TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago63% of Gen Z Would Rather Play Video Games Than Watch a Movie — GamerBlurbgamerblurb.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link63% of Gen Z Would Rather Play Video Games Than Watch a Movie — GamerBlurbgamerblurb.comTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoI wonder if this might be related to the idea that modern media consumption habits are potentially trashing people’s attention spans
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNo, it is just human nature to want to do things they find more engaging. For most people games are more engaging than movies which are more engaging that books. Younger people are just more likely to have experience with all three.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m not sure it can just be that though, millennials have experience of all three too, why does the trend apparently exclude them? I will sometimes pick a game, sometimes a movie, sometimes a book—all can be equally engaging IMO
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGaming was more popular and more accessible when Gen Z was growing up, so probably more of them developed a preference for it.
I wonder if this might be related to the idea that modern media consumption habits are potentially trashing people’s attention spans
No, it is just human nature to want to do things they find more engaging. For most people games are more engaging than movies which are more engaging that books. Younger people are just more likely to have experience with all three.
I’m not sure it can just be that though, millennials have experience of all three too, why does the trend apparently exclude them?
I will sometimes pick a game, sometimes a movie, sometimes a book—all can be equally engaging IMO
Gaming was more popular and more accessible when Gen Z was growing up, so probably more of them developed a preference for it.