Nielsen study: 52% of PSP owners... female.

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ChichiriMuyo said:
Why exactly can't girls like the same games as guys? I keep seeing people say the top games don't indicate many females own it, but it just sounds like sexist bs. My roommate's girlfriend plays more FPS games than anyone else I know. She loves them. They supposedly aren't "girl games" though. Should I tell her she needs go play some Hannah Montana? Should I tell her that even though we got GTA4 for her during the recent Steam sale that she's not allowed to enjoy it because she has a vagina?

Seriously, the top selling games don't indicate much of anything, especially since the PSP is a multimedia device. The fact that the attach rate is so low actually makes a hell of a lot more sense now that Nielsen has put this data out.

Companys do market research on who buys their games. We see the results in how games are marketed. Occassionally the companies talk about games that are surprise hits with the female market because it's traditionally more difficult (like World of Warcraft, Fire Emblem DS). If there were FPS's popular with girls we'd know about it by now.

 

On an anecdotal level, I know lots of female gamers, only two of whom play first person shooters (or at least, admit to it).