There are pros and cons for either demographic: whilst being older may be ideal since not only you bypass age restrictions, you also have the capability on purchasing it with your own money without having to ask parents for that given that you have employment and recurring income. Gaming as a kid gives more time without having to dwell much on responsibilities that adults have to worry about but at the same time are held by school.
I decided to have high moral standards, and now I’m constantly burned out by checking if the publisher or development team’s owner is fucking over some people, either by enforcing patch updates (small hill but I’ll die defending my right to glitch out of playable areas), employee overworking, prioritising shareholder profit over fun factor, gatekeeping based on identity or political influence etc. As a kid I had no worries and could play games built by EA, Epic or Bohemia Interactive without thinking about how they profit off American wars.