<p>When are our boys in their 20s too old to have & play video game systems? Is it the total waste of time some people think it to be or is it a valid hobby for a twentysomething? What about once they are married? Have kids?</p>
<p>Considering my DH is 55 and is playing World of Warcraft right now, I wouldn’t worry about anyone being “too old”!</p>
<p>THEY ARE NEVER TOO OLD. Just saying. Hopefully as they get older, they are better about budgeting their time, but it’s no more a waste of time than crafting, golf, playing cards, etc.</p>
<p>Never. .</p>
<p>Dh is >55 and is still an avid gamer. I doubt he will ever stop playing. At least it’s not as expensive as golf (& he does other things outdoors.)</p>
<p>Answers to this should be interesting. I can’t see my son or any of my nephews, ranging in age from 21 to 45, totally giving up their game systems. Like most things, as they get older and life interferes, they spend less time playing games, but at family get-togethers, the games might get turned if something interesting has been released.</p>
<p>My BF is 28 and still loves his games. It turns out it’s a great hobby for him, as he plays with his boss a few nights per week after he eats dinner with me, and until I want him to come to bed. They discuss work as they play and I am sure the relationship he has with his boss and coworkers is good for his career. He did have a bit of trouble adjusting to not being able to play eight hours a day at first when I entered the picture, when he was single he would come home, work out, and play until bed but now he just plays a couple hours a night two or three nights a week if he has nothing else that requires his attention. He’s a healthy and active man with many friends, many of which he keeps in touch with through his games. We still spend an enormous amount of time together and do a lot of things outdoors and around town. It’s fine with me as long as appropriate boundaries are adhered to in terms of how much time spent playing, as with any hobby… he is in such a better mood and so much easier to get along with when he gets his game time, I have no intention of ever telling him he’s too old as long as he is meeting his other responsibilities. I spend more time with my nose in books than he does at the computer and that’s even more anti-social.</p>
<p>The one point of contention that we have with them is that he thinks since he is home, spending all evening at the PC with headphones on is different from going out X number of nights a week. I disagree, I don’t think hours spent that way count towards family and household participation just because geographically he is in the house-- and I think at his age and stage of life a certain level of family and household participation should be respected. We’ve had to find compromises about how much time is appropriate.</p>
<p>H is 48 and still plays games 3-4 hours a day. He also designs them, so sometimes I can’t tell when he’s working or just playing. 
It’s just a hobby, like any other hobby. I sometimes spend 3-4 hours watching TV, or working on carfts, etc. So, I have no problem with H playing games.</p>
<p>I dont think theres an age limit whether one plays on a video game console or tablets. Wasnt Alec Baldwin 53 yrs. old when he was kicked off a flight when he refused to stop playing Word With Friends. I think I read somewhere that puzzle-based video games may help delay the onset of Alzheimers.</p>
<p>DH still will stay up til 4AM on the weekends playing Oblivion.</p>
<p>OP, what age do you feel girls are too old to continue playing games?</p>
<p>H, 59 and S, 31 still play. D, 23 and I never really played.</p>
<p>Never. I am taking the day off on November 6 to exercise my civic duty of defending the Earth from the alien invaders in Halo 4… I am 53.</p>
<p>All 3 of my boys (21,24,and 27) still play – not hours a day, like when they were in high school, but sometimes on weekends with friends. Two of mine are addicted to FIFA…they have HUGE tournaments with friends.</p>
<p>My son still plays quite a bit-he’s 27. It’s like any hobby or sport-most don’t do much BUT take up time, but they’re not “invalid”.</p>
<p>NEVER. And never for women either. </p>
<p>My boyfriend and all of his brothers are avid gamers. They’ve managed to suck me in. Guess who started the trend? Yup, the dad who’s now 50-something and still going strong. </p>
<p>Why would there be an age? When is it too old to watch TV? To play sports? Etc. Never if it’s a hobby.</p>
<p>We never had video games in the house and my DDs are surprised by BFs who want to keep playing, I think the assumption around our house was that it was a college past time, not a grown up hobby. Apparently we were mis-informed 
I knew the Cc crowd would have the straight skinny on this issue.</p>
<p>Lol. I never had video games growing up either. Never played one until I was 20. Now I’m hooked. Sigh.</p>
<p>To OP, please don’t call them “video game systems”. That really grinds my gears. </p>
<p>Video games are fun and like any other hobby. If somebody enjoyed whittling wood as a youngster, would it be wrong to continue to whittle as an adult?</p>
<p>I know many people in their 30s and 40s that play video games. Now, most don’t play as often as in college and high school, but even my 47 year old DH plays a racing game at least once a week.</p>