Women Gamers & PC Gaming
Women Dominate the PC Scene
New gaming report from Neilson (pdf): Females aged between 25 and 54 make up the largest group of PC gamers.
Interesting report, and good to see women gaming. But a lot of the PC games are made up of 'casual' games (ie card games) - and this is what women in the report appear to be doing most (quick games in the cracks & crevices of the day). Men play casual games as well, but less than women; more men are playing WoW.
What does this do for the stereotype of female gamers? Not much. Do women only play casual games (that are often taken less seriously than other gaming platforms)? No, women play other games as well; GamerchiX is an XboX gaming community for women - now at a membership of 10,000 female gamers.
New gaming report from Neilson (pdf): Females aged between 25 and 54 make up the largest group of PC gamers.
Interesting report, and good to see women gaming. But a lot of the PC games are made up of 'casual' games (ie card games) - and this is what women in the report appear to be doing most (quick games in the cracks & crevices of the day). Men play casual games as well, but less than women; more men are playing WoW.
What does this do for the stereotype of female gamers? Not much. Do women only play casual games (that are often taken less seriously than other gaming platforms)? No, women play other games as well; GamerchiX is an XboX gaming community for women - now at a membership of 10,000 female gamers.
posted by Netwoman @ 11:49 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home