AdamR: Call me a dick, but I generally don't believe any reports about gamer demographics. They are all wildly different, and use different parameters. You can find one that says 25% of gamers are female, and another report that says it is 60%.

Then I see these reports about the average age of a gamer... A while ago, it was reported by everyone that the average gamer was 37 years old. I think it turned out that 37 was the average age for purchasing games, not playing them, which would make much more sense. I could be wrong.

And what defines a gamer? My mom plays Solitaire on her Kindle. I wouldn't call her a gamer, but I am assuming that studies like this would.

So, I generally take these studies and reports with a grain of salt.

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langurmonkey: This survey doesn't really tell us much.

Darling_Jimmy: It does if you read it.

Cormoran: No, it really doesn't, at least not the information people are asking for. I read the survey and at no point does it break down who was playing what. it breaks down what, and breaks down who, separately.

Darling_Jimmy: Men and women, boys and girls of any ethnicity and sexual orientation buy and play games of all genres. Though a breakdown of genre by gender, ethnicity and orientation may or may not be interesting, it is not terribly useful information.

StingingVelvet: You're insane if you don't think gender has a huge impact on what type of games are played.