Are they really bringing any more to the organization just because they've been doing it longer?
Yes. There is significant cost to any organization to hire and train new people. Companies can actually halve that amount and pay it in salary for retention purposes and still save money over the long run. Don't underestimate how much money an employee doing the same job for five years can and does save over time.
Thank you! The truth of the matter is men dominate the gaming industry and they want to play good-looking characters and look at good-looking women. And even that's not male-centric, I'm a woman and I want to play a good-looking character and look at good-looking men!
As a unix administrator my field is dominated by men. I haven't switched careers because most of them aren't physically attractive, just as I don't NOT play video games because the women are too hot. Give me a break, and a little more credit, PLEASE.
Having said that, I'll NOT play GTA because I find it horrendously offensive, but at least it's an equal-opportunity offender, e.g. it offends women, society, the eyes of young babes, etc. I'm not the audience the company is looking for, anyway.
I do play WoW but a male character, but only because my (male) friend has a female character and, well, we duo a lot so I picked a foil for his character. In addition, I found the female characters to be a bit.. well, hippy. So did my female friends when I was showing them the game. How's that for turning the tables? We women LIKE to play hot characters! And look, they level just as fast and have as many abilities as the male characters! Wow!
I think companies are really responding to the fact that women game and want their characters to at least be on par with the male equivalents. Changing the appearance of the women has nothing to do with attracting more female gamers; instead, how the females are treated in-game is everything.
My $.02, I actually caved and stopped waiting for my chance to be UID 1000000 for this because people are on the wrong track talking about breast size.
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Yes. There is significant cost to any organization to hire and train new people. Companies can actually halve that amount and pay it in salary for retention purposes and still save money over the long run. Don't underestimate how much money an employee doing the same job for five years can and does save over time.
Thank you! The truth of the matter is men dominate the gaming industry and they want to play good-looking characters and look at good-looking women. And even that's not male-centric, I'm a woman and I want to play a good-looking character and look at good-looking men!
As a unix administrator my field is dominated by men. I haven't switched careers because most of them aren't physically attractive, just as I don't NOT play video games because the women are too hot. Give me a break, and a little more credit, PLEASE.
Having said that, I'll NOT play GTA because I find it horrendously offensive, but at least it's an equal-opportunity offender, e.g. it offends women, society, the eyes of young babes, etc. I'm not the audience the company is looking for, anyway.
I do play WoW but a male character, but only because my (male) friend has a female character and, well, we duo a lot so I picked a foil for his character. In addition, I found the female characters to be a bit.. well, hippy. So did my female friends when I was showing them the game. How's that for turning the tables? We women LIKE to play hot characters! And look, they level just as fast and have as many abilities as the male characters! Wow!
I think companies are really responding to the fact that women game and want their characters to at least be on par with the male equivalents. Changing the appearance of the women has nothing to do with attracting more female gamers; instead, how the females are treated in-game is everything.
My $.02, I actually caved and stopped waiting for my chance to be UID 1000000 for this because people are on the wrong track talking about breast size.
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