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hehehe, guess what the biggest demographic in gaming is?
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Chemical Byrne wrote: »No offence dude but if your missus isn't into games then you shouldn't be trying to coax her into it if you care about her. There are healthier pursuits out there. Personally, I'd consider spending €5k on a rig and spending 4-5 hours a day plonked in front of it to be a very expensive, unhealthy and ultimately unproductive habit to have.
Haha - you make it sound like I want to get her hooked on crack!
Point taken though.
I'm far from a hardcore gamer. I like to spend a few hours during the week to clear my head. I don't watch tv so gaming is my way of unwinding. Fantastic for stress relief, and very healthy too! :pac:0 -
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Chemical Byrne wrote: »I think it's misleading in a big way. The term "gamer" would generally be interpreted as a hard core enthusiast who spends hours on end and large amounts of money on gaming. To lump people who play 5 mins of candycrush while waiting in traffic into the gamer category is not accurate.
Couldn't agree more - the point of "people who make time for gaming" as opposed to "people who play games to kill time" is the key here.
I can't even really define myself as a gamer anymore, as I don't nearly play as much as I used to and it's also very rare for me to find a game, nowadays, that I actually look forward to have a play session with.
According to this encompassing definition, my 58-years old mother is a gamer, because she does play 1-2 hours a day of some flash based puzzle game or the other, while waiting for the washing machine to finish cycle or the likes. Even if she has no idea what a GeForce is, is familiar with the "Playstation" and "Xbox" names just because she saw a few of them lying around the place...and thinks "Capcom", "Eidos" or "Bethesda" are football teams or car makes
Chemical Byrne wrote: »I know no women who participate in what would be considered gaming culture.
Maybe I'm in the wrong demographic being 35; I do know one or maybe two who would be properly into gaming: playing games for the sake of playing them and not to alleviate the boredom of a bus trip, knowledgeable about the industry/landscape/upcoming launches and so on.
All the others, no interest; However, and here things get strange, many if not most are actually open to the idea: give them a controller, and they'll get into the game - even becoming fiercely competitive. In my experience, fighting games seem to be a "girl favourite" most people don't think about - Tekken, DOA but even a classic Street Fighter 2 or KOF. Nothwithstanding that, when the session is over they completely forget about it - they're not going to get the game themselves (even if say, it's a PC game and it wouldn't require any hardware purchase), not pursue it as an hobby nor give it any further consideration, even 'though it was clearly something they enjoyed a lot.
In comparison, most of the guys I know that aren't gamers, wouldn't touch a game with a 10-meters pole and class it as "waste of time".Chemical Byrne wrote: »No offence dude but if your missus isn't into games then you shouldn't be trying to coax her into it if you care about her. There are healthier pursuits out there. Personally, I'd consider spending €5k on a rig and spending 4-5 hours a day plonked in front of it to be a very expensive, unhealthy and ultimately unproductive habit to have.
Recreational activities do not have to be productive - you have plenty of time at work to be so:D.
Now, certainly there are hobbies that give the pursuers skills and / or various benefits - from model making to cycling or wood working or photography, but even games have their perks - reflexes, attention, abstraction, logic are all stimulated by most of them (maybe not Farmville, but still...).
Of course it'd be better to be heavily into exercise, cross-country running, gourmet cooking or growing crops - but in the end most non-gamer people still spend the vast majority of their time plonked in front of the same screen, far more than 4-5 hours a day, nosing around Facebook profiles or absorbing one crappy TV series after the other 0 -
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How is the platform of choice that someone's using a factor Kirby? Are you going to attempt to tell me that someone who plays dozens of games on their phone or tablet is somehow "less" of a gamer than the "Dave's" who only buy Cod and FIFA every year (and literally nothing else)?
Similarly, are you going to tell me that someone who's been playing board games for 30 years and has a collection of hundreds is less of a gamer than someone who's first console was an XBone? 0 -
Jebus, did any of ye actually read the thing? It specifically says they're NOT talking about Facebook Candy Crush shte.
Read the article? are you mad? we like to get straight to the rowing and our own moral high grounds, cant be having any of this fact checking lark getting in the way. 0 -
How is the platform of choice that someone's using a factor Kirby? Are you going to attempt to tell me that someone who plays dozens of games on their phone or tablet is somehow "less" of a gamer than the "Dave's" who only buy Cod and FIFA every year (and literally nothing else)?
Similarly, are you going to tell me that someone who's been playing board games for 30 years and has a collection of hundreds is less of a gamer than someone who's first console was an XBone?
With his 30 years and hundreds of board games, he is likely the target demographic for a new board game over the person who has played monopoly once when he was 12. Is that not obvious? Would an article claiming they were the same not seem ridiculous? Of course it would.
"Oh that Dave is a gamer. The article told me so. I'll give him the new board game from the shop. Sure arent they the same thing?" They couldnt be more different and to lump them into the same tag as "gamer" is completely ridiculous.
Articles like that are pushing a point of view and thats fine but trying to manipulate figures to do it is very transparent. People see it.0 -
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http://www.dailydot.com/geek/adult-women-largest-gaming-demographic/
It's women over 18 - 37% of total market share
News like this fills me with joy and the "ethics" crowd with dread because obviously this will mean that everything is going to get changed (cause obviously the 37% of ladies who play didn't enjoy any of the games that are already out :rolleyes:).
The "ethics crowd" never had an issue with girls playing games despite what the media tries to tell you. They always knew girls play games, because they are the ones playing games with girls every day.
They had an issue with the false notion being put forward that gaming was the universal domain of smelly little boys and had to "die". They knew the facts and real life experiences of the gamers they interact with everyday didn't back up this false portrayal of a very open and inclusive industry.
Women have been a huge part of the industry for a long time now both playing and making games. Articles like this only highlight the incredible lack of quality writing about women in the industry that something everyone has been aware of for a decade is considered "news".0 -
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