Poll: Can you outgrow videogames?

[Spinozaad]

Maybe.

Personally, as I look back at twelve years of gaming, I have grown out of it to a substantial degree.

I dislike most of this generation's games, I have no interest in most developments and I only play a select assortment of games from my past.

Although, often, I'm not playing any game at all.

 

[The Hero Killer]

I honestly want to get out of video games. I'm a senior in college and have no memories to look back on except going to class and sitting here in my room all day playing Street Fighter. And since I grew up kind of sheltered I've pretty much been doing it all my life as my only means of recreation.

I kept thinking I was going to put the controller down when my social life kicked in or better yet, got a girlfriend. No such luck.

 

[jdogtwodolla]

I saw two examples talking about it to each other.

 

[Fridge]

This is just a little topic that came up with me and a friend on X-box Live the other day, as the title says, do you think it's possible to outgrow video games?

I suppose you can, but I'm more inclined to think that you end up not having time for them with day to day life, or that you've found that a particular genre has become stale to you.

 

[Continuity]

This is just a little topic that came up with me and a friend on X-box Live the other day, as the title says, do you think it's possible to outgrow video games?

I think the initial love affair wears off, and it depends on the person whether they will then continue to play and enjoy computer games. Objectively though I don't think people grow out of computer games as they might grow out of playing with action figures, as computer games have a lot of depth and interactivity; even if your enthusiasm and imagination fades there are always deeper, more complex games or higher skill levels to achieve.

I honestly want to get out of video games. I'm a senior in college and have no memories to look back on except going to class and sitting here in my room all day playing Street Fighter. And since I grew up kind of sheltered I've pretty much been doing it all my life as my only means of recreation.

I kept thinking I was going to put the controller down when my social life kicked in or better yet, got a girlfriend. No such luck.

Social life and gaming are not mutually exclusive, you can find a balance. Just find some friends to go out with... maybe you can game with them too. I know that about 50% of the guys I go on the town with I also play games like L4D online with.

 

[Fraught]

The previous generation, and the one before that (those who are currently grown-ups and old people) don't often play games, but they haven't really "outgrown" them. Most of them didn't even have the chance to play games as a kid, and few who don't start gaming at a young age will start playing them as much later.

But us? All of us, who are either kids, teenagers, or young adults? We played games as kids, as teenagers, as young adults. I can't say I've met a single person who has completely outgrown videogames, and a lot of social butterflies I know play more video games that I expected them to.

It's pretty improbable for someone to outgrow a method of recreation they liked/loved before. Though the miniscule risk exists of someone outgrowing video games due to social pressures, since playing videogames isn't still as accepted among everyone as watching movies and reading books etc.

But when the industry gets there, eh, I doubt it.