| Scisca said: The statement is pure BS. Women as a group are not the new core or any type of core. I think that forums like this one show very well what the core looks like. Are there girls among us? Sure! But are the proportions between males and females roughly balanced? I think I don't need to answer that, and it's exactly the same when it comes to the core. The core is not purely male or closed to women in any aspect. It's just that most women aren't interested in core gaming. What he really meant was probably that women as a group (so those of them who aren't traditional core) have joined the general gamer hoard and are currently a big demographic of well... milking cows (brutal, but true). They pay money for games, but in no way are they a real core. Still, calling them "the new core" is better from the marketing point of view than "milking cows". Women will never be the driving force behind the sales of consoles. It won't be these "new core" women standing in lines to buy PS4/X720 on the first day this Christmas. It will be the real core comprising men and women in a ratio similar to the ratio in this forum. The women they are talking about spend money, more and more of it, but that doesn't mean they are core. I somehow can't imagine random women at a hairstylist or at a manicure place this autumn gossiping about PS4 or X720. I work with 2 guys and 8 women (we're all under 30) and I can always talk about games with the guys, but girls don't like this topic. A few of them have only played "some kind of a dancing game on X-box" when they were on a house party. Do such games generate income? Sure - the money is the same as that coming from any other core game. Does that make them core? Nope. I have no doubt that this statement is a sign of a big Kinect 2.0 push, which surely is inevitable. They want to get all the casual gaming women to play on the next X-box and not Wii U or PS4. And I think they have a good chance at succeeding. Women used to be the extra cheese in our gaming burger, but are now turning into the extra bacon, to say it in American ;) An awesome part, but still not the burger itself :P If I'm wrong and they actually plan to change the games and turn them into more politically correct and watered down crap, then it's yet another reason for me not to buy the next X-box. Halo with Mistress Chieftess? Flirting with Cortan? Damn... The more I hear about the next X-box, the more I think it's a console that's made with everyone in mind, except for the true gamers. Wonder if all this will turn out true once they reveal the console.
Ever heard of Bayonetta? One of the most critically acclaimed games this gen? How well did it sell? It wasn't a launch title, it was multiplat, it was AAA and it was awesome... So what went wrong? And why do so many people think it was because the lead character was a woman? And this game was 100% designed aroung the fact that the lead character is a woman, she's not interchangable with a dude character, so you can get the answer to your question there. If you really care about having an even ratio of characters, go out right now and buy Bayo. Or maybe even better - get a Wii U and buy Bayo 2. You'd do 3 good things in one move - buy a Wii U, buy a core 3rd party game, buy a game with a female lead. Also buy a Vita while you're at doing good things ;) You can guy Gravity Rush and Assassin's Creed III: Liberation to support female characters there as well :P
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Exactly what do you consider a core gamer because most people have a different opinion. In my opinion, a core gamer to a business is someone who regularly plays and purchase vidoe games. Its not the type of games they play but their willingness to invest their time to playing games. Games are an investment to business and to consumers. If a group grows larger like women, they they would be a new core group of gamers.
Have I heard of Bayonetta, I still play it today. One of my favorite action beat-em up games and probably still the barometer for those types of games today. With that said you make my point without even knowing it. So is the question that good games do not sell on current cosoles because the majority are white males or is it that the genra that the game is made does not have enough diversity to warrant a lead character that is female. Anyway there are a lot of reason that Bayo did not sell that great but placing it on the character will be hard. Most games in that genra barely sell over a million and the Only one I could find based on my limited search is God of War.
Anyway, I have a Vita and played both Gravity Rush and Assasin Creed so I am doing my part :) On another note, I do not care if the character is male or female but then again, in RPGs I do not make female character because I do not see myself female.
