Comments on: Why Women Don’t Play Games

By: Penny Sautereau-Fife

Penny Sautereau-Fife — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:40:09 +0000

I’m a girl gamer for over 20 years, and I don’t know a single girlfriend I have who isn’t. This video is complete and utter fail.

By: zeegerman

zeegerman — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:21:39 +0000

You don’t just see hot girls in games, you see attractive males. A good example is maester seymour in ffX, who has a vampire-like demeanor that chicks dig. I believe the competitive nature of video games is what drives girls away. Just look at the games they do play: They involve taking care of pets and dressing up characters in fashionable clothes. I remember the one final fantasy that was all about clothes seemed to be popular with the girls. Even some of those games had big-titted women in them, but you didn’t see them complaining. Girls and boys are driven to like different things, either because of hormones or because of conditioning or whatever. You have a point, though: As a straight male gamer, I would be averse to playing a game that has a muscular oiled up dude making eyes at me and sticking his bulging crotch out.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:39:58 +0000

Oh, and also so many guys make fun of me for playing the Nancy Drew games, but they are great puzzle games similar to the Myst style gameplay and it is definitely fun and works your mind. It’s a good break from simple fighting games (which I like too though). I think that guys just don’t give Nancy Drew a chance b/c they think the game is going to be really girly b/c the main character is a female and they stereotype Nancy Drew into a girly girl. If the games were made with a male instead, I bet guys would like it more too.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:37:51 +0000

I have to say that the most memorable female role model character in a game was actually Commander Shepard (the female version) from Mass Effect 1-2. It was really empowering playing a female who kicks ass and has her own ship and everyone treats her with respect because of her accomplishments. The experience isn’t exactly the same as playing the male Shepard as you do get stereotyped by some of the NPC’s and such, but it was great to play as that strong feminine character. If Bioware had actually included trailers with the female Shepard and tried marketing Mass Effect towards more than just the guys who like the grizzled war vet, then they could have seen a huge boost in sales from the female audience. It has character customization (you can be male/female, white, black, spanish, asian, etc…) and an awesome storyline.

By: leabhar

leabhar — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:48:28 +0000

Like Supergirlfan27, I play the Nancy Drew games.

Heroic games where characters fight against an enemy and win will bring in largely male audiences, just as movies of the same sort do.

I and my friends watch so-called chick flicks, filled with romance and drama; but we also watch mysteries, comedies, sci-fi, and some heroic stuff that don’t involve too much gore, violence, guns, or profanity. I know of some girls who like horror.

I’m not saying games should copy movies, but I would like to see some rethinking on the genre of games.

By: lololohman

lololohman — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:10:21 +0000

Why don’t more women play videogames?

Who cares.

Let them do what they want. The industry knows who spends the money, and over its lifetime has probably tried everything to maximize profits, including trying to get into female wallets as well.

It didn’t work out well enough to devote time and money to marketing for women, for whatever reasons. They moved on. Why don’t you?

Let the pro’s handle this little boy. They know how this industry works better than you ever will.

By: Supergirlfan27

Supergirlfan27 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:16:34 +0000

I love playing video games! Prolly because I spend more time with my dad who loves video games. But seriously I’ve been playing video games since the Super Nintendo and I love watching my dad play his games. Unless it’s Call of Duty, which I don’t mind watching…it’s just that all the shooting and stuff gets a little too much.

Anyways….I spend most of my time on the computer using photoshop or doing something techie and smart (lol), but when I can I’ll go play Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy, or even James Bond with my brother. I definitely feel like I can’t play video games at all, when my brother says that I can’t play, plus he gets way too competitive.

But when I don’t beat the game at the same time my brother does, it’s like…you suck at video games. My response….No I don’t think I do. I just like to get all of the extra stuff lying around. I’ve had every gameboy that came out and I’ve played tons of games, I know what I’m doing.

Spyro was the best game ever…I have all of them. I also have all the Kingdom Hearts games that have been released in the States. I’m working on the Final Fantasy series and I have the first one on the Wii. I also like the Meet the Robinson game and other games that involve more that shooting someone. I like how you have to figure out the story line or solve a mystery like on all of my Nancy Drew games. I might even play Batman: Arkham Asylum since my dad is finished with that game.

By: Yeahyeah

Yeahyeah — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:55:17 +0000

This guy is kinda gay. It’s about money not “men vs women”

Men like images of hot women.

men aren’t spending money on clothes and makeup

figure it out

By: Mumu

Mumu — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:24:41 +0000

@Jorn: I didn’t mean only guys with their GFs, I do that to my friends too^^
@Red01angel: It’s sad to hear about your experiences. I fortunately have never encountered this, but I dont have a Xbox, therefore I am not exposed the horrors of Xbox live. I own a PS3, meh. They ask to see your boobs ‘cos they need real boobs to fap to^^. My multiplayer interaction come in form of MMORPGs, I have had the fortune of meeting really nice and well mannered guys. Although they always seem to do a triple take when I reveal that I am female.
@Chris: I’m happy that there are other women in the world not so full is self esteem issues that can handle pixel beauties. I remember when the whole over-sexualisation of females in games palaver was coming to light and I was like ‘…what on earth are they on about?’ Maybe I’m just a thick nigerian^^

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