[Gamespot] 28% of console gamers female - Overclock.net

im_not_an_artard · 06-30-09

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According to a Nielsen Company study last April, almost 50 percent of all PC gamers are female, with hit PC titles like The Sims played primarily by women. The latest Sims iteration, The Sims 3, sold more than 1.4 million copies a week after its release, presumably bolstered by that aforementioned demographic. However, a new study by the NPD Group shows that female gamers branch well beyond the PC platform and now constitute more than a quarter of all console video gamers.

In NPD's Gamer Augmentation 2009 report released today, the industry-tracking group revealed new figures that show 28 percent of all console video gamers are female in 2009, up from 23 percent last year. NPD attributed the five-point rise to the Nintendo Wii, which it believes has attracted a large number of new female gamers. It reports that Wii usage has increased by 19 percent from 2008 for all demographics.

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pr0bie · 06-30-09

Resists Sexist Joke.....

nathris · 06-30-09

Of course!

Its bad enough as a male getting yelled at by pre-pubescent 12 year old boys, imagine what they would be like with a female...

Those boys would never touch a Wii, so its the perfect safe haven.

lordikon · 06-30-09

28% of console gamers female, of the other 72% that are guys, 95% of them are playing games that most the females never touch, so the two sexes rarely notice themselves in the online world, and when they do, it rarely turns out well.

loudmusicman · 06-30-09

ehhhhh, lets see the stats for pc. probably 0% females

ALiShaikh · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by lordikon

28% of console gamers female, of the other 72% that are guys, 95% of them are playing games that most the females never touch, so the two sexes rarely notice themselves in the online world, and when they do, it rarely turns out well.

Occasionally on TF2 there are some girls with mics

SkillzKillz · 06-30-09

But how many of them are hot?

Munchkinpuncher · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by SkillzKillz

But how many of them are hot?

Probably 1/3 of the 28%, and that might be stretchin it.

deadringerr · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by SkillzKillz

But how many of them are hot?

How many of the guys who play are hot?

See it's like this:
When it's a girl, the male mind's immediate thought is, "Are they hot?"
When it's a gay guy, the male mind's immediate thought is, "Are they hitting on me?"

When honestly, you guys rarely have anything to offer. Let's just be a little honest.

**H3||scr3am** · 06-30-09

thanks nintendo, stupid wii :P

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