Gamers aged 55+ account for almost a third of gamers now, and that share is on the rise.

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I don't believe those numbers for a second, and they're trying to charge 3k for access. That's absurd.

it's 100% that they count mobile games as "gaming" so grandma and grandpa playing candy crush and wordle are "gamers" now. They list 11% on console but even that seems high. 23% on PC probably includes wordle too.

It might, but PC would definitely have its share of older gamers. MMORPGs for an example, attract them. I believe the oldest I ran into in my Runescape days was over 70. Of course that's if you believe peoples' claimed ages.

My girlfriends 70 year old nana plays horizon zero dawn on PS4, in her words "i die a lot but I'm enjoying it"

MMORPGs for an example, attract them

According to the article: not really, the vast majority of them prefer single player.

They are definitely including casual mobile 'gamers' in the 1/3rd number.

The article says 55+ is only around 11% of console gamers, for example.

1/10 is still relatively significant. I would’ve figured that figure was lower.

At that price I believe the report doesn't even exist and they plan on writing it once some idiot buys it.