Why do you think there aren't many girls in to gaming
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MaxTheReaper said:
-____- this is a very very old subject
and i'm not even going to rant about it...i'm going to ***** on twitter instead
Most of the girls I talk to have a PS3. A few others usually fit in with The Sims stereotype. Like it's been said, maybe there are legions of girl gamers, but they stay away or not talk because of harassment. Even I got harassed in Halo 3, I made my character pink with a heart emblem just to see what would happen and I got bombarded with messages...
There are scientific reasons as to why a lot of game content is more satisfying and therefore pursued more by men, mostly to do with the primitive area of the brain... however, things have moved on a lot since the stone age and it's not a concrete rule so there are plenty of girl gamers who enjoy more male orientated styles of games just as there are plenty of men who enjoy things typically deemed as stereotypically feminine hobbies.
Now? Because of the way online gaming is handled, what with the teabagging and the non-stop shit talking about people's mothers. Men are childish when it comes to gaming, as soon as that controller is in our hand we all revert back to fart jokes, and women don't want to deal with that. Which is why most women gamers play, but not to where anyone knows because they're not online.
It depends on the type of game. MMORPGs have a large demographic of female players and so does the Wii and Sims titles.
When it comes to action games though, they are indeed rare. For every one that makes herself known, there are six more who prefer to remain gender anonymous. Most of the female FPS gamer friends I have opt not to use a microphone because it triggers rampant sexism. Some have quit those games and contribute it as a reason.
When it comes to action games though, they are indeed rare. For every one that makes herself known, there are six more who prefer to remain gender anonymous. Most of the female FPS gamer friends I have opt not to use a microphone because it triggers rampant sexism. Some have quit those games and contribute it as a reason.
...I hated Barbie as a child and wanted Transformers. Optimus Prime was the man, yo. And most of the women I know weren't big Barbie fans (and the ones that played with their Barbies did things like chopping off all their hair or putting them in positions they saw in their dad's/brother's girlie mags, and I can tell you guys right now, if you have a porn stash and a sister, she's probably found them. I found my big brother's when I was going through his comic book stash). So, um.veloper said:
A lot of women I know--and I include myself--aren't into games with excessive gore and that lack a decent story line. Me and some of my friends would hang out and order pizzas and play a dating sim (two of my female friends bought a DS just so they could play Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side). A lot of women I know like The SIMs (never played it, personally) and JRPGs, and all of them that do say it'll be a cold day in hell before they play online games like Halo because of the screaming asshats who give them shit for being female. I'm one of those women who will never play an online game because of the idiots on the other side of the screens. Not worth it.
Basically, women do game, but the kind of games they like get put down by 'hard core' gamers.
Also, I hate playing games with female characters running around in a thong when all the male characters are fully dressed, and hate fanservice games (which is why Bayonetta will be getting a 'pass' from me). It kills immersion, for me anyway, to see the way some of these female characters are dressed because I spend my whole time going, "Dang, there is no way she is staying in that shirt" or "poor Rosa, wearing a white leotard and wandering around that much; her time of the month is gonna suuuuck," or "Owwwww, that much bouncing would HURT, I hurt just watching this." Me and some of my girl gamer friends have talked about the crappy way they dress female characters and how big of a turn off it is...as well as how gaming companies completely and utterly fail at trying to market games to women and girls.
Yeah all these wonderful Escapees have the right idea. Most games are designed and advertised to appeal to the male demographic such as CoD4 etc.
Me? I play every damn game I can get my flawless gaming poodle paws on. I've played hours of Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2, not much of the Sims (yawn) and I have a Little Mermaid colouring game. But for some reason I turn towards the gritter games eg. Bioshock, CoD, Half Life becaus ethey are more challenging and they are the sorts of games that developers focus largerly huge to popularity. We girls are there, most geniune, non-attention seeking chick gamers hide in the background to avoid panic and confusion to the males when we kick their bums.
Me? I play every damn game I can get my flawless gaming poodle paws on. I've played hours of Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2, not much of the Sims (yawn) and I have a Little Mermaid colouring game. But for some reason I turn towards the gritter games eg. Bioshock, CoD, Half Life becaus ethey are more challenging and they are the sorts of games that developers focus largerly huge to popularity. We girls are there, most geniune, non-attention seeking chick gamers hide in the background to avoid panic and confusion to the males when we kick their bums.
Sort of, but the question is nature vs nurture.veloper said:
Girls are raised with certain stereotypes in mind; parents get girls the barbie because that's what girls are expected to like.
Same with guys, more guys are into video games because stereotypically, it's a male thing.
Not to say that girls don't play games, of course. That point's already been made.
I played with both Barbie and video games growing up. That argument isn't as sound as people seem to want to make it appear.
The argument that most girls avoid the 'hardcore' online gaming scene because of rampant sexual harrassment over the mic does make sense. However, I make it a point to just hand back what I'm given. It's not that hard to emasculate.
The argument that most girls avoid the 'hardcore' online gaming scene because of rampant sexual harrassment over the mic does make sense. However, I make it a point to just hand back what I'm given. It's not that hard to emasculate.
My gf tends to only play RPG, RTS and city building games like Pharoah because she finds the story lines of an FPS to be dull and the environment tends to have a lot of restrictions. Having said that we haven't got around to a next gen console, so that may change.
Having said that she loved Tekken and Shadow of Rome. Watching your girlfriend howl with laughter as she cuts three people in half is quite disturbing.
Having said that she loved Tekken and Shadow of Rome. Watching your girlfriend howl with laughter as she cuts three people in half is quite disturbing.
Girl gamers just don't talk as much. Whenever you see someone who isn't talking, you assume it's a guy but it isn't necessarily. Gaming is still male dominated because the games are aimed at men and the games are aimed at men because gaming is male dominated. More recently though there has been in an increase in games aimed at women but us guys are obviously less likely to play those games.
