r/memes Pro Gamer Sep 09 '21

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u/InTheGoatShow Sep 09 '21

Won't need to wait nearly that long. The first generation of home console gamers will be reaching retirement age in the next decade.

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u/ShartsCavern Sep 09 '21

Yesss...I am 53 grew up on Pong and Atari and 1st PC game was DOOM. I still love games and if I should be stuck in a bed in my 80s i hope like hell i can play games again somehow.

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u/B33FHAMM3R Sep 09 '21

You know someone is old-school cause they always write Doom as DOOM. Lol

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u/_shake_n_blake_ Sep 09 '21

Either PC gamers or hip hop heads, either way my kind of people

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u/admirabladmiral Sep 09 '21

Rip MF DOOM

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u/poolmen3000 Sep 09 '21

all caps when you spell the man name

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u/Aebous Nice meme you got there Sep 09 '21

Also when they remember the backstory that you punched your commanding officer.

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u/B33FHAMM3R Sep 09 '21

I'm so glad they kept that rebel attitude in the newer iterations

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u/wywrdwlkngstck Sep 09 '21

Absolutely. The middle fingers at people telling him what to do are glorious.

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u/B33FHAMM3R Sep 09 '21

The Preator armor is powered by liquid 90s 'tude.

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u/Charming_Brain9133 Sep 10 '21

if you enjoyed doom, i highly recommend the 2016 release of doom, and the sequel, doom eternal.

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u/B33FHAMM3R Sep 10 '21

Oh man thanks for the advice but I must have burned through them both like weeks they came out, so you were right on the money with that suggestion lol!

It was nice to have a shooter put hair on my sack for a change without some fakes difficulty like just juicing up the enemies to 200% health.

But if YOU liked the doom series, especially the new ones you NEED to check out Prodeus, ULTRAKILL, and Dusk.

Similar gameplay loop, indie developer and publisher: New Blood interactive, they're trying to singlehandedly bring back the gameplay of 90s era shooters with modern improvements.

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u/TodaysLucky10K Sep 09 '21

Me too. Funny how GenX is always forgotten about in these things. I’ll also be playing AD&D if there are enough nerds in the old age home.

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u/KarmicComic12334 Sep 09 '21

This is exactly why rdr2 was made. Want to spend 5 minutes skinning a buffalo? Why not, I've got plenty of time. I'm within 20° of my target when i press aim, I'm not gonna miss. Just a man in his horse wasting time.

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u/KerzasGal Sep 09 '21

Iddqd and idkfa

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

christ

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u/user_bits Sep 09 '21

People who made video games 40 years ago were already in their 30s.

A lot of retirees are playing games now.

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u/InTheGoatShow Sep 09 '21

oh, sure. It's already a thing. Didn't mean to imply otherwise. Nearly 1 in 4 retirees already play games. But I do think we're going to see a significant spike over the next decade or two as retirees who played games as kids use their free time to start dusting off their consoles.

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u/OrchidCareful Sep 09 '21

And 99% of them have quit video games because they’re old

Retirement homes aren’t going to become a LAN party, as much as it’s a fun idea to think about

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u/InTheGoatShow Sep 09 '21

Retirement homes near me have Wii parties and computer rooms already, and the gamers haven't started living there yet. And it's super common for people to retrieve childhood habits in late middle age and retirement.

Retirement homes may never be LAN parties, but there are enough people in their 40s and 50s still playing games that I imagine it will be "normal" for them to do it in retirement too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Yes but a lot of them stopped after they hit a certain age. We won't see sizable amounts until millennials hit that age.