In the US, retirement days may be very idle, but perhaps boring. But now sociologists are surprised to find that more elderly people play computer games like young people after retirement. Computer game developers expressed surprise and said they would develop more computer games suitable for the elderly.
A computer game called PopCap is very popular with the elderly. According to the company, since the game was launched online in 2000, 200 million people have downloaded it, of which nearly 47% are over 50 years old, and nearly 70% are women. Nearly half of the visitors to their website this year are over 50 years old, according to another development company that offers sports and instant strategy computer games.
PopCap game designer revealed that he once experimented with his mother to sit in front of the computer and play the game he created. He said that if his mother found the 'mechanism' in his game and entered a password to easily win the game, he would have to choose another person of his mother's age to play the game he designed.
Women who have never been exposed to computer games before are generally interested in Zuma, he said. He also revealed that her mother is 60 years old, but she is also very happy to play Zuma computer games.
Although Microsoft and Sony are still trying to expand their market share among young people, some small companies in the United States are targeting the elderly.
This discovery in the United States proves that computer games are not the patent of young people, and the elderly are also people to be explored. Not only in the United States, but also in China, there are more and more elderly people who are keen on online computer learning and computer games. They are looking for happiness in the Internet, making friends and opening their own blogs. They are not outdated at all, and they are called happy 'old children'.