Girls also love survival Horror games btw

i know a girl who is not a gamer at all , who saw me talk about Heavy Rain when it was released and she played the game and finished it even before me, she then talked to me about it and what was her ending was and i was like "woahh!! no spoilers i haven't finished it yet" , lots of gamers have the wrong impresion that girls are too dumb to understand gaming.

I'm not sure too many women are into the whole violent video games thing, Cliffy B.. Somehow I doubt the dude that made Gears of War knows much about the female demographic.

Yeah, and I kinda get what he's saying. But just because it's a game about crime and suspence doesn't mean women will be into it. The subject matter is only a small picture of the overall appeal to games.

It just seems like the kind of game that requires a lot of detication and patience and is very much a cinema heavy game. I'm certainly not saying women don't have the patience, just that I doubt too many would spend that kind of time and attention on a video game, especially a violent one.

He definitely has a point in that there is an untapped audience here for games like Heavy Rain, although I don't know how accurate it is to say that it's a female group.

Also, fun fact: I gave my mom Heavy Rain for her birthday because I thought it would her kind of game (she is exactly the kind of person we're discussing as potential costumer here), but I don't think she has played much of it. My little brother played the crap out of it though.

Not only to girls, I'd say, but to older people too. It could definitely change the concept of what is gaming for some biased dudes out there.

Ugh.  I had read the subject header as:

Cliffy B: "Gears of War perfect for females"

and then had a flashback to the Borderlands promo spot where some young women ask if Borderlands would be good as a party game.

I have two female friends who played and liked the game a lot (and neither of them has their own PS3). That was before Move too.

There might be quite some truth to it, and if my parents had a PS3 I would probably get my mum the game, she watches a lot of crime programmes, reads the sort of books etc. It's not like women can't take any sort of violence. Though I have no idea how much violence the game has really, only played the demo.

My girlfriend / Sister watched me play the game from start to finish and loved the title.  They wanted to buy the DLC for more storyline.  They were nervous about playing at first because of typical games being too hard to control (This was Pre-Move).  After my first play through my girlfriend played through on her own. 

I do believe he has a point .  I believe women are generally more into dramatic / storyline driven anything moreso than Men.  The key for Sony though is removing the 'confusing' or'difficult' or 'Im not a gamer though' notion to break down that barrier that many Women might have. Once this is done they sky is the limit for sales on a title like this.  The Wii maybe has really opened some avenues with the female crowd and by extension Move may too.

This game is perfectly geared for Women or anyone who likes a dramatic, intense story.

Game is definitely for those who enjoy story as well as mystery. I really liked this game.

All the women I know hate true crimes and further more queso dip, there for he is incorrect in his analysis. Heavy Rain was bought, played, and enjoyed by all who wanted something exciting and different from the typical genres. Gender has nothing to do with this.