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Women Over 40 Biggest Online Gamers

Posted by simoniker on from the lies-and-damned-statistics dept.

Ooby writes "MSNBC and Reuters are reporting that women over 40 are the biggest online gamers, according to a study conducted by AOL. What's even more interesting than being outnumbered by middle aged and older women is this: 'More than a quarter of those women, the survey found, play their favorite games between midnight and 5 a.m. Women in the poll tended to favor word and puzzle games.' I thought that was prime time for FPS kids."

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  1. Re:The common stereotype by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 0, Troll
    The interesting question of 'women in games' is: why aren't women playing console games, massmogs, multiplayer strategy/fps/rpg/etc?

    Because they're too complicated and hard to pick up. My coworkers can play single player mode FPS games just fine, but they say once they go online they get their ass kicked and it's no fun. I mean, if you played basketball in real life against Michael Jordan every day and constantly got your ass kicked, would YOU want to keep playing? I'd get annoyed and find a sport I'm better at.