The Future of Videogames

The thing I'm noticing about video games is that the demographics of the people who play them is widening by the month. Gone are the days when a person needs to sit down in front of a television, read a 20 page manual and memorize impossible 15 button combinations in order to advance through hundreds of difficult levels of a video game. With the introduction of the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox Kinect, people who would never give video gaming a thought are now screaming and laughing in front of their televisions while they play another round of Nintendo Wii Sports. The main reason for this is because this new breed of video games is easy to play. If you know how to swing a tennis racket or throw a bowling ball you're pretty much good to go! This means kids can start playing games younger and people who are between 30 and 80 can be happily involved as well. So gone are the days when video games were only for kids and die hard gamers. A new era has begun and it is only going to progress to widen the demographics of people who play them.