Do You Think You'll Outgrow Video Games?

I was thinking about this in the shower for some reason.  Am I still going to be 50 and playing video games?  Is there going to be a time in my life where video games just peter out and I stop playing them altogether.  We are the first generation that will have to deal with this and I'm wondering what your thoughts are.  It's kinda hard picturing us keeping up with emergent technology as we get older, especially as it becomes more advanced.  Can you see a 70 year old man with Kinect, or playing Wii?

Yep. I think I'll get to the end of this generation and fizzle out.

yep, at some point. i wouldn't like to stop, but i'll outgrow it 

I will probably always play games. Maybe not as much as I do these days. But I doubt I will ever just stop.

" Yep. I think I'll get to the end of this generation and fizzle out. "

I don't think i will. 
 
BTW i'm 31 now.

"Can you see a 70 year old man with Kinect, or playing Wii? "

27 now and going strong.  Plan on playing xbox 1080 with my kids one day

Yeah I feel I'm somewhat near the end. Once I graduate college and start working I will probably play less and less until I just stop completely.

Funny I was just thinking about this the other day. Ask me 7 years ago if I would ever get tired of anime and I would probably spout some kind of broken Japanese at you saying no, but now at 27 the interest just waned off.  
 
I don't think I'll outgrow my interest for games anytime soon, but I probably will have less and less time to play them as time goes on.  I do hope one day if I have kids to pass the torch down so to speak, so even when I'm in my 40's I can still hold my own in Call of Duty Vs Halo in 4D on my smell-o-vision.

no way

Nah.

Been there, done that...I think I'm regrowing them now :o

I can't.  It's going to take me at least the next 20 years to be satisfied with my scores on Bayonetta alone.

I won't outgrow videogames any more than I'll outgrow reading. However, what I think about a lot these days is how much longer gaming will be a viable activity for me. As we age, we get slower and our eyesight gets poorer and our minds perform less efficiently. How long until we are physically not able to keep up with the games we want to play? Hell, it's already hard enough to keep up with all the teenagers and 20-somethings in an FPS if they're any good. Not to mention RTSes (Starcraft, etc). How much longer before I have to put down the controller, because I can't see the television, hear the activities, or react quick enough to events?

Don't think so, not much else I can geek out about.

" Been there, done that...I think I'm regrowing them now :o "

Yeah its quite possible

Only when I am physically unable to play or dead.  Of course, I don't play as much as I once did, but that doesn't mean I am any less passionate for the hobby.  Life is more than any one thing, so I can divide my free time among several different pursuits and love them equally.  I really think you kids worry too much about this subject.  You don't need to identify with any one thing 100% of the time to exist.  
 
As for emerging technology, you'll do what generations have done before...get your children to operate it for you. ;-p  Seriously though, you'll figure out what suits your lifestyle and leave the rest to those who need more.  I don't "text" because I have no need to communicate that way, but I can fix my own computer most of the time, and I am willing to learn what I need to know as technology advances.  Chances are when you're middle aged, you'll have a skill set that benefits your life and your kids will have a different set shaped by their needs.   That's okay.  Society evolves and the people change with it and those changes encourage further evolution.  If you're worried about getting left behind, you're wasting your time.  By that point in your life, you'll likely have realized such concerns are fruitless and minuscule when compared to the daily struggles of home, family and work.   
 
And, no I can't see any 70 year old playing Kinect since it doesn't work while people are sitting down.  However, I can see the elderly playing Wii and I know several that enjoy playing all manner of PC titles.

Maybe when I hit the age where I require assistance just to go the loo.

" I won't outgrow videogames any more than I'll outgrow reading. However, what I think about a lot these days is how much longer gaming will be a viable activity for me. As we age, we get slower and our eyesight gets poorer and our minds perform less efficiently. How long until we are physically not able to keep up with the games we want to play? Hell, it's already hard enough to keep up with all the teenagers and 20-somethings in an FPS if they're any good. Not to mention RTSes (Starcraft, etc). How much longer before I have to put down the controller, because I can't see the television, hear the activities, or react quick enough to events? "

Nope, gamer to the end... I hope.

Never, unless my personality dramatically changes, which I doubt it will.

maybe, but i have learned that it is alright to play video games while older. some people like here that are older seem to still enjoy video games.

im 31 atm and playing / enjoying more than ever actually, so not any time soon i would say

I really dont think so, maybe not PLAY as much. But i think i will have a love for the video game industry until i die. As of now, i read and watch more videogame related media then i actually play videogames. I think that interest will never fade. And im thankful i can have a laptop when im old, just chill and watch 2060s tv-series. I CANT WAIT.

No. Gaming is one of the few things I'm extremely passionate about. When I get older, I honestly hope this is something I can do with my kids and hell maybe even be a granddad and still whoop ass. As I get older I can already make peace with the fact it will be something I do less and less, but I don't think I will ever truly outgrow it.

" I won't outgrow videogames any more than I'll outgrow reading. However, what I think about a lot these days is how much longer gaming will be a viable activity for me. As we age, we get slower and our eyesight gets poorer and our minds perform less efficiently. How long until we are physically not able to keep up with the games we want to play? Hell, it's already hard enough to keep up with all the teenagers and 20-somethings in an FPS if they're any good. Not to mention RTSes (Starcraft, etc). How much longer before I have to put down the controller, because I can't see the television, hear the activities, or react quick enough to events? "

" I will probably always play games. Maybe not as I much these days. But I doubt I will ever just stop. "  

I'm 45 and play more now than I did in the past. I might give it up when I turn 46, time to grow up.

" I'm 45 and play more now than I did in the past. I might give it up when I turn 46, time to grow up. "

It's like asking if you think you'll outgrow out of movies or music.  No I will not.

" @Claude said:

" I'm 45 and play more now than I did in the past. I might give it up when I turn 46, time to grow up. "

Pssh I'll outgrow games when im dead "

No, however i'll probally slow down a bit way later on.

The older I've got, the more I play. Maybe I'll peak soon but hopefully not

Well, so far I'm 42 with no end in sight but we'll see.

I don't know we'll see.

Probably not.

this question has been asked a few times before, and the answer is always no. I don't believe its possible to outgrow videogames anymore, but  it is possible to not have enough time to play anymore.

I don't know. It depends how I change over college.

I feel my kids will be the main factor in how much games I play in the future

" I feel my kids will be the main factor in how much games I play in the future "

If it moves on towards being all 3D and motion control stuff, then maybe.

Maybe, but it will take a lot to kill my interest in video games. I don't see age being a factor unless it gets to the point of being too old to hold a controller. 

" @christ0phe said:

"Can you see a 70 year old man with Kinect, or playing Wii? "

People have already forgot about oldschool! "

" @AlwaysAngry said:

" @christ0phe said:

"Can you see a 70 year old man with Kinect, or playing Wii? "

People have already forgot about oldschool! "

he was half that, duder. "