BarkingPup
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Hmmm... well, I certainly agree that women do make up that much of the gaming population.
To give a little perspective, I suppose, I'm female and play The Sims, Elder Scrolls, Psychonauts, Fatal Frame, Half Life, Portal, Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto, Super Smash Bros, Oregon Trail, Starcraft, Age of -insert title here-, Warcraft (not WoW. One, two, and three), The Exile Trilogy, Blades of Exile, AGS games (point and click like Day of the Tentacle but peer-made), Baldur's Gate, Diablo, Doom, Creatures, and other miniature games and etcetera junk. (not going to list them all :|)
I actually HATE Wii... I have played a bit of the Wii and seen previous non-gamers enjoy it but, personally, I think it's a waste of money unless you have kids or like casual gaming with cutsey characters. Then again, other people enjoy it and I won't argue their choice... same with PS3.
I think the ratio of female gamers is becoming higher because of consoles like the Wii and yeah, we make up a good portion of the population. If you had to compare hours played, however, I would fall flat. I am a college student, crappy laptop, limited access to other consoles besides my Xbox, and have a... sort of life. I think males play more, but females are getting up there.
I've never met a female who liked games, really. Where do all you people live?!
To give a little perspective, I suppose, I'm female and play The Sims, Elder Scrolls, Psychonauts, Fatal Frame, Half Life, Portal, Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto, Super Smash Bros, Oregon Trail, Starcraft, Age of -insert title here-, Warcraft (not WoW. One, two, and three), The Exile Trilogy, Blades of Exile, AGS games (point and click like Day of the Tentacle but peer-made), Baldur's Gate, Diablo, Doom, Creatures, and other miniature games and etcetera junk. (not going to list them all :|)
I actually HATE Wii... I have played a bit of the Wii and seen previous non-gamers enjoy it but, personally, I think it's a waste of money unless you have kids or like casual gaming with cutsey characters. Then again, other people enjoy it and I won't argue their choice... same with PS3.
I think the ratio of female gamers is becoming higher because of consoles like the Wii and yeah, we make up a good portion of the population. If you had to compare hours played, however, I would fall flat. I am a college student, crappy laptop, limited access to other consoles besides my Xbox, and have a... sort of life. I think males play more, but females are getting up there.
I've never met a female who liked games, really. Where do all you people live?!