Video games have been in popular culture for decades. For more than thirty years this industry has blossomed, huge amounts of money have been poured into it, it produces many products, and it involves many producers and consumers. But at the same time, this area of entertainment is still mostly a male hobby. There are very few girls among the players and developers. Even judging by the public, which actively writes comments in Stopgame, it is represented mainly by the male gender. There are extremely few girls.
There is even a separate article on Wikipedia devoted to female gamemongering. It turns out that sociologists are very interested in this topic, they even do research on the subject. The conclusions of these studies are as follows:
“Despite the fact that, according to 2015 statistics, 48% of U.S. women play computer games, only 6% of them count themselves as gamers, while among men this proportion is 15%. Among 18- to 29-year-olds, the percentage is higher, at 9% for women and 33% for men. Half of U.S. female gamers consider themselves hardcore gamers. According to EEDAR research about 60% of women gamers prefer to play mobile games and 63% of these women play multiplayer online games.
That is, women are in gaming and if research is to be believed, there are a lot of them out there. But, for some reason, we don’t see them much among the players, in chat rooms, forums and communities. Where are they? Perhaps men and women play different games? What kind of games do they play, then? If you believe the researchers, life simulation games, such as SIMS, are of particular interest to girls. Aren’t there any common genres that have equal numbers of male and female players? Why is it that the industry is full of women, but we don’t see them? Have you thought about that? What are your thoughts on this?
