More Girls Need Industry Jobs

The Guardian has an editorial up discussing the need for more women in the games industry. From the article: "The development team of the Sims Online game, for example, was 40% female, while 60% of its players are female. The contemporary life-simulation setting has attracted a non-traditional (ie female) audience in a way no other game has, says the Elspa report. Jessica Lewis, producer of The Sims Online, has said: 'I think simply because more women are involved in the designs and development, a different kind of contribution happens. Diversity ... is a good thing when making a mainstream game.'"

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Re:Games industry isn't the only place for women.

[koi88]

The development team of the Sims Online game, for example, was 40% female, while 60% of its players are female.

I fail to see the logic in this statement.
80% of all actors in the porn industry are female, while 90% of its users are male.
Still I don't demand more males in the porn industry.

Re:Uhm

[Babbster]

I would think using The Sims Online as an example would be a bad idea because it raises this question: Was the unusually high number of women involved in the development of The Sims Online a contributing factor to it becoming a large "bust"?