapism that is unlike anything else, i love it. Single player forever, now Gunzerking in Pandora,...wukkawukawuckaaa wooooo!!!!....