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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:06AM (Unverified) said
The "unidentified" ones are likely the same morons who neglect to indicate their sex on facebook.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:12AM (Unverified) said
Unidentified is dog's, tranvestites and Michael Jackson.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:27AM (Unverified) said
Does Bubbles count as another one, or is he playing on MJ's account?
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:49AM ClarkyCat said
Unidentified - Female gamers that don't want to be stalked because female gamers are so totally NOT attention seekers; IMAFEMALEGAMERPLEASELOOKATMEANDSHOWERMEWITHLIFEAFFIRMINGCOMPLIMENTSANDSEXUALPROPOSITIONSSOIWONTCRYWHENILOOKINTHEMIRRORATNIGHT! Ahem.
Women don't have the mental capacity to appreciate videogames. Scientific fact. No *actual* proof for it, but it's scientific fact.
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Women don't have the mental capacity to appreciate videogames. Scientific fact. No *actual* proof for it, but it's scientific fact.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:29AM (Unverified) said
Heh, was just thinking of this Anchorman quote. Also, this statistic does not surprise me at all. Most female gamers are so very aware that they're playing in a male-saturated field that it becomes a part of their hobby.
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 1:40PM (Unverified) said
Jesus, and you wonder why the female numder is only 4%. If male gamers aren't constantly asking us our ASL OMG UR A REAL GRL!?!??!?!?, they're telling us our level 40 druid isn't as hardcore as theirs. You guys are retrarded :/
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:09AM chuckrich81 said
I'm guessing the unidentifieds are mostly girls trying to avoid being hit on by lamea**es.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:13AM (Unverified) said
Females = Males pretending to be females.
Unidentified = The real females that don't want to be stalked/harassed, or otherwise wnat to admit that they are female gamers.
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Unidentified = The real females that don't want to be stalked/harassed, or otherwise wnat to admit that they are female gamers.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:45AM (Unverified) said
What a sausagefest. I'm glad when I play my Wii at least half the people I'm playing with are girls.
(waits for someone to take my post seriously)
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(waits for someone to take my post seriously)
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:21AM (Unverified) said
The graph also shows that males are more stupid compared to females. Hence why females don't normally buy the PS3. Now I'd like to see the Wii stats of gender, to bad they don't exist.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:45AM (Unverified) said
I find it humerous when I talk to females and they mention a Playstation or Xbox as "that stupid thing my husband's always ignoring me for".
On the flip side, I enjoy talking to the hot chicks in the Wii/DS section about what our favorite games are.
This graph does not lie, and should just include the Xbox brand up at the top as well for good measure. Also not a lie: the people that will inevitably reply to me saying "oh me and my chick play together on the 360 all the time brah" are the exception, not the rule.
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On the flip side, I enjoy talking to the hot chicks in the Wii/DS section about what our favorite games are.
This graph does not lie, and should just include the Xbox brand up at the top as well for good measure. Also not a lie: the people that will inevitably reply to me saying "oh me and my chick play together on the 360 all the time brah" are the exception, not the rule.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:20AM (Unverified) said
This is misleading -- this data only represents gamers who play online on the PSN. This doesn't include platforms like Wii and DS, where there are far more female gamers, or online games like MMOs and casual web games.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:29AM (Unverified) said
how is that misleading? it says, "registered PSN gamers."
what's misleading is that my girlfriend plays on my PSN account, thereby avoiding the registration process completely. males are the dominant gamers in most relationships, thus there's no reason to set up another account.
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what's misleading is that my girlfriend plays on my PSN account, thereby avoiding the registration process completely. males are the dominant gamers in most relationships, thus there's no reason to set up another account.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:06AM waynski1457 said
hermaphrodites (lady-man ladies)
even you must be in to you too
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even you must be in to you too
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:24AM foxhound said
LOL, of course... the skit from FAMILY GUY came to mind.
Jo: Uh, Mrs. Garrett, can I ask you something?
Mrs. Garrett: What is it Jo?
Jo: Um... is it alright if your penis and vagina touch each other?
Mrs. Garrett: What?!
Jo: Yeah, I kinda woke up this morning and they were sort of touching each other.
Mrs. Garrett: You have both?!
Jo: Yeah, doesn't everyone?
Mrs. Garrett: No!
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Jo: Uh, Mrs. Garrett, can I ask you something?
Mrs. Garrett: What is it Jo?
Jo: Um... is it alright if your penis and vagina touch each other?
Mrs. Garrett: What?!
Jo: Yeah, I kinda woke up this morning and they were sort of touching each other.
Mrs. Garrett: You have both?!
Jo: Yeah, doesn't everyone?
Mrs. Garrett: No!
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 4:59PM waynski1457 said
lol, i love family guy, but my comment was a reference to flight of the conchords.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:27AM (Unverified) said
Aliens filled out the unidentified section.
Then they said to Sony, "take us to your market leader" and proceeded to fill out a Wii survey.
In that respect only 10 females have a PS3.
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Then they said to Sony, "take us to your market leader" and proceeded to fill out a Wii survey.
In that respect only 10 females have a PS3.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 10:31AM (Unverified) said
i'm pretty sure you used "in that respect" incorrectly, seeing as it doesn't refer back to anything relevant. also, math tells us that the number is closer to 400,000.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:20AM (Unverified) said
I have a feeling there are more female gamers on the 360, and there are most definitely more female gamers on the Wii and DS.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:23AM ThornedVenom said
Just to add into the pile of facts: only one 1 of 25 game developers is female.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 12:51PM (Unverified) said
I call BS. All this means is that two people living together the guy is more likely to put his name on the hardware. However in most households of 35 and under gaming is a social activity that both sexes participate in and frequently the couples buy games for each other.
Frankly this is a BS statistic and the fact that Sony is putting it up there without qualifying its statement is just plain stupid.
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Frankly this is a BS statistic and the fact that Sony is putting it up there without qualifying its statement is just plain stupid.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
So... what they're saying is, the hermaphrodite audience for gaming is the same as the female audience for gaming?
Personally, I think that percentage raises a boatload of questions. Even the most conservative estimates of female gaming I've seen hovers in the 20-25% range. This is both from personal experience and credible surveys done in the past (I personally trust the ones that tilt closer to the 50/50 mark - I know a ton of female gamers).
So there's the chance that their methodology is really screwed up. But then again, this is just who identifies their gender on PSN... there is the chance that the PS3 is just that heavily tilted towards men in terms of marketing and sales. I know some like to dismiss the idea of marketing towards women (strangely, they're usually the anti-Nintendo fanboys...), but it is kind of odd that Sony is effectively ignoring half the population.
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Personally, I think that percentage raises a boatload of questions. Even the most conservative estimates of female gaming I've seen hovers in the 20-25% range. This is both from personal experience and credible surveys done in the past (I personally trust the ones that tilt closer to the 50/50 mark - I know a ton of female gamers).
So there's the chance that their methodology is really screwed up. But then again, this is just who identifies their gender on PSN... there is the chance that the PS3 is just that heavily tilted towards men in terms of marketing and sales. I know some like to dismiss the idea of marketing towards women (strangely, they're usually the anti-Nintendo fanboys...), but it is kind of odd that Sony is effectively ignoring half the population.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 2:52PM listentothis said
There are so few females represented in the graph because we're smart enough to know not to buy the PS3 for at least a couple years.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2008 11:30AM (Unverified) said
Wow only 4% women huh? I knew there weren't that many woman who were gamers, i guess it just sruprises me because I'm a woman who loves video games, and my apartment along with the majority of my friends are female gamers as well..maybe it's only 4% because femals are perhaps more secrative about their gaming???
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 10:54AM (Unverified) said
who cares. Some of the "males" are probley females. The "female" section's probley all guys and the uderfined is the girls. Makes sence
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 11:07AM (Unverified) said
i think its pretty accurate cause mose girl gamers realize that for the price of a ps3, you can get a 360 AND a Wii....
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 12:31PM (Unverified) said
I would be in the 4%...
"Real Women Carry Epics" (a t-shirt of mine)
need I say more? lmao
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"Real Women Carry Epics" (a t-shirt of mine)
need I say more? lmao
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