Video Games Draw More Women than Boys

[JoannaK]

It's also matter of preference of game types.. what I know women,
there are also a lot economic/war simulator players, Mushers, long
time online RPG games etc..

Simple/stupid/repeteative 3d FPS-shooters ain't any popular (= those
games KerryR mentioned) just don't work with people
havign more advanced brains :-)

Personally I'd rathe take a clever game like Pontiflex instead of yet
another gfx-altetred variant of doom-xyz..

[Argo]

I think it has more to do with how each gender defines "video games". Most women I see play Solitiare, Bejeweled, tetris, and other puzzel type games. Most men and boys I see play Quake, Unreal, Half-Life, Mechwarrior, Age of Kings, etc.
Basically, male play the more competative battle type winner takes all single or team play games. Women seem to play more noncompetative type games where they acompish a goal of some type.
Not that this is strictly how it is, just from my observations.

[N7VQM]

KennyR said:

Girls often prefer simple, addictive games like tetris, and their special favourite, Windows Solitaire and Freecell!

My wife is totally opposite that remark.  She's played and beat more games than I can count on hands and feet.  Duke Nukem 3D, Planet of the Babes, and Manhatten Project;  Diablo 1&2, Warcraft 2&3, Dungeon Seige, Rune, Tribes, Nox just to name a few.  Now she's pestering me to upgrade video hardware for Doom 3.

Games like Freecell and Solitare are never played by her.  Hell, she won't even play chess with me because "there's no blood and guts!"

[Waccoon]

Studies like this tend to be BS, but I don't question the notion that there are many more female gamers out there than we think.  Besides, I think we've just gotten too used to the idea that when a "girl" comes online, it's really just some perverted fatso in his underwear.   ;-)

My sister's friend likes to fire up Doom and yell, "Die Die DIE!!!"

[logicalheart]

Nonsense!  This is another "objective" news report where they disregard thinking, logic, and reality.

[amigamad]

Well, I don't know about you, but a woman can most likely turn me on.

 

Im with you on that one. :-)  :-)