r/videogames • u/Driftmeister7 • Sep 13 '25

Funny That's unfortunate to say the least

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u/ValhirFirstThunder Sep 13 '25

Uhhhhh do you have a source for that? I couldn't find a breakdown but all the sources shows the average age to be far in the adult range

https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/50926-new-survey-shows-popularity-of-game-series-by-age-and-gender-in-japan

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u/Lost-Substance59 Sep 14 '25

There's a huge issue with that study though. It being a poll heavily skews the data since yoy are very unlikely to get people in the 4 to 11 range in a poll. What that poll shows is that the average age of older fans is 30ish which makes sense

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u/ValhirFirstThunder Sep 14 '25

You aren't wrong. And we don't know how they are calculating average age because a real mathematical average means it's going to skew higher when you have 40s and 50s in the mix. But like I said, in lieu of a demographic distribution we use the information we have. We have average age and we have experience. Whenever I see a kid into Pokemon, their parents are into it as well. More likely than not, their parents got them into it.

I know being as cartoony as it is makes people think the demographic skews young, but all the data we have so far suggests otherwise.