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PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Especially if "older" means two years or older.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

According to the article, they mean 6 years old or older.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No, they said 67% at 6y or older, but 92% at more than 2 years old

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, okay. Seems odd to call a 2 year old game an "older" game.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, at 2 years it is probably older than at least one other game.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

True, but literally any game can be an "older" game by that definition.