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General discussion (archive)Nearly half of all video-gamers are women(256 posts)(256 posts)
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Posted August 10, 2013
I just want to see it broken down more. See what the percentage is by genre, platform, and amount of time per week or something. Does anyone have a link to that?

This report could be including Solitaire and Minesweeper. It could count someone as a gamer if they have played a game in the last 6 months. I want more info.
Posted August 10, 2013
How many of those are regular players though just play Angry Birds and Candy Crush on their phones and have barely, or even ever, touched a console or PC game in their life?

Because what the media sees and what the many online communities see are two different opinions of what gamers are.
Posted August 10, 2013
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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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Typically when a 50-50 is found it includes ALL games, including facebook and phone games.

Not sure if there's any information one the ratio when it comes to core gamers. Consoles, PC (not facebook).
Posted August 10, 2013
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langurmonkey: This survey doesn't really tell us much.
It does if you read it.
Posted August 10, 2013
My wife is a "video gamer" and yet all she does is occasionally play Candy Crush when waiting in line for something.

The term is kind of pointless now.
Posted August 10, 2013
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langurmonkey: This survey doesn't really tell us much.
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Darling_Jimmy: It does if you read it.
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.
Posted August 10, 2013
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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.
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.
Posted August 11, 2013
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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.
You're insane if you don't think gender has a huge impact on what type of games are played. That information would make it clear just how relevant this supposed "50/50" split is.
Posted August 11, 2013
They musta taken a very small sample. Most of my friends are females, and i only know like 2 out of all of them who play games...
Posted August 11, 2013
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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.
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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.
It's 2013, subpar attempts at shaming argumentation don't usually work on people anymore.
Posted August 11, 2013
Fair play is fair. :)
Posted August 11, 2013
Hey, I only play games on my PC and not candy stuff!
Posted August 11, 2013
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A new report suggests adult women are nearly half of all video game players.
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Adult women make up 31% of the game-playing population.
Posted August 11, 2013
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StingingVelvet: You're insane if you don't think gender has a huge impact on what type of games are played.
Go on.
Posted August 11, 2013
but how many percent of dark souls players are women, that's the real question
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