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"Nobody's making games for the retired people" – The growing yet underserved market for grey gamers
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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I mean I'm early 50s, so a bit below one of their thresholds, but still in the "older gamers, 40, 50, 60..." bracket used elsewhere in that article.
I'm not sure what's underserved. There are shitloads of games out there that I'm happy to play. Sure, I'll nostaglia myself into a coma playing Infocom games in bed on my laptop. But I'll also sink hours into a good story or walking sim, the single-player campaigns of an FPS, a puzzle game or hell, I'll keep the kids off my lawn in Fortnite and have fun making them cry. How am I underserved?