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Originally Posted by berrypie
hm... 'coz 遊ぶ is more childish? 
For adults you guys say 「やろう」 or 「やります」 (やる. Do it) ???
If you wanna say "Let's play sports" or "Let's play video games" what would you say? |
It's because 遊ぶ doesn't take a direct object. It's sort of more like "have fun."
You can't say, "Let's have fun a video game" in English. It's sort of the same kind of thing. However, you can say, "Let's play a video game." Japanese just doesn't use "play" when it comes to a video game. They basically say, "Let's do a video game."
Let's play sports = 「スポーツをやりましょう/やろう」
Let's play video games = 「ゲームをやりましょう/やろう」