http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/gateway_intro.html
"I surveyed MMORPG players for the first time in the Fall of 99. Since then, I've surveyed over 35,000 MMORPG players from most of the popular US MMORPGs."
All data of the Daedalus project is based on the results of these surveys. Not the newests data though.
There are also other, newer studies regarding this matter. All of you doubters should take a look at Nick Yee's book "The Proteus paradox". The data it contains is based on 50,000 surveys. Based on it, only 20% of MMO players are teens. Here's a good review of it by Columbian journalism review in case someone is interested.
Here's another study that shows that most of the MMO players are not teens, or are at least adults.
<Enigmatic>Ludens necesse est, vivere non est necesse.
Let's say that game is for 18+ only XD
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No, those numbers are based on MMOs in general and aren't specific to any single MMO. Only reason I posted it was just to prove Obee wrong when he said that most MMO players are teens. I've never said anything about AL's players or their ages. My guess is that at least 80% of AL players are teens or younger, but it doesn't have anything to do with the researches I linked.
You can lol as much as you want, but it doesn't change the facts. Guess who is more credible source, a respected scientist who has spent years studying this matter (Nick Yee) or some random anonymous forum user who just chooses to believe what he wants? I'd say the respected scientist.
Here's what wikipedia says about Nick Yee and his studies regarding MMOs:
"Nick Yee is an American researcher who studies self-representation and social interaction in virtual environments. Yee earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Haverford College (with a concentration in computer science) and received his Ph.D. in communication from Stanford University in 2007. He is a research scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center in California.
The Daedalus Project, his research into the psychology and sociology of MMORPGs, has collected survey data from over 40,000 game players. The research that has resulted from these interviews has been cited extensively by game scholars, game developers, and popular media. Yee's research has appeared in The New York Times,[1] The Wall Street Journal,[2] BusinessWeek,[3] and CNN International,[4] among other media outlets."
Also, if you are so sure that most of MMO players are teens/kids, why don't you link a study that suggests so?
Last edited by Gragorak; 09-23-2014 at 09:42 AM.
<Enigmatic>Ludens necesse est, vivere non est necesse.
Kids raise your hand now!!
We'll count
Last edited by Chrisaetoshawker; 09-23-2014 at 09:58 AM. Reason: Hands lol
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I am "adult" but i don't wanna grow up so i am rolling with the kids!
*raises hand*
Lool
Last edited by radagan; 09-23-2014 at 01:16 PM.
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Nintendo, gameboy, xcube, play1 The game industry has come far. I remember mario used to be a union of big squared pixels.
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