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<blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 1955313" data-attributes="member: 2238">The number of ten year olds I saw browsing the game shelf at Powells city of books in Portland this weekend was astounding.&nbsp; I think it was like 5 in one hour.&nbsp; They were distributed through about 3 different families.&nbsp; Granted the kids looking at the games had no clue what the difference between 3.0 and 3.5 was.&nbsp; It was really amusing to see a kid looking at MMIII and being all excited and then seeing MM3.5 on the shelf and then getting REALLY excited then looking through it and realising that it was just the MM and his derision at such discovery.Granted it could be a statistical fluke, but, I would wager that there is a legion of Junior high kids out there playing, esp if the 10 year olds are &quot;playing it too.&quot;&nbsp; Typically if you have a bunch of kids playing somthing that you would expect early teens to be into, then the chances are that the older brothers and sisters are doing that thing more.&nbsp; The industry is not in danger.&nbsp; There is just a better understanding now of how it works and what sells and what does not.&nbsp; Its hard for a fan of anything to understand how people cant be as fanatical about what they are fanatic about.&nbsp; I go through this with Mariners and Seahawks fans all the time.&nbsp; Aaron.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jester47, post: 1955313, member: 2238"] The number of ten year olds I saw browsing the game shelf at Powells city of books in Portland this weekend was astounding. I think it was like 5 in one hour. They were distributed through about 3 different families. Granted the kids looking at the games had no clue what the difference between 3.0 and 3.5 was. It was really amusing to see a kid looking at MMIII and being all excited and then seeing MM3.5 on the shelf and then getting REALLY excited then looking through it and realising that it was just the MM and his derision at such discovery. Granted it could be a statistical fluke, but, I would wager that there is a legion of Junior high kids out there playing, esp if the 10 year olds are "playing it too." Typically if you have a bunch of kids playing somthing that you would expect early teens to be into, then the chances are that the older brothers and sisters are doing that thing more. The industry is not in danger. There is just a better understanding now of how it works and what sells and what does not. Its hard for a fan of anything to understand how people cant be as fanatical about what they are fanatic about. I go through this with Mariners and Seahawks fans all the time. Aaron. [/QUOTE]

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