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Videogames Attract More Women Than Boys?

Posted by simoniker on from the sort-out-the-etc-etc dept.

Thanks to Yahoo!/Reuters for their story about a new Entertainment Software Association poll showing the demographics of gaming. According to the poll, "...26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17", and the survey also revealed that "...the average gamer spends 6.5 hours a week playing games... while boys 6 to 17 average 7.3 hours per week of game time." Explicit games are also on the increase, as "13.2 percent carried a "Mature" or "M" rating, up from 9.9 percent in 2001 and under 8 percent in 2000."

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  1. The Rest? by moehoward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rest are slashdotters.

    Except me, of course.

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  2. I had no idea the Sims was so popular... by benzapp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, that is the only game I have ever seen an adult woman play...

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    1. Re:I had no idea the Sims was so popular... by El · · Score: 5, Funny

      I tried The Sims, then discovered it was more fun micro-managing my 2-year old's bathroom habits...

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    2. Re:I had no idea the Sims was so popular... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      every so often she'd beat me at Tekken3.

      Hence, "ex."

    3. Re:I had no idea the Sims was so popular... by Catharz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bah, my girlfriend has played all the civilisation games to death.

      I won't even try to compete with her in that game. She plays on god level and wins more often than not. I can still remember her outrage when Civ II crashed at ~254%.

      Since then she tries to win in every way other than wiping everyone else out and leaving just one city while she milks for percentage. Be VERY glad she's not running for parliament.

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    4. Re:I had no idea the Sims was so popular... by ruprechtjones · · Score: 5, Funny

      does she have a sister?

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  3. What's next... by Exitthree · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdotters with girlfriends? My world is crumbling! Ahhhhhh!

    1. Re:What's next... by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hell, a lot of us are even married... but that's nothing. There are, get this, FEMALE slashdotters!

      I know, I know, it sounds crazy, but trust me, it's absolutely true.

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    2. Re:What's next... by The+Phantom+Buffalo · · Score: 5, Funny
      There are, get this, FEMALE slashdotters!

      Sure there are, and they play cards with Santa Claus and the Easter bunny on Thursday nights.

  4. what the? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Laura Croft was the only girlfriend i ever had.

    1. Re:what the? by shut_up_man · · Score: 5, Funny

      Lucky bastard... all my girlfriends' names end in ".jpg"

    2. Re:what the? by NaugaHunter · · Score: 4, Funny

      ".jpg"! In my day, our girlfriends were in ASCII and we liked it!

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  5. I don't doubt it... by AEton · · Score: 5, Funny

    My girlfriend's Sims get more action than we do.

    AND they own all this cool stuff in their house.

    On the bright side, those bastards can't own cars, so I guess it evens out. Plus, my girlfriend can't turn off my Free Will. (usually)

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    1. Re:I don't doubt it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait till you get married. Then she will become an expert at disabling your Free Will.

  6. The reason by nightsweat · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a joystick envy thing.

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  7. That's my problem! by Ghoser777 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No wonder I can't find a date - everyone compatible with me is inside playing violent video games! I'd network with them, but they'd laugh at the speed of my dial-up modem...

    Matt Fahrenbacher

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  8. Re:thats odd by soft_guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    camps of korean chicks forced to play videogames to skew poll result

    I think that's the ultimate fantasy of just about everyone here.

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  9. Explicit games are also on the increase... by R5900 · · Score: 5, Funny
    A even non-explicit ones, such as Tetsuya Mizuguchi's wonderful musical-shooter Rez, give unexpected vibrations to some women..

    BTW, this game is really good. Not your average rts/fps clone, but for those who like different games, worth a try .

  10. Re:No way by camusflage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try going to the mall, go to the games stores and talk to a few female clerks. You'll find the type I mean without that much trouble.

    Hmmm. I'm seeing a new /. pickup strategy. Any female into computer games is halfway home to stealing the average geek's heart!

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  11. 26%!!!!!! by zarthrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    What have I been doing with my life! I can't believe that! Do you know what this means?!?!?!? My chances of picking up a gamer chick have just gone WAAAAAY up! All I have to do is figure out what game...God I hope it isn't the sims....
    "On the Moon, we have advanced far beyond rules, and manners..."

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  12. So what? by dicepackage · · Score: 4, Funny

    72 percent of all statistics are made up.

  13. Nope... by MrPower · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it were joystick envy they would all be stuck back in time playing The Games: Summer Edition.

    I know for sure that game prepared me for my current sex life!

  14. Re:Skewed statistics by Kelz · · Score: 4, Funny

    The remaining 3% have morphed into an unidentifiable classification.

    Uhhh you mean the 1-5 year olds you left out? Though sometimes they DO act like little monsters....

  15. Unfortunately for us.... by DwarfGoanna · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are incidentally the female analogue of male slashdot posters. They aren't getting laid either.

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  16. Re:Unfortunately for us.... x1488 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Relationships are for adults.

    Who said anything about relationships? He said "getting laid."