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Gamers Game for Life, Report Suggests

by Caleb Johnson on July 29, 2009 at 06:55 AM

Once a gamer, always a gamer. That's right, you'll be blasting noobs on 'Halo' or banging on those 'Rock Band' drums till the day you die, at least according to a recent report from the Entertainment Merchants Association.

The 2009 Annual Report on the Home Entertainment Industry states, "Older gamers continue to be engaged by video games, rather than dropping out and being replaced by a new generation." While the EMA didn't offer any numbers to back up this finding, it did say that 68-percent of all households in America play video games. So, it's safe to expect there's some grandmas and grandpas included in this number. This news comes on the heels of a recent Nielsen study that found more people are playing now more than ever, despite the recession.

Mass appeal titles, like 'Guitar Hero' and 'Wii Fit,' have certainly helped push video games into the mainstream. We admit we'd rathe get pwn3d in 'Halo' by a grandpa with years of fragging experience than some punk 8-year-old hopped up on soda and candy. [From Industry Gamers, via Joystiq]

Tags: entertainment, gamers, report, studies, study, top, videogames

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