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User Info: ironyisntdead

1 week ago#1

Probably not, but the kind of games I play probably will change over time.
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User Info: KJ StErOiDs

1 week ago#2
I voted "Maybe, but not anytime soon, it's a long ways away for me".
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User Info: dancer62

1 week ago#3
I'm already older than most folks on Gfaqs, and my gaming hasn't changed that much. As a kid in the 1950s, my favorites were the mechanical scrolling arcade driving games, my favorites are still driving/racing games. I enjoy other games, too, mainly hunter-games and flight/spaceflight sims. I'm 73, and pretty sure I'll still be playing electronic games 20 years from now.
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User Info: xF0x

1 week ago#4
I'm kind of over games already and rarely play anything nowadays but I doubt it has anything to do with age. I just gradually became more invested in other hobbies, some of which I still had even as a kid. I'd probably disappoint my young self who thought I'd always be an active gamer, or at least not quit as early as I did.
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User Info: CZ_Zidane

1 week ago#5
Too old to play video games? Heh, I would play even if I would be thousand years old :-)

User Info: DJStrong

1 week ago#6
When I was younger I assumed I would grow out of them, like action figures. Now I play more video games than any other point in my life. The biggest shift for me over the past 10 years has been a decrease in single player gaming, about 90% of my gaming is multiplayer and I suspect that trend to continue as I age.
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User Info: Solarys

1 week ago#7
Voted for "Probably not, but the kind of games I play probably will change over time."

In fact, the games I now play are already very different from those I did when I was a teenager. I used to play a lot of FPS and RTS games that required good reflex, but now that I'm older and have lost my edge, I find those games more exhausting than fun, and I've shied away from competitive games in general.

Also, back then, I never had the patience to finish an RPG (with the only exception being Pokémon Gen 3, which I pushed through to complete the Dex with sheer willpower - and Mom kind of forced me to, since she always told me to finish whatever I started). Now, I enjoy RPGs and story-heavy games, and I've become somewhat of a completionist.
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User Info: KLOUDrocks

1 week ago#8
"Never, I'll still play the same games no matter how old I manage to get"

While it's possible gaming may not always be a part of my life, I find it highly unlikely. People that like watching baseball like watching it their whole life. People that enjoy movies will do so until the day they pass. Why would games be any different?

Now, if I end up with bad arthritis in my hands or something that makes it painful/impossible to play, then that would obviously change my answer. But, assuming I stay relatively healthy into my later years, I imagine I'll continue to play video games. Heck, even my grandmother plays games (albeit mobile games) and she'll be 90 this December.

User Info: Xeowulf

1 week ago#9
Not unless I physically can't do it anymore.
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User Info: TI_Four

1 week ago#10
Age has nothing to with wanting to play games or not. As a child, the most avid SNES RPG player I knew at the time was my 60-something year-old grandma. She had a lot of time on her hands and spent a lot of it playing 7th Saga, Final Fantasy, or Brandish in her room.

I am 35 and I still feel the need to play games. My gaming has slowed down considerably compared to my younger years, but the slow down and my age are just coincidence. My game playing has slowed down because I have more freedom and people in my life to do other things that I want to do. In my earlier days I was either at the mercy of my parent's tyranny or bound to cheap activities because of financial ability.
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