Aging demographic

The general population of gamers are getting older. As we can see HERE the average age for a gamer is about 35 years old. So why are our RPG story lines still in the juvenile stage of man vs everything. Why don't we have more mature focuses in games alongside the other games. And no, I don't mean mature as in, blood, gore, sex, etc... That doesn't equal a mature game. In fact, you could call it an extremely immature game that caters to the younger crowd.

Why don't we have lucrative story lines. Better yet, why don't we have lucrative story lines with a female protagonist? Games like Mirror's Edge are a breath of fresh air. Why is there no game that is legitimately targeted towards a more female audience of all ages that isn't derogatory. I personally have yet to see a game other than The Sims that really targets women in a serious manner.

We need new blood, and the Wii is giving it to us. The backlash from the more hardcore group of gamers is almost scary, lashing out and completely bashing a system which in Nintendo's mind wasn't even competeing for their attention in the first place. The Wii is a great social experiment that worked. I got gamers of all ages, and of both genders to come together and have a ton of fun without catering to only one specific group.

That in my book, is a win for everyone.

~Xi