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themachinestops ( themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to GamingEnglish · 5 months ago

"Nobody's making games for the retired people" – The growing yet underserved market for grey gamers

www.gamesindustry.biz

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"Nobody's making games for the retired people" – The growing yet underserved market for grey gamers

www.gamesindustry.biz

themachinestops ( themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to GamingEnglish · 5 months ago
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Games are overwhelmingly made by and marketed to younger generations, argue analysts, while the older demographic is being ignored
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    I have a backlog to get through in retirement… I don’t need more.

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      gaming industry is researching new ways to disable old games so aging gamers would buy new games

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        No doubt. Retired gamer here: I play so much Valheim, Saints’ Row 3, and Fallouts. No way I’m forking out $70 for some new wannabe, unless you pry the .comfort games from my arthritic fingers.

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          Yep, same. I still regularly come back to my point & click adventure games from the 90’s. Such comfort.

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            Nice, what are some of your go-to’s?

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              Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis, and Sam & Max: Hit The Road. I have probably played through both uncountable times, love 'em. I do like most Lucas ones, few Sierra ones.

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                Hell yeah! Full-Throttle is my go-to Lucas point-and-click

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            There are also many new point and click games that are amazing. Wadjet Eye really revolutionized the genre IMO.

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              Yea! They are pretty great, haven’t played many of them yet, but working on it!

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          If you’re enjoying Valheim, also take a look at Aska. it asks “what if Valheim was also a colony sim”. I’ve got maybe 2 dozen hours in it and have barely scratched the surface.

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          Check out Abiotic Factor. Its like Valheim and HalfLife had a baby.

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        As long as piracy exists, these games will remain playable

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