The Weekend Gamer looks at the role that female gamers are about to play in making video games more mainstream.
"As one looks ahead to the future of our favorite pastime, there is currently no demographic that is more important to the ultimate health and blossoming of gaming into a mainstream medium than women. Face it guys–Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo–they have you. You're old news. Your money has already been spent. But the girl gamer, that ever less elusive female who enjoys playing video games, or even better, the female who even doesn't know (yet) that she enjoys playing video games, she is the real untapped market.
Women gamers are the fastest growing demographic in the industry right now. Nintendo recently announced that more females are now playing the Wii and DS in Japan than males–an incredible landmark in the gaming world, but one that went by largely unheralded. Likewise in the U.K., 79% of females play some form of games online, also overtaking their masculine counterparts for the first time. In fact, when asked about their favorite leisure activities, the women in that same survey reported that playing games or puzzles online was ranked equally with having sex. Equal. with. sex. Wrap your mind around that.
I am convinced that the female gamer is the most important participant in the industry right now, and although companies like Nintendo have made great strides to engage women in gameplay that is attractive to them, publishers and developers must do more. There are several reasons to do this:"
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Interesting article, it doesn’t surprise me because some people are better all a-rounders than others. Regardless of fame or how good they are in their specialty.
This is why I feel like the live action stuff in Alan Wake 2 especially is pretty bad. It also looks really cheap and amateurish.
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who have played videogames for years, was there ever a point when you thought to yourself, "Hmmm, this game and whole gaming things isn't mainstream enough!"?? I highly doubt it. I have no problem with girls playing video games but when a shift in the industry happens because companies want more girl gamers, theres my beef. Casual games are fun and simple but its throwing off the hardcore foundation of gaming that we all know and love. Its kinda bitter sweet.
females aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhh
All I know is my wife wanted a copy of Harry Potter: OTP for the Wii. I got it for her as part of her anniversary present. She's played it only once. When she's played, she wants me to sit next to her for help, and she so unskilled at it, the experience is painful.
"No, go right. That right there... the one on the right. Pick up the red item. No, not the blue one, the red one. It's right in front of you!"
At least she's pretty good at Wii Sports.
There aint NEVER been anything wrong with a girl playing with ya joystick for a couple hours :) .
I think the title would of been funnier if it said "The Importance of the Shemale Gamer"