Eighty-three-year-old Buy Xbox Series X for Grand Theft Auto VI: a Cultural phenomenon

The focus moves from Shirley Curry, the new favorite player from the Grand Theft Auto community could be a grandma. As told by his nephew on Reddit, a 78-year-old woman bought a brand new Xbox Series X for the same reason that millions of other people are counting the days until November: Grand Theft Auto VI. The story tells that the boys went to their grandmother to solve a problem with Wi-Fi and noticed an Xbox Series X under television. Asking why a 78-year-old woman owned a last generation console, she explained she wanted to play a new game coming in November, and in fact it is not the long-awaited remake of Legend of Zelda. It seems that grandma was aware of Grand Theft Auto VI for a long time and bought the hardware several months before being ready to enter the world of Vice City and Leonida. Of course, the thread did what these threads do: it turned the lady into a popular hero. Many old-age fans shared their plans, while some older players re-evoked old memories. A 66-year-old man fought between this and the return to Call of Duty, another 61-year-old said that "it's just the new normality," someone made a joke about the fact that he would do exactly the same things in old age unless the dementia came, while another claimed to be 96 years old and hoped to be still alive to play at the next Grand Theft Auto. Some even shared memories of playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with a grandfather who mainly wanted to fly with planes and blow up cars, which, honestly, is the right way to play a GTA game. There was the usual host of people who liquidated everything like a buffalo, since Reddit’s anecdote on a grandmother is exactly the kind of thing invented to get upvotes. We can't prove it happened, but it's not impossible. Sometimes it's better to just believe. With 78 years, she would have been in her forty at the release of the first GTA in 1997. It may not be a newcomer who read news. He may have been following the show for a long time without his grandson knowing. The image of a confused grandmother approaching gaming is probably wrong. It could simply be a lifelong fan waiting for GTA 6 for years, just like all the others. This is the true story: GTA 6 is no longer just a game. It has become a cultural event that can reach people who do not own a console and have no other reason to buy it. When a game convinces a 78-year-old woman to go buy a piece of hardware specifically for it, although the price has risen significantly, this is the same effect of cultural gravity that attracts celebrities and players, only on the other side of the age spectrum, that described by Zelnick to investors. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick just told investors that the audience for this is bigger than you think. A grandmother with a new Xbox and a plan for November is a real example of this. Non mi stupirei affatto se un numero significativo di giocatori over 60 avesse fatto lo stesso. Il successo di Grand Theft Auto è sempre stato legato a una certa nostalgia e alla capacità di Rockstar di offrire un’esperienza accessibile, ma non necessariamente complessa, che possa essere apprezzata da generazioni diverse. Quello che noto è un interesse spontaneo nel mantenere vivo il coinvolgimento con la saga, piuttosto che un'ossessione giovanile. Considerando l’età della nonnina, e basandosi sul fatto che ha acquistato l'hardware mesi prima dell'uscita prevista, mi convince poco che si tratti solo di una trovata per ottenere upvotes su Reddit. Piuttosto, è una conferma di quanto la serie GTA sia diventata un fenomeno culturale in grado di attrarre persone di tutte le età, semplicemente offrendo uno spazio dove sfogarsi e vivere avventure senza troppe regole. Il ricordo del nonno che voleva solo volare con gli aerei e far saltare in aria le auto, citato da qualcuno nel thread, è particolarmente interessante: indica un'attrazione per l'assurdità, la libertà di azione, una componente centrale della serie GTA che trascende le aspettative di genere o età. E se questo accade con 78 anni, immagino il volume di giocatori potenziali.

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