New research shows a massive generational divide in game genre preferences. A study by MIDiA Research surveyed 9,000 gamers across several countries including the US, UK, Germany, and South Korea. It found that online player-vs-player games are more popular than single-player ones among audiences aged 16-24. Only 30% of this bracket wants to play alone, while a whopping 68% of them would rather play online or couch co-op.
Survey: https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/most-gamers-prefer-single-player-games
And I play both in my mid 30s equally.
In other news they used to make good single player game and now they don’t.
Nah, they defs do. Just less. Also, the trend seems to go towards single player again, so maybe there’s hope for the future. Big multiplayer releases bombing is definitely a sign for devs, too.
I’m not that old, but time is flying at me, and in my experience it’s that older people don’t have the same time options and skill level to “git gud” at newer games and that just makes online games less fun for some of us. So single player games we can take our time on and finish without somebody in the headset barking at us. I really prefer things like Fortnite STW these days, I can log in and choose to pair up with others or go it alone and I have the option to choose my difficulty level with the different biomes.
It’s ok, one day Gen Beta will be the same way with the Z’s, it’s the circle of life.
I still play online some, but I’ve come to the conclusion I’m not great at it and never will be and I’m ok with that.
PvP is king you scrubs
My old ass can’t compete in multiplayer games anymore.
Now I enjoy my slow pace / turn-based games when I want to relax.
It makes sense to me the older we get, the less time we spend gaming.
If I have to trade a solid 8 hours of sleep or play 1 hour or 2, the bed is winning.
