[Poll]: How old are we here @ PSNProfiles?

[Silverbackmethod 37]

After browsing through the community and forum topics for a while I realized (somewhat to my surprise) that there seem to be more (🤔 how do I say this without offending anyone) “older gamers” on PSNP than I thought.

The topic “How long have you been playing video games?” started by @ShadowStar83x hardens my suspicion even more 😉

 

To make a long story short:

This is reason enough for me to start this poll as I think it would be really interesting to see the rough age distribution here on PSNP so...

 

How old are you?

 

The poll options are pretty spacious on purpose as I do not want to force you to give away too much personal detail if you do not want to (but of course you can let us know your real age which would even be more interesting). Voter names are also not made public.

 

Further it’s important for me to say that it’s not my intention to derive anything from this poll. No prejudices, no discrimination, no nothing. Your age DOES NOT MATTER as we are all just gamers and trophy hunters sharing a fantastic interest. 
So please do not participate if you feel offended by any means.

 

As I started this topic I’ll start of 😁

I am in my best years right now and 37. Finally back into gaming again. Though I do not have as much time for it at the moment as I’d like to have. 😜

Edited November 14, 2020 by Silverbackmethod

[ladynadiad 3,448]

As a suggestion, I'd suggest to say "older games" rather than elderly.  That works without having an implication of a particular age group or insulting anyone.   As far as the topic goes, I'm in my 40s.  I've stated in topics before that I remember gaming since I was 6 when my parents got me and my brother an Apple IIe, though I'm pretty sure I played games before that because we did have an Atari 2600, I just don't remember playing any of those games quite clearly enough so I usually use 6 as a timeframe for when I started since that's where I can clearly recall some of the games played even if I don't remember specific names of them.

[Silverbackmethod 37]

6 minutes ago, ladynadiad said:

As a suggestion, I'd suggest to say "older games" rather than elderly.  That works without having an implication of a particular age group or insulting anyone.   As far as the topic goes, I'm in my 40s.  I've stated in topics before that I remember gaming since I was 6 when my parents got me and my brother an Apple IIe, though I'm pretty sure I played games before that because we did have an Atari 2600, I just don't remember playing any of those games quite clearly enough so I usually use 6 as a timeframe for when I started since that's where I can clearly recall some of the games played even if I don't remember specific names of them.

Thanks for the suggestion. Just updated the original post. 🙂
I got my first console (NES) when I was 7 and my first game was Jackie Chan’s Action Kung Fu. Getting nostalgic while writing these lines. 

[ladynadiad 3,448]

14 minutes ago, Silverbackmethod said:

Thanks for the suggestion. Just updated the original post. 
I got my first console (NES) when I was 7 and my first game was Jackie Chan’s Action Kung Fu. Getting nostalgic while writing these lines. 

 

No problem!  For me the first game I can clearly remember playing was a sim game about running a lemonade stand.  First console I remember playing was the NES but that wasn't until I was about 10.

[euantp_ 148]

35 minutes ago, ladynadiad said:

As a suggestion, I'd suggest to say "older games" rather than elderly.  That works without having an implication of a particular age group or insulting anyone.   As far as the topic goes, I'm in my 40s.  I've stated in topics before that I remember gaming since I was 6 when my parents got me and my brother an Apple IIe, though I'm pretty sure I played games before that because we did have an Atari 2600, I just don't remember playing any of those games quite clearly enough so I usually use 6 as a timeframe for when I started since that's where I can clearly recall some of the games played even if I don't remember specific names of them.

Give me strength, people being offended by the term elderly. Can't say anything nowadays. Elderly is defined as meaning older which is literally the word you're replacing it for. Crazy. 

[Lava_Yuki 823]

I'm 28. I started gaming when I was 10, and got my first platinum with FF13 in 2010 on my old account along with 3 other plats (tales of vesperia and graces, and FF13-2). Then I created this account which is my main account as I wanted to change region in 2013 and have been casually trophy hunting since then. I also played a lot of Nintendo games on the 3DS and spent months playing things like Pokemon, Harvest Moon, and the KH and FF spin offs on DS as well.  

[ladynadiad 3,448]

6 hours ago, euantp_ said:

Give me strength, people being offended by the term elderly. Can't say anything nowadays. Elderly is defined as meaning older which is literally the word you're replacing it for. Crazy. 

 

Elderly refers to a very specific sort of older and also usually has an implication of poor health to go with it.  It's not appropriate for describing people in their 40s and 50s unless one wants to offend.

[Ilzaki 8,226]

I'm 32, been playing games since I was tiny.  Like four or five.

[Biertje373 461]

I'm 27 years, I play games for (almost) as long as I remember, I'd 3 or 4 years old.

[euantp_ 148]

9 hours ago, ladynadiad said:

 

Elderly refers to a very specific sort of older and also usually has an implication of poor health to go with it.  It's not appropriate for describing people in their 40s and 50s unless one wants to offend.

No it doesn't refer. That is your interpretation. 

[Silverbackmethod 37]

It was clearly not my intention to start this kind of debate with this topic. 😅 Suggestion to make a minor change as someone might feel offended was made - word exchanged, all fine I’d say. 🙂
Gamers stay young all their lives to some extent anyway. 😉

[mecharobot 1,044]

I get more offended when I'm called young (not really, tho), despite that I'm more near my 40s than 30s. I'm not getting my health and vigor to the level it used to be, my knee began to ache and overall I'm a different person from 10-15 years ago. To tell otherwise is ignoring the struggle people go through. But I'm still proud to be alive and kicking. I see many things now that I did not see before. Looking forward when my hair turns white so I can be like an anime villain and laugh at the cat babas.

[MadEdders95 65]

I turn 25 in just over a week and have been gaming seriously since I was about 8. 

[Silverbackmethod 37]

9 minutes ago, mecharobot said:

Looking forward when my hair turns white so I can be like an anime villain and laugh at the cat babas.

😁 My words! My hair is already seriously turning white on the right side of my head. Almost can’t wait for it to turn white completely. It’s all about the style 😀

[DaivRules 9,256]

Looking forward to all the people in the future saying they were gaming since they were 1 because they tapped on phones and iPads. I have yet to see and actual 3 or 4 year old able to have the coordination to actually play any console games. The youngest I’ve seen actually play is some five year olds. 
 

I’m somewhere in the bottom half of those poll selections. 
 

 

[Vrisnem 198]

I'm 28. Been gaming since I was five. My Dad introduced me to the hobby through Gameboy and PS1. 

[Swotam 212]

When you consider that Jimi Hendrix was still alive when I was born, I seem to be one of the older gamers here. Been playing games on and off since I was a teenager, back before having a computer at home was commonplace and the Internet was something only DARPA techies had ever heard of. Been hunting trophies since 2013, with the occasional break here and there.

[MrPires10 9]

im 13, started playing when i was about five. i got my first plat 3 years ago but only this year i have really been grinding more trophies.

Edited March 4 by MrPires10

[AJ_Radio 13,170]

32 years of age.

 

I'm right in the middle of the pack here on PSNP. We got guys age just 16 - 20 years old, we got guys reaching their mid - late 40s ( @starcrunch061 ). Makes me happy knowing that there is a variety of people who enjoy trophy hunting.

[Hoshi 2,217]

34. Been playing since I was about 5. I remember being really good at Duck Hunt.

[Copanele 7,569]

28,preparing for 29. Gaming since I was 4 I believe, on a Spectrum ZX. Shooting planes coming from a cassette was fun. But let's say I was 6 when I first started the stuff for real cause that's when I received a bootleg NES console. 

[LoveInHell 1,600]

I’m going to be 20 in April and I’ve been introduced to gaming since I was 4, started properly gaming when I was like 8-9 years old. My first Playstation was a PS3 where I mainly played Black Ops 2 and LOVED Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood multiplayer. I got a PS4 when I was like 12-13 years old and started trophy hunting, not obsessively, when I was about 15.

[thepeaguy83 918]

I'm 37. I first played computer games on my Amstrad computer when I was 4 back in 1987.

[starcrunch061 8,543]

12 hours ago, Spaz said:

32 years of age.

 

I'm right in the middle of the pack here on PSNP. We got guys age just 16 - 20 years old, we got guys reaching their mid - late 40s ( @starcrunch061 ). Makes me happy knowing that there is a variety of people who enjoy trophy hunting.

 

Well, since I got called out as an oldster here:

 

I'll be 46 in less than a month.

[I-Reaped-U 54]

On 11/15/2020 at 5:43 AM, euantp_ said:

No it doesn't refer. That is your interpretation. 

Elderly is 65 or older. There’s no “interpretation” whatsoever. Calling people in their 40’s or 50’s “elderly” is childish.