Videogames Attract More Women Than Boys?

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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nintendo needs to take notice of this

[spir0]

Nintendo has been doing very badly lately and perhaps it's because of their unwillingness to allow any games to be published which aren't for a general audience.

That's one of the reasons that the playstation and xbox have taken off. they're catering to what the FANS want rather than what THEY want.

maybe now nintendo will start taking notice. a bit late for the gamecube tho. I sold mine because all the games were too childish.

Re:Skewed statistics

[trotski]

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