Comment Gamer demographics (Score 1) 17
And this is why you are out of the loop!Um, dude, who do you think plays them?
Right, kids at high schools and universities.
Sorry dude, the market has changed. The demographic used to be only kids in high schools and universities, but it's gotten a lot broader. Geez, even you should realize this, as a Wii fanboy.
As us gamers have gotten older, so has the demographic. There are plenty of adults playing games. The Wii has also been appealing to much older gamers as well, since it's so much more accessible.
If anything, kids in school still gravitate very much to the traditional "hardcore console". Who do you think it gobbling up millions of copies of Halo 3? Or who has the time to play it for hours at a time, every day of the week? It's those high school and university kids, playing on the 360, the PS2, and to a much lesser extent, the PS3. The Wii is great for social environments, party games, and for families, but actually not so much for the traditional game-playing crowd (kids in school). Spend some time in various video game forums, and you'll quickly realize this too.
I'm hoping you're just out of the loop when it comes to tracking video game markets, since your "knowledge" has been off. If you'd like to catch up, here are some excellent business-oriented sites that track the games industry:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
http://www.gamasutra.com/