Does this game have young players anymore?

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As someone who pugs a lot, no raids I join ever seem to have young people. Typically it’s 30+ year olds. (I myself am almost 40).

Are MMO games just not appealing at all to younger generations? Are younger generations just not into games like WoW? I can understand why subs keep falling if they can’t draw in newer and younger players. I know my son is 18 and never played. He plays games but he tends to play the Nintendo Switch vs his PS5 and doesn’t even have a PC.

I think the only hope at this point is of WoW ended up on console if you want younger players.

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That’s a good question but it’ll be hard to answer.
Why? Because we’re a bunch of kids at heart.

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I advise young players not to reveal their age on the internet. There are so many creeps nowadays, keep yourself safe. Thank you.

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Does that mean there are Boomer guilds out there? Anyone want to shout out theirs?

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My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104.

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Plenty of sub 25’s around, and some older teens.

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Hhm turn left at Albuqueque ,well that leads to the desert.

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/facepalm wow

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lol you beat me to it.

I had no idea there were teens older than those in their 20s.

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I’m 37 I’m not old

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Yea i dont know I was in this older guild before, and i swear those guys acted like they where around 15 so what difference does it make

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You beat yourself to it by posting on an alt? What??

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People ask other people’s ages on the regular? o-O

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im 25 its that old?

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I don’t think they are. My son played for all of a month and said it required too much time.

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I know some kiddos that started pretty young around 12-13 and still play today.

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When fortenite came out we signed a treaty. They don’t cross the warzone. We dont.

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A lot of them might be playing classic ironically. When you say young I think Gen Z and such, and a lot of this generation are more into the online culture of streaming and and trends in gaming.

And right now Classic is a big trend. These young people see their favorite streamers playing a game, they’re gonna play it too.

It may seem silly to an older person that streamers have so much influence in the gaming space, but it is there and it’s hard to laugh off or ignore anymore.

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No I still laugh at it.

But then again, I also laughed at my generation for trying to copy that show jackass

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Considering most of the teen gamers love being toxic in FPS (Valorant/OW2/CoD), I don’t think they are able to handle games that require a lot of time and grind in. They want something quick, fast, and can just pick up and play for 10mins-2hrs. MMOs require a lot of time and patience. I personally just don’t think they have the patience. Obviously not saying all teens are in this category, but will to bet that is why.