A new study released by the Entertainment Software Association has revealed that adult women now occupy the largest demographic in the gaming industry. Women over 18 made up a whopping 36 percent of the gaming population, followed by adult men at 35 percent.
Teenage boys, who are often stereotyped as the biggest gamers, now lag far behind their older female counterparts, making up just 17 percent of the gaming demographic. (x)
I still get hate for this. Keep sharing it!
This includes mobile “gaming” like Candy Crush which messes up the whole metrication you dumbass. Use your common fucking sense, Karen the soccer mom isn’t playing Overwatch.
Blah blah blah
“Women aren’t true gamers! They play Candy Crush!”
“Women aren’t true artisans! They are crafters!”
“Women aren’t true artists! They have hobbies!”
“Women aren’t true chefs! They are cooks!”
I am so tired of this bullshit.
Video games are video games are video games.
“Though this stereotype has long persisted, and even been used as a hiring tactic, the new data suggests there’s little if any truth to it—especially not when you consider that the average adult woman has been gaming for 13 years.
Sorry, male gamers of Reddit and 4Chan, but Angry Birds only came out five years ago. Unless you want to try to argue that women have just been playing Bejeweled for the last 13 years, the math just doesn’t add up.
And while the total audience for mobile social games is now bigger than ever, the audience for computer and video games is now an even 50-50 split between male and female genders.”
tfw you’re telling people to use their common sense but your own common sense somehow did not persuade you to read the article linked above or the study provided
