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The achilles heel of this article is how people understand the word \\\"gamer.\\\" The way I take it is that a gamer dedicates a significant amount of time to video games and has more than a casual interest, and I know thats how a lot of other people feel that way as well. I see people who only play video games occasionally as simply, \\\"people who play video games,\\\" which can easily be anyone.
However, that is only just my opinion, take it or leave it as you will. I\\\'d like to know where that \\\"60% of gamers are female\\\" stat came from, because thats completely new to me. I\\\'ve heard 40% (to which I have a cited a reliable source below), up to 45%, but never more than 50%. And considering that 40% of people playing games are female I think it\\\'s important to pierce the surface of the basic figures of female gamers and really understand whats going on.
http://www.esrb.org/about/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp
This study shows that 40% of gamers are female. However, of those female gamers 80% listed the Nintendo Wii as their primary system compared to the Xbox 360 and PS3. By comparison, only 41% of male gamers said the same. This is important to consider because the Wii system targets a broad audience, the fact that anyone of any age or gender should own or play one should not come as a surprise.
http://blog.apptopia.com/game-demographics-that-every-developer-should-know/
This study is even more significant, because it breaks down genre audiences by age and gender. There is a chart there that best shows this, but here are the games that each demographic prefers, and with the exception of \\\"Casino/Poker\\\" games there is a significant majority held by one gender.
\\\"Men 20-35: Shooter, Racing, Action RPG, Card Battle, Strategy
Male 35-50: Casino/Poker
Women 20-35: Brain/Quiz, Mgmt/Sim
Women 35-50: Slots, Solitaire, Social Turn-Based\\\"
I thin this is important because I don\\\'t believe most of the games outside of the \\\"Men 20-35\\\" section are what most people think of and consider to be games. Consider that \\\"Casino/Poker,\\\" \\\"Slots,\\\" and \\\"Solitaire\\\" are direct substitutes for things available in real life.
http://gel.msu.edu/carrie/publications/sex_roles_jillian.pdf
And this study shows here that men spend far more time playing video games than women.
Anyways, I hate having to be serious, but I know this is a very contentious subject that could incite edit wars and arguing among the discussion section, so I\\\'m just putting the hammer down showing what the stats really are and hope future editors will use this information in editing and writing for this article. I openly invite anyone to challenge me on what I\\\'ve said, but if you\\\'re challenging my information backed by research I want to see credible research as well.
However, that is only just my opinion, take it or leave it as you will. I\\\'d like to know where that \\\"60% of gamers are female\\\" stat came from, because thats completely new to me. I\\\'ve heard 40% (to which I have a cited a reliable source below), up to 45%, but never more than 50%. And considering that 40% of people playing games are female I think it\\\'s important to pierce the surface of the basic figures of female gamers and really understand whats going on.
http://www.esrb.org/about/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp
This study shows that 40% of gamers are female. However, of those female gamers 80% listed the Nintendo Wii as their primary system compared to the Xbox 360 and PS3. By comparison, only 41% of male gamers said the same. This is important to consider because the Wii system targets a broad audience, the fact that anyone of any age or gender should own or play one should not come as a surprise.
http://blog.apptopia.com/game-demographics-that-every-developer-should-know/
This study is even more significant, because it breaks down genre audiences by age and gender. There is a chart there that best shows this, but here are the games that each demographic prefers, and with the exception of \\\"Casino/Poker\\\" games there is a significant majority held by one gender.
\\\"Men 20-35: Shooter, Racing, Action RPG, Card Battle, Strategy
Male 35-50: Casino/Poker
Women 20-35: Brain/Quiz, Mgmt/Sim
Women 35-50: Slots, Solitaire, Social Turn-Based\\\"
I thin this is important because I don\\\'t believe most of the games outside of the \\\"Men 20-35\\\" section are what most people think of and consider to be games. Consider that \\\"Casino/Poker,\\\" \\\"Slots,\\\" and \\\"Solitaire\\\" are direct substitutes for things available in real life.
http://gel.msu.edu/carrie/publications/sex_roles_jillian.pdf
And this study shows here that men spend far more time playing video games than women.
Anyways, I hate having to be serious, but I know this is a very contentious subject that could incite edit wars and arguing among the discussion section, so I\\\'m just putting the hammer down showing what the stats really are and hope future editors will use this information in editing and writing for this article. I openly invite anyone to challenge me on what I\\\'ve said, but if you\\\'re challenging my information backed by research I want to see credible research as well.
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The achilles heel of this article is how people understand the word \
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The achilles heel of this article is how people understand the word \\\"gamer.\\\" The way I take it is that a gamer dedicates a significant amount of time to video games and has more than a casual interest, and I know thats how a lot of other people feel that way as well. I see people who only play video games occasionally as simply, \\\"people who play video games,\\\" which can easily be anyone.
However, that is only just my opinion, take it or leave it as you will. I\\\'d like to know where that \\\"60% of gamers are female\\\" stat came from, because thats completely new to me. I\\\'ve heard, 40% (to which I have a cited a reliable source below), up to 45%, but never more than 50%. And considering that 40% of people playing games are female I think it\\\'s important to pierce the surface of the basic figures of female gamers and really understand whats going on.
http://www.esrb.org/about/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp
This study shows that 40% of gamers are female. However, of those female gamers 80% listed the Nintendo Wii as their primary system compared to the Xbox 360 and PS3. By comparison, only 41% of male gamers said the same. This is important to consider because the Wii system targets a broad audience, the fact that anyone of any age or gender should own or play one should not come as a surprise.
http://blog.apptopia.com/game-demographics-that-every-developer-should-know/
This study is even more significant, because it breaks down genre audiences by age and gender. There is a chart there that best shows this, but here are the games that each demographic prefers, and with the exception of \\\"Casino/Poker\\\" games there is a significant majority held by one gender.
\\\"Men 20-35: Shooter, Racing, Action RPG, Card Battle, Strategy
Male 35-50: Casino/Poker
Women 20-35: Brain/Quiz, Mgmt/Sim
Women 35-50: Slots, Solitaire, Social Turn-Based\\\"
I thin this is important because I don\\\'t believe most of the games outside of the \\\"Men 20-35\\\" section are what most people think of and consider to be games. Consider that \\\"Casino/Poker,\\\" \\\"Slots,\\\" and \\\"Solitaire\\\" are direct substitutes for things available in real life.
http://gel.msu.edu/carrie/publications/sex_roles_jillian.pdf
And this study shows here that men spend far more time playing video games than women.
Anyways, I hate having to be serious, but I know this is a very contentious subject that could incite edit wars and arguing among the discussion section, so I\\\'m just putting the hammer down showing what the stats really are and hope future editors will use this information in editing and writing for this article. I openly invite anyone to challenge me on what I\\\'ve said, but if you\\\'re challenging my information backed by research I want to see credible research as well.
However, that is only just my opinion, take it or leave it as you will. I\\\'d like to know where that \\\"60% of gamers are female\\\" stat came from, because thats completely new to me. I\\\'ve heard, 40% (to which I have a cited a reliable source below), up to 45%, but never more than 50%. And considering that 40% of people playing games are female I think it\\\'s important to pierce the surface of the basic figures of female gamers and really understand whats going on.
http://www.esrb.org/about/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp
This study shows that 40% of gamers are female. However, of those female gamers 80% listed the Nintendo Wii as their primary system compared to the Xbox 360 and PS3. By comparison, only 41% of male gamers said the same. This is important to consider because the Wii system targets a broad audience, the fact that anyone of any age or gender should own or play one should not come as a surprise.
http://blog.apptopia.com/game-demographics-that-every-developer-should-know/
This study is even more significant, because it breaks down genre audiences by age and gender. There is a chart there that best shows this, but here are the games that each demographic prefers, and with the exception of \\\"Casino/Poker\\\" games there is a significant majority held by one gender.
\\\"Men 20-35: Shooter, Racing, Action RPG, Card Battle, Strategy
Male 35-50: Casino/Poker
Women 20-35: Brain/Quiz, Mgmt/Sim
Women 35-50: Slots, Solitaire, Social Turn-Based\\\"
I thin this is important because I don\\\'t believe most of the games outside of the \\\"Men 20-35\\\" section are what most people think of and consider to be games. Consider that \\\"Casino/Poker,\\\" \\\"Slots,\\\" and \\\"Solitaire\\\" are direct substitutes for things available in real life.
http://gel.msu.edu/carrie/publications/sex_roles_jillian.pdf
And this study shows here that men spend far more time playing video games than women.
Anyways, I hate having to be serious, but I know this is a very contentious subject that could incite edit wars and arguing among the discussion section, so I\\\'m just putting the hammer down showing what the stats really are and hope future editors will use this information in editing and writing for this article. I openly invite anyone to challenge me on what I\\\'ve said, but if you\\\'re challenging my information backed by research I want to see credible research as well.
