Poll: would you still game when you get OLD?

[Smooth Operator]

Well what else will you do for fun when your d*ck stops working?

 

[beema]

Unless I develop terrible carpel tunnel syndrome that prevents me from playing, I don't see why not. I'm an adult now and I love playing games, I don't see my interests changing that drastically in the future, unless games evolve in to some completely different pile of crap... which is entirely possible.

 

[AbstractStream]

Yeah, I totally would still game. But I guess it depends on my physical health at that moment.

 

[ActionDan]

Well duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I am closer to 60 years old than I am 30 years old and given that I have not stopped gaming since I was 12, then yes, I will still be gaming in my 60s.

I get the feeling that when most people get old they tend to Wii uncontrollably... [small]hyuk hyuk hyuk[/small]

On a slightly more serious note, I doubt it. If I do in retirement what I've spent my earlier years doing, I've failed at retirement.

If you were a reader would your retirement be a failure if you still enjoyed reading?

Why would your hobby change in retirement?

Two reasons I can think of immediately are:

1) I use gaming as a form of stress relief after I get home from work. When I am no longer working I will not need this release (I would hope!).
2) I do not currently have time to pursue some of my interests and hobbies as much as I would like, or at all. I would hope that I could 'dust off' these shelved hobbies when I have more time available to me.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Maybe when I get old they've taken some real steps developing games for elderly. Who knows?

You do realize that you'll probably enjoy the same games when you're 60 that you do right at this moment, right? Our current elderly population never grew up with games, so why, given how conservative older people tend to become, should they like them at all?

When I'm 60, sure I'll keep playing Fallout and Half-Life. But when I'm 80, I won't be able to show CoD noobs all the corners of the map anymore. As we get older, the whole current gaming community gets older and want something more elderly-friendly or just more mature. Apart from introducing the Wii in old folk's homes the industry doesn't care about the elderly gamer now, but in 50 years, who knows?

 

[Admiral Stukov]

I see no reason not to keep on playing games until I die with my forehead on the keyboard.

 

[hippobu]

Why would why stop game when I have all the time for myself?

 

[Soviet Steve]

If I did not have a better way of amusing myself at that time then, like today, I would.

 

[funguy2121]

Sure, the games will be easy enough by then for any senior or toddler to play!

 

[DVS Storm]

I think yes but not as much as I play these days.

 

[PixelKing]

I'm slowing down gaming now (12-13 yrs btw) for lack of stuff for me to really get into. I really have'nt found anything good since fallout: new vegas so i hope DA2 will fill the void.

 

[dolgion]

Hell, even these days I see myself struggling to actually get into modern games. Once games fulfill their potential then yeah, I'll totally be playing till I die. It won't be "gaming" so much as it is enjoying interactive entertainment I believe

 

[Rubymuto]

When im old and senile ill either actually be playing or think I am. Even if its not videogames there will be boardgames and card games and table top games. I've been gaming since i was old enough to hold the controller, i cant imagine my life without some form of game or another.

 

[Daxter343]

You can pry my controller from my cold, dead, gnarled, old hands!

 

[Mordekaien]

I will finally play WoW

 

[IndianaJonny]

Yes, but probably more 'settled' games such as the Total War series, rather than more frantic gameplay experiences of games such as Starcraft or FPSs.

 

[Ashadow700]

I'm going to have to go with a maybe. I cannot see any reason for me not to keep on playing games, but it is so long into the future that it is imposible to predict who I will be and what the industry will look like 50 years form now.

 

[fingerbang143]

The main test will be university, if I can keep enjoying gaming and doing so successfully than I will likely keep gaming my whole life

 

[chinangel]

as long as motion-control isn't the way of the future, yup! :3