64% of Online Gamers are Women

What????

Published on October 6, 2006 By Island Dog In Personal Computing

I think this is really great, and a big surprise. I expected the number to be much lower than what it is. A study conducted by Nielsen Entertainment showed that 64% of online gamers are woman. Also, about 8% of that are woman who are at least 45 years old.

The study doesn't stay what type of games are played, so it's assumed that this also includes flash based games as well. So if any of your are on Xbox Live be sure to look me up.

Comments (Page 1)

pseudosoldier

on Oct 06, 2006

Oh! Yeah, if it's flash games (i.e. Bejeweled et al), I could see that being the case.

The other option is that they counted all the female characters in EQ/WoW/etc without realizing that they're all actually dudes.

Keikonium

on Oct 06, 2006

lol, I actually doubt this. In my experience (family and friends families

) most adults (late 30's) didn't even know how to operate a computer let alone play games. Except scrabble and other "online board games".

But who knows, maybe I am wrong. And according to this study... I am lol.

George Rogers Jr

on Oct 07, 2006

I agree with Keikonium...it's almost too good to be true. Maybe I'm wrong but I sincerely doubt well over half are women - Ya, I know it's saying ONLINE GAMES but I've been to too many computer/video game type stores & have yet to see a girl purchase anything remotely resembling a PC game of any kind...they've got this all wrong.

Deference

on Oct 07, 2006

I'm certain female gamers are much more prone to social online games because of the inherent quality of contact with other gamers. I don't think it's 64%, though, and I'd like to see how Nielson derived these figures.

A survey of 2200 gamers? As the Island Dog knows, polls are somewhat misleading due to their limited numbers predicting the actions / thoughts of those on the larger scale.

Xythe

on Oct 07, 2006

lol, I actually doubt this. In my experience (family and friends families ) most adults (late 30's) didn't even know how to operate a computer let alone play games. Except scrabble and other "online board games".

This is plain silly. Who do you think design computers and writes all the software out there. Almost every job requires one to have knowlede of and use a computer. There are a lot more computer users out there between 30 and 78 years old, including my 67 y/o father, using computers then there are people between the ages of 18 and 30.

It seems as your limited experience in life has shown brightly in this statement.

WebGizmos

on Oct 07, 2006

I think they meant to refer to online dating sites. Had to have been a typo.

Lantec

on Oct 07, 2006

I'd like to see how Nielson derived these figures.

You must screen your phone calls to ask that kind of question.......

The numbers MAY be slanted toward women because women are more prone to answer the phone and allow themselves to be "part of a study by answering a few questions" whereas men just hang up or tell them to kiss something or ask what they're wearing....

Arlya

on Oct 07, 2006

I guess I'm one of the rare ones. 22 years old and female and playing WoW almost daily.

I generally play with my hubby though or try to get some pvp in when my toddler is napping.

Jafo

on Oct 07, 2006

A study conducted by Nielsen Entertainment showed that 64% of online gamers are woman.

A stat put out by sad, lonely gamer geeks attempting to make their closseted existence look 'good'...

...or...

More likely....64% of gamers are of indeterminate sex...

....or....

64% of gamers can't tell the difference....

Jafo

on Oct 07, 2006

most adults (late 30's) didn't even know how to operate a computer let alone play games. Except scrabble and other "online board games".

I'm 52...have killed more computers than you have had hot dinners....

...and currently have 67 games installed....none is an 'online board game', or 'scrabble'.....

WOM

on Oct 07, 2006

I will admit that I don't have but only the solitaire games on my machine now, other that bejeweled but I do have over 50 dos, pre XP games on my shelf and I'a, 59. Sorry, but us old people do know our way around computers and games. None is an online game.

DarkMist

on Oct 07, 2006

Unless the whole population is contacted and asked there will never be a "true" survey. Although I often play the likes of WoW and guild wars I much prefer my Medal of honor online, i'm only 25 so thats my excuse

Oh and i'm male so i'm exemp't

Xythe

on Oct 07, 2006

...and currently have 67 games installed....none is an 'online board game', or 'scrabble'.....

Hey...whats wrong with Scrabble!! LOL
Actually, I'm 41 and I have 14 games installed 13 FPS and....you guessed it...Scrabble.

TYCUS

on Oct 07, 2006

mmh, maybe u didn't know but., Frag Dolls one of the best gamers that i know..., this ladies play Halo, Prince of Persia., etc., etc., and no one can defeat them.., u can find there web site in here:
Frag Dolls

DarkMist

on Oct 07, 2006

Shame they don't play MoH

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