The people I work with are within a +/- 6 year range.
It just saddens me. How am I shallow for thinking someone else is shallow because their entire experiences s only involve what is the flavor of the day?
I am open to different opinions but damn.
When I also hear things like ,"I dont game on the pc because it sucks/it's nerdy." Then I ask if they have tried it and they claim that facebook games count... It's not like they are newer gamers. They had NES/GENESIS/N64,etc when they were kids. It's that they make a conscious decision to limit their experience based on media hype and the flavor of the day.
Pretty much the same analogy as sheep... And sheep are pretty shallow.
Again,not saying their game choices are bad,but they are limited on stupid "this is hip" mentalities.
I also never said was i a true gamer. I was mentioning the fact that people wont play titles because they arent "hip", that seems like a shallow mindset to me. I accept that mindset,but I still think that type of individual is counter-productive to expanding the industry to try new ideas and concepts.
I also reminds me of the people who never played the DS because the graphics were worse than the PSP and the people who claim the Wii sucks because the graphics are worse than 360/ps3 and/or it seems like it's a "kid's" console. Don't get me wrong: I don't like Wii. I hate forced motion control. But, I actually gave the Wii a shot along with about 8 titles or so before I made a choice that the Wii wasn't for me. I didn't base my decision upon what my buddies said(guys all about the same age as me). I based it upon my personal experience with the console.
But, whatever. I guess if I am wrong for wanting people to try to open their minds when it comes to videogames, then I am wrong.
LOL, I originally typed this from my phone. Sorry, if there are typos all over the place.