"luthienrising;c-17502956" wrote:
"LeGardePourpre;c-17502856" wrote:
@AquaGamer1212 @Cinebar
To shorten it
Gen X is the teens/young adults who grew with MTV
Gen Y is the teens/young adults who grew with Napster, iPod and the first MP3 walkmans. Y is the earphone wire.
Gen Z is the teens/young adults who grew with Netflix, Facebook and the social networks. Z is Zapping.
Actual years used for demographic generations:
- Baby Boomers: born 1945-1964. Current age: 56 to 75
- Gen X: born 1965-1980. Current age: 40 to 55.
- Gen Y/Millennials: born 1981-1996. Current age: 24 to 39. The cutoff is usually said to be at memory of 9/11.
- Gen Z: born 1997- ? Current age: up 23. Personally, I expect memory of 2020 to be a generational cutoff, so Gen Z will probably end up being 1997-2015, so currently 5 to 23.
As for the Gen Z understanding, game franchises die off if they don't get new players. Not sure what age people think new players are supposed to be?? Not keen on all the looking down noses at a particular generation, either. I find it especially appalling that people who themselves started playing this game in their childhood or early teens would think it wrong to try to appeal to current young people. Were you so much better than they are now? Really?
You've forgotten the Silent Generation, pre 1945. They are still around you know and currently I'm seeing more and more on my Twitter feeds! :)
