themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago"Nobody's making games for the retired people" – The growing yet underserved market for grey gamerswww.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-link"Nobody's making games for the retired people" – The growing yet underserved market for grey gamerswww.gamesindustry.bizthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareHailSeitan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down1·17 hours agoThere are literally 9000 hidden object games on Steam
minus-squareThaurin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoWhy would older people prefer hidden object games?
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·14 hours agoMy guess is that they’re not twitchy and they keep your mind active.
minus-squareThaurin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoThere are so many non-twitchy games, though, and hidden object games are not what they grew up with. And maybe they like twitchy games. Platformers were among the first games older people played in their youth.
minus-squareKingKong33@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·11 hours agoBecause they’re always forgetting where they left shit, its good practice for them.
minus-squareThaurin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoYeah, you have a prejudiced view of older people.
minus-squareKingKong33@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agoOh no, are they so old they forgot how to take a joke too?
minus-squareterranoid@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·17 hours agoRather retire and play starcraft
There are literally 9000 hidden object games on Steam
Why would older people prefer hidden object games?
My guess is that they’re not twitchy and they keep your mind active.
There are so many non-twitchy games, though, and hidden object games are not what they grew up with.
And maybe they like twitchy games. Platformers were among the first games older people played in their youth.
Because they’re always forgetting where they left shit, its good practice for them.
Yeah, you have a prejudiced view of older people.
Oh no, are they so old they forgot how to take a joke too?
Rather retire and play starcraft