Are you a gamer for life?

So The Guardian poses an interesting question: are you a gamer for life?

...the games industry is too young to really know if consumers will actually play for life. Most of the Atari/NES/Spectrum/C64 gamers were kids and so mainly now in their 30s and 40s. We'll have to give it another 20 years or so to see if gaming really is for life. But as long as the industry continues to broaden its range – Gears of War 5 is really not going to appeal to your average 40-something – then I think it could be.

I think that the gamers mentioned above--the ones who played Ataris, NESs, and Commodores--will continue to game. I should know...at 32 years old, I'm the exact gamer the article describes. I have never not owned a video game system. Many of my earliest memories revolve around the Atari 2600 that was hooked up to our living room TV. As I've matured (some would debate this point), the games have matured with me. I've always thought that my generation--the first generation to literally grow up gaming--would continue to dictate what games should be.

Gaming has always been an entertainment staple for me. I don't see that changing anytime soon.