I may fall in your generalization, since I used to play videogames as a kid, with my friends and all, and still do. In my teenager days, I used to play videogames instead of going out, you get the idea.

Although, from my point of view, that's hardly bad.

People do what they enjoy doing, they do what they like doing.

If kids like videogames, let them be. The way I see it, they ain't sitting in front of a TV killing enemies, but rather having a good time doing what they do.

What if they don't like going out with their friends, and would rather stay home? If videogames did not exist, those kids would find something else to immerse themselves into- for example, books.

And no, books aren't really better than videogames. Spending your whole day reading books would be basically the same as spending the whole day playing an RPG or something, it's just than one is more of controlling and playing, and the other is just reading.

Really, just let them be. If they like videogames, there isn't anything wrong with that. Hell, I still use most of my free time to play with my DS when I can in my office, and when I get home, I just turn on my PS3 or something.

It's just a hobby I, as well as them, enjoy. And, as long as they do what they like to do, what's the problem with it?

Yes, trends in games are getting annoying, modern war based shooters, zombies...But it soon ends. If you look at it, 'Bullet Time' was the one annoyance that turned up in every game last gen. Now the last game that worked around bullet time to my knowledge was Stranglehold and that was 2007.

Hopefully game developers stop copying each other soon. But I have to admit, I do enjoy games with zombies in them, not BECAUSE of zombies being in the game, but because how the different classes of zombies in each game work.

Mother says to Father: "Where is Billy I haven't seen him for hours"
Father says to Mother: "He's fine, he's just in his room playing games"

/social development of child.

Does that about sum up what you're getting at?

"On one hand, they are much better than those of yesteryear" lol no

a little bit over exagerated but true.

My children will not get access to violent games until a certain age - I'd rather encourage them to read books and play outside. It's a good thing that I went through certain things myself, my parents did not have the same experience.

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Edit: lol @translation ''And you bet that parents nagging their kids to be persuaded to buy such games for them, especially mothers who do not understand their son all Iranians.''

No shit, Iranians

That's bullshit. I know a lot of high-school kids and none of them do that crap. Except staying up later but everyone does that for different reasons. I do it because I'm a reviewer and I have, what do you call them, DEADLINES? I swear to God, though, that kid saying "games..." was probably retarded or something, not a zombie. If he's a zombie, then I'm John F. Kennedy!

very rarely am i able to play games for more than an hour at a time. no matter how good a game is, i get bored.

For me, videogames is one of the few things that I am interested in. I do not have any hobbies really. One thing that I do not like is how this kinda says that if you play videogames a lot, then you are a mindless drone and that is all you can do. Yeah, I play videogames a lot. Because they are fun. That is a bit like how somebody who plays tennis a lot because they think that it is fun, but for some reason they are not considered drones themselves.

Whoa, that actually became a rant. I apologize, but that is my opinion.

Hi I am 16yrs old and know a lot about games and any time we are out or in school they talk about cod even in the hall way you hear the word black ops occasionally but the thing is that i find it stupid hearing the same generic type of games every day sure its great to hear people talk about games but they are just supporting things that make it harder for us to get a good game.

Just to also say that there are people that love games like you and yes i don't get out much but I do indoor activities .

I wish we could keep the 15 year old from the Mature videogames. It's a balancing act with kids, as parents you try to protect them from the evils of the world and from potentially dead-end hobbies, ie. videogames, but on the other hand if he doesn't get some things that almost every other kid gets then he stands a chance of being ostracized from his peers. And, being left out by peers can be damaging to the child.

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Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau