NPD: Kids Playing Video Games at Younger Ages

[Tommy Tallarico]

According to new research from the NPD on kids and consumer electronics, today's children are playing video games (especially portable video games) at younger ages. And in general, the average age at which kids begin using electronics has dropped to 6.7 years. More within...

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(Link to GameDaily.com)

[Yoshi]

6.7 years? That's a fucking fossil compared to when me and my siblings started.

[Thief Silver]

Dragon Warrior at like the age of 3 here. Woot woot.

[Tommy Tallarico]

According to new research from the NPD on kids and consumer electronics, today's children are playing video games (especially portable video games) at younger ages. And in general, the average age at which kids begin using electronics has dropped to 6.7 years. [Update: more data and comments]

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(Link to GameDaily.com)

[Dunlap]

6.7 is surprisingly high to me. I can't remember when I started, but I'm sure my younger siblings started before then, and my nephew had completed all the side quests in Sponge Bob before kindergarten.

[D_N_G]

started my son @3 with the NES and a V.Smile system, now @5 he plays everything and beats games regularly on his DS and Wii

he also plays my nes, snes, genesis, and sometimes 360

[Anal Kaboom]

started my son @3 with the NES and a V.Smile system, now @5 he plays everything and beats games regularly on his DS and Wii

he also plays my nes, snes, genesis, and sometimes 360

average age

Your specially bred super nerds don't count.

[Dunlap]

the average age at which kids begin using electronics has dropped to 6.7 years

Whoa whoa, I wasn't reading that right at first. How can a kid not use electronics before they're 6?

[Space Pirate Roberts]

I'm guessing just watching TV doesn't count, especially if the kid doesn't operate it himself.

[Thief Silver]

. Televisions and desktop computers are leading the pack, with many kids getting exposed to one or both as early as age 4 or 5. Devices such as satellite radios and portable digital media players (PDMP), however, were found to have older exposure – starting at about 9 years of age.