64% of Online Gamers Are Female

[wraggster]

Via Slashdot

According to a report discussed on 1up, a new study by the Nielsen folks finds that more than half of the 117 Million U.S. online gamers are women. From the article:
"The study's announcement release doesn't break down what games they're playing, though we expect sites like pogo.com, which feature a multitude of Flash-based games are rather high on the list. Even more surprising is how many older gamers are playing. While the teenage market dominates in numbers, the study says more than 15 million gamers, about 8%, are actually at least 45 years old."

[Hawq]

Are they sure they dont mean 64% claim to be female while in reality are 45 year old 300lb guys?

[splodger15]

Are they sure they dont mean 64% claim to be female while in reality are 45 year old 300lb guys?

lol

[crypysmoker]

Are they sure they dont mean 64% claim to be female while in reality are 45 year old 300lb guys?

Thats exactly what I was thinking. this Pole is full of it. 64% of online gamers are female..... then how is it that I know only 2?? 2 out of a couple hundred people... yep.. sound slike 64% to me.

I think either someone is full of it, or someone is just trying to get more girls to say "hey, theres that many that play maybe I should"...

its bull.

64%...thats every 6.5 out of 10 people that are girls and I dont even get 1 female in every game I play.

[JKKDARK]

or maybe they are guys using female characters/avatars

[quzar]

Do any of you know what pogo.com is? It's a collection of online games like dominos, poker, etc. I fully believe that if they are talking *ANY* online games that females would make up more than 50%. Think of the sims, which has a HUGE female following.

[BlackJack23]

Its very interesting. I think online gaming introduces that very special social aspect which is what women are looking for in games.

[JKKDARK]

it is only for the u.s., right?

[Veskgar]

With advanced "LIVE" meeting places with webcams, voice chat, & more that you see in XBOX LIVE and soon the PS3, it would definitely be nice to see more female gamers online.

I think part of the problem is that there may be a sort of "stereotype" attached to playing video games. Like guys may not want to introduce girls to gaming for fear that they may come across as a "nerdy type" or something.

Gaming is becoming more and more widespread and a big part of modern day living. I think in time it will get more and more accepted as "cool" -

[infernomax]

I play socom 2, and there's like 2 out of 300 people i know that are girl gamers