It's funny, when me and my sister were kids she was the one who insisted in getting a console, i had no interest at the time. now i'm the only one who still plays. the only other girls i might know who play games are WoW gamers who got into it because of their boyfriends, so i guess a lot of girls will start playing because of their boyfriends if they didnt start as kids like i did.
Edit: that means some of you guys just arent very convincing.