Of course, the key to this article is in how they define "gamer". I'm sure that neither most of the women of which they speak, nor the "gaming" community at large would choose to classify such casual usage as "gaming". Still, I'm glad that the article picked up on a number of key points, such as the fact that the next gen Sony and MS machines aren't likely to be too attractive to this demographic, along with pointing out, in a round-a-bout sort of way, how crucial it's going to be for the "winning" system in this next generation to tap into these users. Super-cool, advanced graphics are making games more complicated and more expensive, and if the industry continues to place highest priority on that facet, they're going to put themselves out of business.
Isn't this right about the sort of opportunity that we'd expect Apple to jump on and exploit? (!_!) Ha ha ha ha! Just what we'd need, ANOTHER contender! In any case, given MS's image and history, I'd say things look bleak-ish for them in light of these statistics...
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