Online Games: Women beat Men
"While male video gamers still outnumber women 2 to 1, women have the edge in online games, a survey has found" says CNET's Candace Lombardi
According to Neilsen...
Of the 117 million active gamers in the U.S., 56 percent play games online. Sixty-four percent of those online gamers are female, according to results of the survey, released by Nielsen Entertainment on Thursday.
Women outnumber men in online games, survey finds
Video: Sex, games and videotape
Hear from folks attending the Sex in Videogames conference--a meeting of game developers and marketers who aim to create adult entertainment for the next generation.
Video: Sex, games and videotape
But video games don't understand women!
It's not that women don't understand video games, it's that video games don't understand women.
Or so says Sheri Graner Ray, a game designer for the last 16 years, a veteran of Sony Online Entertainment and the Cartoon Network, and a keynote speaker at the Sex in Video Games conference, held here Thursday and Friday.
In her address, Ray, author of the book "Gender Inclusive Game Design: Expanding the Market" and a longtime spokeswoman for female gamers, offered up an explanation as to why women make up less than 10 percent of the gaming population.
