When Are You Too Old To Play Video Games (Hardcore)

Is there ever an age where you are simply too told to play video games hardcore again? Is is taboo for a man that is over the age of 35 to go out and buy a game like inFamous? What about 45?

Do you ever think you'll stop gaming hardcore?(Once you have kids and such) Or will you always try to keep up with the times and get the new system/game that's out there? (Think about it, buying playstaion 6when you are in your 40's!)

i think it has to be when you yourself think you are too old to play video games and when you make that decision you stop. I will still play video games as long as i have my hands :)

When you are too old to be able to figure out how the latest console or controller works, or are confused by what you see on the screen...then and only then are you too old to play videogames.

I'm forty, have kids and will be playing games until I can no longer hold a controller...hopefully I will be able to play by using telepathy by then!

it;s just a state of mind you are never to old unless the flashing light patterns causes you to have seizures or your arthiritis prevents you from holding a controller but like i said in another thread i'm going to be 70 years old and kicking my grandkids asses on street fighter 20 hadoken all the way to the grave

When you are too old to be able to figure out how the latest console or controller works, or are confused by what you see on the screen...then and only then are you too old to play videogames.

ZIMdoom

Is there ever an age where you are simply too told to play video games hardcore again? Is is taboo for a man that is over the age of 35 to go out and buy a game like inFamous? What about 45?

Do you ever think you'll stop gaming hardcore?(Once you have kids and such) Or will you always try to keep up with the times and get the new system/game that's out there? (Think about it, buying playstaion 6when you are in your 40's!)

Old people play the Wii, you're never to old to play video games. The only time you're really to old is when your thumbs stop working.

it;s just a state of mind you are never to old unless the flashing light patterns causes you to have seizures or your arthiritis prevents you from holding a controller but like i said in another thread i'm going to be 70 years old and kicking my grandkids asses on street fighter 20 hadoken all the way to the grave

RadTad62

I am 34 years old, married for 5 years & have a 10 month old daughter & play about 2 hours every night. Maybe not as hardcore as I use to play but still love gaming. I never feel awkward going & getting a game since my generation basically grew up with them. :)

I'll be too old when I'm dead. Up until then I'm going to keep playing.

The only way I will stop playing games is when I die. Otherwise I will be playing, even if I am 80.

As far as I'm concerned, you can never be too old to play. Two of my favorite people to playonlinewith are up there in age, with one in his mid-40s and the other in his mid-50s now.

I'm 29 and love video games. You are never to old to play video games. Video games are part of our culture.

You have 3 kids soon to be 4 at 23!? Man you got to work, lol. I couldn't even imagine that right now ( I am 20 ) But to the question. Never i would say as long as you still enjoy it and love it. It is a hobby the same as golf or anything so there is nothing wrong with it. Play as long as you enjoy it.

I'm a gamer for life. The only way i see myself stop playing games is if i'm physically or mentally unable.
I'm 28, btw.

hard core gamers don't stop....if it ever got to a point where i couldn't play games, i would just buy the stuff for my son and play his system when ever i got a chance.

My dad's 65, and just bought a new computer to play Left 4 Dead, and Call of Duty.

My dad's 65, and just bought a new computer to play Left 4 Dead, and Call of Duty.

NoOne-NBA-

I really don't think you could ever be too old to play games.

When your joints start to ache.

Is there ever an age where you are simply too told to play video games hardcore again? Is is taboo for a man that is over the age of 35 to go out and buy a game like inFamous? What about 45?

Do you ever think you'll stop gaming hardcore?(Once you have kids and such) Or will you always try to keep up with the times and get the new system/game that's out there? (Think about it, buying playstaion 6when you are in your 40's!)

Well it's this. Either you conform and become a robot like everyone else, or you do what you want and decide what your entertainment is.

To ask the question "are you too old" is in fact apart of that conformism that stereotypes video games to be toys for kids or people with "no lives".

Such derogatory comments and thoughts towards video games sometimes makes want to puke.

I'm 43 and haven't lost interest yet. I have a PS3 and Xbox360. I'm not ashamed either. It's a great hobby and I believe the future of home entertainment will merge gaming and media like what's happening now. Everyone will probrably have the capability to tap into gaming if they want to. Equipment will merge into one super box that does everything.

I am 34 years old, married for 5 years & have a 10 month old daughter & play about 2 hours every night. Maybe not as hardcore as I use to play but still love gaming. I never feel awkward going & getting a game since my generation basically grew up with them. :)

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Crazy, I'm the same....... but I'm 29, married for 5 years and have a three year old son, I also play 2 hours everyday, except weekends I play around 5 hours sat. and Sun.

well i'm 20, but in my generation most of us grew up with a gameboy attached to our fingers. it may be taboo for a 45 year old playing hardcore games. but they already have a life, they can do what they want, but in 25 years for my gen, i can see it as being a common thing to keep up with games, especially when they will change so much in 25 years.

I'm 30 years old and I love playing video games and I think I'm going be a gamer even when I reach my golden years. Age is but a state of mind anyways.

i think the culture now is that its acceptable to play well into senior citizen...were a different generation than our parents/granndparents....we define when its okay to stop....

well just as long as you have a family, career and balance in life

Why do people always ask this question? You are never too old.

62. At that age you should be playing Scrabble instead.Floppy_Jim

I think it only becomes a problem with age, if videogames are getting in the way of your lifestyle. payments, appointments/meetings/late to work....stuff like that is when you know you should cut down on your videogame habits. However, I think you can play videogames your entire life hardcore. It's only bad if it starts to cause problems.

I'm nearly 32, and I suppose I am already too old to play games "hardcore" anymore. I still try. I have a lot of games I've only made it half-way through. I try to keep track so I can go back when there is a gaming drought. Still, with work, study, lawncare, home repair, and wifey time, I have to squeeze gaming in when I get the chance. I don't even have kids yet! I think whenever you have kids gaming really needs to take a back seat until they start becoming more independant. Other than that, game as long as you want. My friend's dad is in his late 50's and he loves playing JRPG's!

As soon as I decide to get a life (married, kids, full time job, etc) I will most likely stop playing. I'd stop playing now if I could find something to occupy as much time as gaming does. I'm 19 btw

I'm 30, and sometimes I wonder if Im getting to old to play video games. Then my dad told me that him and his wife bought a Wii and I didn't feel as bad, lol. Sometimes I get "out of the groove" of playing game sfor a while but there's always a hot title or two to come out and suck me back in. I'll be a gamer until I am not able to physically or mentally play.

I dont think there is an age, i think its as long as you have enough free time to play you can. when you have 5 kids and work 12 hour days to support them and then you have to drive them to school and back take them to soccer and go watch there games.... thats when you have to hang up your controller and pick up a mini van:P