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ToxicMilk · May 12, 2005, 07:40 PM // 19:40

I came across an interesting article published in 2004 on the microsoft website that states "women now account for 43% of all computer gamers."
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...eningames.mspx

I thought that this is a profound statement & a startling amount - no woman I know would ever consider playing computer games. Nice to see that there are some out there though!

So I was just wondering how many players of GW are woman?

thegriffgeeks · May 12, 2005, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Right here. Have been gaming since 10th grade writing Basic game programs on the school's Trash-80, ahhh ahead of my time cause that was like...well more than 240 moons ago.... There were women gamers back then, just not alot of us.

Mimu · May 12, 2005, 07:47 PM // 19:47

And males pretending to be females make up..how much of those statistics?

Jana · May 12, 2005, 07:48 PM // 19:48

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We are making progress for sure.

One thing to note though and a joke I always find funny (until they hear me on teamspeak and all like freakout

)

Online gaming...
where men are men,
the women are men,
and anyone under 18 is a Federal Agent

Jana

adam.skinner · May 12, 2005, 07:51 PM // 19:51

I think you'll find a larger segment of the GW population than in the RTS or FPS genres. Women love MMORPGs; they love the social aspect of it. GW allows them to group and be part of a guild.

Textural · May 12, 2005, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Quote:

But the landscape has changed, and according to the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) women now account for 43% of all computer gamers. It must also be noted that half of all game purchases are made by women.

I guess they didn't exclude all the moms that buy Mature rated games for their sons.

Statistics are worthless in percentage. I rather see an actual ratio on how big their sampling was.

Garm · May 12, 2005, 07:54 PM // 19:54

My ex-wife was never overly into computer games, but she did like Daggerfall. You got to play dress up, after all

Rizzen Khalazar · May 12, 2005, 07:56 PM // 19:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mimu

And males pretending to be females make up..how much of those statistics?

Atleast 90%

nechronius · May 12, 2005, 08:33 PM // 20:33

I'm happy that the ratio of male to female has improved. Very happy indeed. At least I hope "she" was "female."

Synthos · May 12, 2005, 08:41 PM // 20:41

Um.. my girlfriend is a female, and she plays GW.
Oh, by the way. Youll find a significant increase of women in these sort of games then in say, First person shooters. As for women players skills? Heh, my girlfriend has been playing an elementalist since E3, and she had no idea about energy storage or what it does lmao..

Neo Anchorite · May 12, 2005, 08:52 PM // 20:52

When they say online games they are probably including chess, gambling and games along those lines too. Granted I think it's great that there are more female gamers. We can't have all the fun.

I do believe the 43% number is a little skewed.

Neo

Freakychakra · May 12, 2005, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Female here and have been playing games since the Atari 2600 and online games since Diablo2.

Pevil Lihatuh · May 12, 2005, 09:00 PM // 21:00

Darn right im female. We're slowly taking over the gaming world

And i have a few female friends who also game (none as much as me though

)

Lets see what kinda games I like:
PC - RPG, Strategy, some Sim-type stuff, Black and White (kinda its own genre :P), Adventure
Xbox - Halo, GTA 3/Vice City, Fable

And I used to play Amiga 1200 and Spectrum ZX as a kid... so I'm into quite a lot of types of games... :P

wwwgeek7 · May 12, 2005, 09:00 PM // 21:00

I'm female and I play games. I can't play the FPS's because I get motion sickness. I even get sick watching someone else play. BTW, both my daughters like to play games, too.

Arbel · May 12, 2005, 09:04 PM // 21:04

Another female gamer here. Been gaming since I was a wee lass, began online gaming since the days of Diablo 2 and Ragnarok Online beta.

I'm older than 18 years old and for almost a year I have been playing a specific online game that doesn't allow players under 18, so I will have to get used to the "kiddies" here.

The only FPS I can play is Halo, but it still gives me motion sickness, but it's just that fun

PieXags · May 12, 2005, 09:22 PM // 21:22

I too am happy to see an increase of women playing online games, and believe it or not, it isn't just this sort of game. I help run a gaming clan for Day of Defeat, a Half-Life mod, and we've got many female regulars on our server, new ones coming in every other week, and several female clan members as well.

It's a little weird in this game though, it's difficult to tell sometimes if it's actually a woman or if it's some guy who made a female character so he could watch his elementist dance.

Cheers to women and online gaming for all.

Adaria · May 12, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11

I'm a femme gamer, my dad calls me a geek but I don't care.

I have yet to see alot of girls playing guys on games, but what is with this trend of guys playing as girls? o_o;

EDIT/PS: Out of eight members in our guild, only two of us are female... its a bit daunting, I want more female members to balance it out, but I don't want to seem sexist either...

Sierra · May 12, 2005, 10:20 PM // 22:20

Girl gamer here. Not quite old enough for atari but I've been playing since regular nintendo. I still <3 original Zelda. Been online gaming since Diablo (the first one). My sister is also a gamer . . and my mom is to an extent, so perhaps it's genetic.

Norbix · May 12, 2005, 10:20 PM // 22:20

I call BS on that 43% statement...

Either this women don't go on voice chat or they're hiding from me.

Ephraim Lionheart · May 12, 2005, 10:44 PM // 22:44

I believe when they are qualifying free online games, such as flash games in their study. I honestly don't think woman make up 43% of the retail game community. 43% sounds like a fair estimate if you include all types of non-retail games in your research as well.