Popular Post TheGameCapsule Posted November 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hey everyone! I just turned 37 and started feeling weird about my age. No midlife crisis or anything, but l do notice stuff l still enjoy like gaming is dominated by a younger audience. I do notice people writing in the forums are usually teens or in their 20s -- l was just wondering if there was an older crowd using this site too, and if you could introduce yourself. Ive been gaming since l was 2 -- so l put on my psn profIle "Gaming since 1985." I've had only Nintendo consoles my whole life until the PS4 and Vita, and recently got Xbox Game Pass on my PC. Favorite game of all time is Super Mario 64. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantCrow Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hello fellow boomer (39). The games might suck nowadays as they're catered to the next generation, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good laugh with the kids. Nothing worse than being a stuck up geezer who complains, we never liked them when we were young afterall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funboy1246 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 dont let my immaturity fool you. i too am as they say older than dirt (37) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willstown Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Old man gamer here (40), we're just the 1st generation that has always had gaming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeHellsing Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Pfft, not quite as old as you guys, but over 30 as well. 33 myself, so yeah, take that how you will, even though I don't seem to act my age as it were, tend to act a bit younger than I usually am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_87 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Well the "87" in my username means that i'm 33 now... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesopithecus Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I turned 38 a couple of days ago, and still feel young at heart. Started gaming quite young with the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64. I honestly don't tend to post much on the forums now as much as I used to, I mainly just lurk, but still enjoying gaming and trophy hunting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyleh Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Old fart here. Started gaming on arcade cabinets and Atari 2600. The kid in me has always been a gamer. The adult in me can afford to buy games. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhyrxianLibrarin Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Sorry dude, you and I are no longer the target audience for games. That's not a bad thing, it's just a sign of the times. I play fewer games now, but the ones I play are the ones I truly enjoy. No time left to play terrible games just for internet points! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectiveGamer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I'm 31. I've got a shit large backlog so I'll definitely be playing games for at least the next several years and plan on getting a PS5 at some point. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sunnydaleAlumni Posted November 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Older gamer here...played off and on for years but didn't get serious until my mid 50's. Edited January 22, 2021 by sunnydaleAlumni 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post electrifryer Posted November 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 I'm 72 years young,not old ?.Been gaming playstation stuff for the past 17 years after retiring.Gives my so called brain matter a good workout.Been a Psnprofiles member since a little while after it was started.Enjoy it very much informative & friendly [unless you are caught cheating then friendly not so much LOL.] Excellent Game guides & used the gaming sessions to get those hard to get trophies,love those dings. Managed to live long enough to try & get a Ps5 but unfortunatly no luck may have to live another couple years to get one.Ancient Gamer. 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherrywood Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) A month from now, I'll be 39, which is kinda scary to me. I've been gaming for as long as I've been physically able to, I remember having an Atari, but the love affair really took hold in the arcades and at home with the NES when I was in kindergarten. It's something I've always enjoyed and is something that I always will unless something drastically changes. And while the average gaming audience is younger than I am now, something that we all should keep in mind is that it's also older than it has ever been and the reason for that is because of the continued perseverance of people like us. We have a perspective that people younger than us can ever have because they weren't here from the beginning. They don't remember how fantastic arcades were, what it was like when Nintendo revolutionized the industry, and then what it was like when Sony revolutionized the industry again because they weren't there. And while a lot of the newer games are garbage, a lot of them are great, and we help dictate that because we're still around and we also have more disposable income. So don't despair. We still matter a lot when it comes to gaming. As for Psnprofiles, I've had a profile on here for some time but I wasn't anything close to active on here until relatively recently. Covid has slowed my job way down, I must say. Edited November 16, 2020 by Cherrywood 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCapsule Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 2 hours ago, VigilantCrow said: Hello fellow boomer (39). The games might suck nowadays as they're catered to the next generation, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good laugh with the kids. Nothing worse than being a stuck up geezer who complains, we never liked them when we were young afterall. Not a boomer. Oldest millennial 'cause I guess Gen Y isnt a thing anymore? But lm guessing youre memeing with the boomer thing. I figure since l still dominate in games and if lm beating younger people, l still got it lollllll 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaivRules Posted November 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 I'm older than the OP and younger than the electrifryer up there. There's quite a few of us opinionated old folks in these parts, even if we're drowned out by some of the louder younger folk who copy and paste whatever the newest Reddit fad phrase is as if they invented it all over the threads and in status updates. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I just like being able to tell people I've been gaming for *decades*.Not quite 4 decades yet, but getting there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSmiz Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Turned 30 this year, which I'll be honest, hasn't exactly gone to plan. Me and my circle of similar age friends haven't been able to meet up to celebrate/drown our sorrows, thanks to Covid, hence why I became a lurker-then-member of the forums here as something to do. To be honest, I don't see gaming as an old or young persons habit. It's down to the individual. As long as you enjoy playing it, that's all that matters. Too lazy to get another hobby anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) It’s true I’m older than a lot of people here on PSNP, but there are also a lot of people here older than me. Some of whom are over 10 years older. At the end of the day, age is just a number. Just because someone is old doesn’t mean they are bitter and slow. On the flip side, people who are young aren’t necessarily cheery and fast. Age wise, I’m in the middle on this website. Not old, but not that young either. When I see people age 45 and people age 20 on this website (according to their profiles) respectively, I think it’s safe to say I’m in the middle ground. I still play video games in the same fashion as I did at age 18. My gaming habits haven’t changed much over the years. The only thing that has changed is time allowed for video games. Af age 16 - 18 I drank several cans of Coca Cola, while spending all nighters playing Age of Empires 2 and other PC strategy games. At 32 years old, I have slowed slightly, but more importantly I just don’t have the amount of free time like I used to. Currently I have a bit of free time due to COVID-19, but I will change to a more busy schedule once that has gone and passed. History wise, my first video game was Super Mario Bros 3 on the NES. My favorite video game of all time is Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64. Bit cliche I know, that game is many others favorites, but it struck a nerve in me as a kid that I still fondly remember it vividly to this day. 11 hours ago, VigilantCrow said: Hello fellow boomer (39). The games might suck nowadays as they're catered to the next generation, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good laugh with the kids. Nothing worse than being a stuck up geezer who complains, we never liked them when we were young afterall. They've always been here. The difference is we didn't have a social media platform to hear them complain because the technology wasn't around when we were younger. It's always been the same. There were old geezers on MySpace when I was still in my youth, just as there were old geezers in my father's generation back in the 1960s - 1980s. Too many people on this website already think of me as a stuck up geezer, so meh. Can't be all roses and bloom. Edited November 17, 2020 by Spaz Added a few extra pointers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveInHell Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I will post here again in 11 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc365 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I’m 35 and have been gaming for as long as I can remember ? I have a PS5 coming this week and I’m just as excited as I would be years ago, can’t wait to play Astro and all the new releases! I see going for platinum’s as a great hobby, and the wife is a fan as well so that helps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancashireLad87 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 As my username suggest I'm 33 and I don't feel alienated for being older than the majority of gamers today. If I can still compete with the younger generation then I don't need to worry. From my experience players from my generation tend to have more common sense and patience, I guess growing up without social media, YouTube and guides has had a positive affect. Some gamers don't want to invest the time learning anymore everything is so fixated on trophies that they sometimes forget what gaming is supposed to be about, playing games you actually enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav9834 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Well I think I've been out done in age by a lot here! It's absolutely incredible that we actively have people of such age in this forum. When I'm 70(God willing) I'll still be playing. I am in my 30s, (although I tell people I'm exactly 30. I refused to age any more after that year a while ago... ) And games are just like movies or books, never too old. Cheers! To us geezers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarink Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I'm not 30 yet (28) but all I can say to you is: GOGO SENIOR GAMEEEEERS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartBros Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 8:19 AM, LoveInHell said: I will post here again in 11 years. Bet you don't I recently turned 39, and have been playing since the days of the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500. Had a Game Boy and Sega Master System II in the early 90s, then Sony released the PlayStation in the mid-90s, and the rest, as they say.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honor_Hand Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Is there such a thing as being "too old" for games to begin with? I'm 30 years old right now and I don't feel like I'm ever going to get out of gaming. Sure, nowadays I don't have as much time available to play as when I was in high school or when I was just a kid. I have to balance out my work and other real-life responsibilities, but I don't feel I'm ever going to grow out of my hobby, Now that all the of us boomers are here, perhaps we should band together and make a club together to teach all those younglings around these parts what we're really made of. Nah, but really, different generations, different perspectives, but we all have a shared hobby that we follow for most likely the same reason: to have fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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