When are you too old to have a games console ??

[x ALiEN 8]

I'm 47, have been gaming since 1978 and have no plans to give up, I'll be gaming until I physically can't manage it.

 

[Phil C]

I'm 52 still play on my xbox one, the young un got me fallout 76 for Christmas

 

[vinegar hill]

16

 

[Nig]

Never owned since I was about 15. For bairns and wrang'uns really.

Always the utter bores in the office who drone on about the latest pretendy wizard bollocks game.

f***ing grown up man

There's a bloke at work who's about age 56 playes video games online .
He was severely injured on the sir Galahad during the Falklands war.
He's good crack and a top class sea angler.

 

[Winters]

I’m 51 and still love playing on my Xbox one,it’s in the spare room along with my beer fridge. My missus doesn’t mind as it means she can watch all the crap that she records on sky in peace and quiet.

 

[Frijj]

You really shot them up there mate - how many points and trophies did you get. Did you get a Pavlov sound to make you salivate too?

Someone as dull as you has no right to have a dig at anyone mind.

 

[MackneyHackem]

Why do blokes have to slap rules on every part of their lives? If you enjoy it, do it. Who gives a shit what anyone else thinks?

Well said.

The answer is 25 though.

 

[r@mside]

I'm over 60 and have a PS4 set up in my home office. Don't play much but it's a canny alternative to the shite that's on tele sometimes.

 

[THExpress]

Me dads nearly 60 and he’s decent on fifa. Hasn’t played on any other game like.

 

[steve30000]

Does being on the SMB count as a hobby ?

That's an addiction. Especially for mags

 

[ErichZann]

There is no upper limit. You must be stupid to think otherwise tbh

 

[Dave Herbal]

13 games

For a grand total of £35 off eBay

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

There is no upper limit. You must be stupid to think otherwise tbh

I fully agree - people mature at different ages.

 

[Dave Herbal]

17

So, before you’re old enough to legally play most popular games then?

Where do people find the time to play them? Do you go and sit in another room or something?

You put it in the living room with a second telly and play it while your lass is on the other settee watching whatever shite reality tv women watch.

Anyone still trotting out the line that games are for kids is clearly still stuck in the last century.
21st century gaming as as much a valid past time as watching TV or going to the cinema. This is backed up by the huge sums of money spent on both producing and buying games, and by the average gamer’s age, which was 36 last time I looked. That means there are as many 56 year old gamers as 16 year olds.

 

[Churchlanelad]

I am 68 (today as a matter of fact) and I still play games on my pc. My sons have often bought games for me for Christmas and birthdays.

 

[SAFCOldie]

I am 68 (today as a matter of fact) and I still play games on my pc. My sons have often bought games for me for Christmas and birthdays.

Happy birthday mate.

 

[PhilSAFC]

I am 68 (today as a matter of fact) and I still play games on my pc. My sons have often bought games for me for Christmas and birthdays.

What games do you like?

 

[Churchlanelad]

Happy birthday mate.

Thank you.

What games do you like?

Playing Witcher 3 at the moment, but I do have a soft spot for old games such as Anno 1604.

Just got me thinking, am I the oldest poster to be playing games on the SMB? This could be my one and only claim to fame on here.

 

[BRMC]

I'm 35 and only buy 1 or 2 games a year.

Nothing better than coming home and killing everything in sight after a crap day at work I then turn the PS4 on

 

[itscoldinhere]

42 started with an amstrad been playing since then .play it loads with my son who's 9.does for me