Average age data of many popular Japanese gamers: all between 30 and 40 years old

2025-07-23 23:08:10|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Recently, research firm GEM Partners conducted a study where Nikkei Entertainment cleverly integrated the results of the survey, which revealed many interesting phenomena, and relatively older players like me are not an isolated case.

This comprehensive and in-depth study investigates the play habits of a large number of Japanese game enthusiasts, not only revealing the average user age of many popular games and series, but also estimating their gender ratio.Some of the results are particularly surprising.

This large study by GEM Partners involves 180,000 people – undoubtedly enough to give us some broad insight into gaming preferences for people of all ages.Research covers numerous games including Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokémon, Mario, Kirby of the Stars, Fortnite, Fearless Covenant and Minecraft.Japan's fanatical love for the Sprah series also put it on the list.

Both Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are both in their early 40s.Although both series have mobile versions, the player group is still biased towards older.

Many people have previously speculated that the average age of "Final Fantasy" is about 38 to 40 years old, while "Dragon Quest" is close to 45 years old.The results show that both are 42 years old.This kind of information helps explain a long-term puzzle facing Square Enix: Final Fantasy was once an unshakable bastion of JRPG's success, but its earnings have declined in recent years.A common view is that among other factors, some players who initially got involved in popular works such as "Final Fantasy 7" and "Final Fantasy 10" have completely left the game field as they grow older.

The ratio of male to female in the 7:3 final fantasy series is not surprising. I thought the ratio of Mario series would be more balanced, but its ratio is also 7:3; it is worth mentioning that the average age of Nintendo's All-Star mascot is 32 years old.This number is a little higher than expected, but for a series like Pokémon that seems to be more towards young players, the average player age is 32 years old.

Nikkei Entertainment pointed out that Nintendo performed quite stably in building a game library for a wide range of markets.The article explains: "Nintendo's games are close to the average age of the overall gamer's 30-year-old player, and the gender ratio is relatively balanced. This shows that the games developed by Nintendo are designed to attract a wide user base." This is by no means a bad thing for a business that wants to make a profit among generations of potential consumers.

As for gender ratio, the proportion of female players in "Star Karbi" is 55% (the ratio of men and women is 45:55).What’s more obvious is that the proportion of female players in Animal Crossing accounts for as high as 75% (male-female ratio 25:75).In games where the proportion of men is relatively high, Sega's "As Dragon" series has a relatively balanced proportion, reaching 6:4.

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