64% of Online Gamers Are Female

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."

well...

[Loconut1389]

well, about 20% of those -say- they're women...

Is this really true?

[bangenge]

I think they just counted female avatars.

Yeah right.

[SageLikeFool]

Just because 64% of the characters are female doesn't mean the people playing them are in real life. Like the old joke about IRC goes - The men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents.

Re:well...

[OnyxIR]

My time on IRC has taught me a valuable lesson... On the Internet, all the men are men, all the women are men, and all the children are FBI agents.

Dont believe the hype!

Re:Yeah right.

[radinator]

Actually, it's "The men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents...and they're men!"

Re:Definition Needed

[Anonymous Coward]

shut up

Re:Definition Needed

[daranz]

While we're at it, we need to define the word "female," as it's used online.

64% of Online Gamers Are Female

[nutt98]

64% of online gamers play Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Coincidence?

And..

[Channard]

.. 100% of those 20% followed their survey reply with 'r U lesbAin? my PuSSy is hott 4u. wAnna cYber?'

Re:90% of gaming girls are guys playing girls

[jacksonj04]

I've found the fact you can change your gender by dropping a new body in from your inventory to be quite worrying.

I knew i was spending to much time away from my pc

[guysmilee]

I knew i was spending to much time away from my pc ...

Not so bad

[Digital Vomit]

Okay, so you're saying that there's a 36% percent chance that the hot female night elf I cybered with last night was really a man?

"With a name like 'Cryinggam', I figured she just needed a little comforting!"

Re:Neither figure is surprising...

[Xiph]

It's rather funny that women are playing with bricks and logic, while men are playing with dolls and avatars

Re:I bet it's true

[System.out.println()]

I know quite a few girls who play WoW.

Most of the girls I know that don't play it, had been dumped for it at some point.

Re:I bet it's true

[m0rph3us0]

My wife runs a 300 person guild. I don't have the time for WoW, I have to participate in the real economy.

Re:Definition Needed

[Kingrames]

GIRL = Guy In Real Life

Re:In other news

[Ne-fishy]

Most females I know have almost no interest in gaming at all.

Which makes me question exactly how many and which females you actually know. =/

Re:well...

[PMuse]

On the Internet?!
I thought that was in Minnesota [publicradio.org].