Baby Boomers are playing video games at high rates, but the exact type of Baby Boomer glued to their game console might surprise you.'What's been rewarding to see as we dig into the 2024 Essential Facts is that the stereotype of who plays video games doesn't match with reality, and the reality is, everyone plays,' Aubrey Quinn, the SVP of Entertainment Software Association, told Newsweek.
Keeping your brain sharp is one key reason Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation might be drawn to play video games despite not growing up with them, but why are more women playing than their male counterparts despite the previous gamer stereotypes?An earlier AARP survey found that the number of older adults playing video games was booming, up from 40.2 million in 2016 to 50.6 million in 2019, and the trend has only escalated.