Some kinda interesting data, if from a small sample size.
MarsAtlas said:
Seems odd to ask to vote on the basis of genetic makeup, considering that very few people actually know what their genetic makeup is, and rather, operate on an assumption of what it is, and you know what they say about assumptions. I'm just going to presume that you mean "xx" as "woman" and "xy" as man.
Voted. Somewhat related to this, ain't it about time we have the Escapist's annual Gender Census thread?
This is because xx is female, and xy is male, what you choose to do with yourself after your birth is your business, and I do not think gender reassignment is very related to this topic, I considered adding in a mutation vote option that does not fall in line with conventional DNA, but I thought the rarity of it would just complicate the topic. Also I myself live in a relatively small town in Canada when compared to places like Vancouver or Toronto, and as such I have never even encountered a gender-swapped individual in my entire life, so maybe I am evil and biases against them or something for just never having seen, or met someone like that outside of media portrayals. I know plenty of homosexual people, but they still count as their own gender regardless of who they choose to bed.
Back to the topic at hand, it is looking like about 25% of the escapist readership is female and spends some time every week playing games, seems like a pretty good amount of people to market some games too, especially since the male perspective is so heavily saturated. The way things are now You might even be able to swing more players into purchasing your game if you heavily market towards the female demographic (see "the sims" success). Because lets not forget, the only thing that has really mattered in this debate since the very beginning is money.
All this being said, it is possible that the escapist readership contains a higher xx concentration of the gaming community then represented as the community as a whole, based on the amount of DudeBro gamers who could not be bothered to read anything. On the flip side of that it is also possible that there is more SheBros out there then Dudebros, that would result in a higher concentration of delicious femininity then the 25% result we got from the poll. For the purposes of this discussion lets just assume 25% is accurate for now.
I don't know about you guys, but I am encouraged by 25%. I would love it if one day 50% was close to the truth, because I love games and I love my girlfriend. I am always disappointed to explain some new game, or just a concept within a game that I am exited about to her, only to have it shielded from her consciousness by her extreme disinterest. Perhaps the next generation of young men will have a better time playing games with women then I had.
Longing said:
you know, when I was younger, 20 hours a week seemed pretty feasible , but now I just wonder where the fuck I was finding all that time.
obviously, because I only play between 1-19 hours a week, my 'injection' into gaming culture should be lesser.
Be assured, your vote is not discounted if it resides in the 1-19 hours a week category.
