Just Curious: Age demographic of ESO players

altemriel

36 here, I played paratrooper and worms and pac man and prehistoric
or alley cat was great, anyone remember ?

prince of persia last boss fight oh yeah
or skyrim was awesome too
dawnguard was awesome, the vampire lord form

https://youtu.be/IslwNwx0YL0

jedtb16_ESO

The_Outsider wrote: »

23.

And there needs to be a 0-18 category.

0-18?

we have players that are pre-conception?

NebulaTails

26, EU, PC.

RebornV3x

25
My first system was the Super Nintendo and been gaming ever since. I mostly play on consoles but I really got into Starcraft and Starcraft 2 on PC. But I prefer a contoller in my hands not a big fan of keyboards. So that's why I normally play on console.

Granzadabur

15.5 here turning 16 In November My first serious game was fallout 3 in 2008 Currently playing on EU server

Adernath

35 here

I played mostly Pen n Paper table top RPGs since I was 10 (mainly the german DSA and a bit DnD and Shadowrun), so I am naturally interested in all sort of RPG stuff. My first gaming experience was the GameBoy

Grunim

Kartalin wrote: »

Kartalin wrote: »

Edit: Also I did a little math with the poll and estimate the average age so far to be 34.

Knowing @Kartalin as well as I do, I trust his math! It's also interesting how this is inline with age averages I've previously seen for MMORPGs

newtinmpls

Adernath wrote: »

35 here

I played mostly Pen n Paper table top RPGs since I was 10 (mainly the german DSA and a bit DnD and Shadowrun), so I am naturally interested in all sort of RPG stuff. My first gaming experience was the GameBoy

Wow, haven't thought about Shadowrun in a while. Liked the books/novelizations better than the game tho

Thessalia

I'm 16 year old female, PC, EU.
My first game was Crash Tag Team Racing.

Jitterbug

Young people scare me

K0rpeN

30 here, first tes was morrowind. I ve been through many mmos but eso is by far my favorite one.

out51d3r

40. Can't recall my first game, but it was a Pac-Man knockoff on Atari. First console I owned was NES, first computer was Commodore Vic-20. First TES game was Daggerfall, thus I play for Daggerfall Covenant.

cyclonus11

30-39, PC/NA
First video game and video game system: Coleco Telstar Alpha
First computer: Tandy 1000 EX

Elvent

Going to be 33 in 2 more days xD

I used to only be a console gamer back in the days. My first console was Super Nintendo though before I got that I used to always play regular Nintendo at my neighbors house and the first video game I played was Super Mario Bros.

The first MMO I ever played was World of Warcraft when I started hearing about all the hype when it was new so decided to try it and became hooked and started playing all different kinds of MMOs since then. WoW and ESO have been the only two so far that I stuck with and still play.

kyle.wilson

UrQuan wrote: »

On PC NA server it seems like the demographic is older than what I would typically expect for most games. I'm pretty sure the majority of folks in my main guild are over 30, and I know for a fact that there are quite a few over 40, over 50, and at least a few old enough to be retired.

Its probably because most parents are less willing to buy gaming computers for their kids. Most "regular" i.e. cheap pcs don't come with a discreet gpu. And 3-400 dollars isn't that bad for a console.

theher0not

I'll turn 20 next month.
The first gaming console/Pc I played on was a Sega Genesis. I have memories of playing Sonic the Hedgehog(original) and Lost World: Jurasic Park (I have no idea why I was allowed to play a game rated 18+ when I was 2 or 3).

First game I owned: Spyro: Year of the Dragon for playstation.

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kyle.wilson

I just realized I quoted someone from a year and a half ago. This thread sure does get necro'd a lot.

ArchMikem

Jitterbug wrote: »

Young people scare me

I'm in my mid twenties now, so I've started wondering if I ever socialize with young people the cops will want to have a talk.

Father_X_Zombie

17 here, my first console was the super Nintendo back when I was about 4. I mostly played Mario games. My first mmo was actually Neverwinter but I didn't like it.

Youarc

Turning 25 this year, I think it is awesome to see so many older players (totally different take from being out and about and only hearing the older generations talk down on videogames).

As for my rundown of MMO's I've played, it is fairly extensive:
AdventureQuest, Runescape, Sherwood Classic, Sherwood Dungeons, Aion, Anarchy Online, Archlord, Aura Kingdom, Dead Frontier, ESO, EVE Online, Everquest, Everquest II, Dungeon Siege, FF: Realm Reborn, Fiesta Online, Guild Wars, Guilds Wars 2, LOTR Online, MapleStory, Neverwinter, Perfect World, Phantasy Star Online, POTC Online, Ragnarok Online, Ragnarok 2 Online, Rift, ROSE Online, Runes of Magic, Silkroad Online, SW:TOR, TERA: Rising, Trove, WOW, Planetside, Planetside 2, Flyff, and probably more, those are just the names I can look up and remember off hand. Been a long journey lmao.

phileunderx2

Senior gamer here.50 +

Cêltic421

24 and on ps4 NA server.

Over 100 people age 50+ from this poll. Amazing, didn't thing it would be this many.

Absalon

30 - PC - NA
This is a really good poll.

Bouldercleave

Cêltic421 wrote: »

24 and on ps4 NA server.

Over 100 people age 50+ from this poll. Amazing, didn't thing it would be this many.

Remember, the 40+ and over crowd actually watched the ENTIRE genre of online gaming evolve into what it is now (both good and bad).

We've seen this thing grow up from the absolute beginning.

Delgent

51 here...Started in '94 with AOL Neverwinter Nights (Seekers, best guild experience I've had to date, wish you were here!), The Realm, Asheron's Call (LOVED AC!), WoW from closed beta until 2015, ESO - open beta on.

Hoping to have at least another 10 year run here, but crates and prices have me actively looking at the MMORPG market, or possibly moving back...

I expect to be gaming until my last days. The kids are grown now, so I get a lot more time to indulge, it's awesome ... and they, along with my wife play ESO, so we often run dungeons in a "play how you want" way...So much fun!

Stickbow

Over 50. First (computer) game: Pong that we re-wrote for TRASH-80, plus this little sidescroll game blowing up submarines with your destroyer that we wrote ourselves.

I don't guess you count Crystal Castles and Pac-Man as gaming? Played in MUDs on various BBS via dial up modem.

First multiplayer graphical game was the original Diablo. I was an early member of the BNMs (Beyond Naked Mages), where the original idea was to have negative HP and be able to run the dungeon on Hell mode. Then we discovered you couldn't die if you had negative HP (it was possible to mathematically get below 0 with cursed equipment, though it displayed 0), so the goal was to have only 1 HP.

Stickbow

kyle.wilson wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

On PC NA server it seems like the demographic is older than what I would typically expect for most games. I'm pretty sure the majority of folks in my main guild are over 30, and I know for a fact that there are quite a few over 40, over 50, and at least a few old enough to be retired.

Its probably because most parents are less willing to buy gaming computers for their kids. Most "regular" i.e. cheap pcs don't come with a discreet gpu. And 3-400 dollars isn't that bad for a console.

Wait, you're saying that most of the people I think must be teenagers on Auridon zone chat are actually legally able to drive, vote, drink, etc.?

I think I'm going to be sick....

SydneyGrey

You forgot to put teenagers on the poll. I know the game is rated "M," but I guarantee you there are teenagers who play it.

ProfesseurFreder

Why does everyone over 50 get lumped into one slot? We're not all The Ancient Mariner, y'know....