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Data Shows Most Switch Owners Are Women, Gamers React Poorly (kotaku.com)

submitted 2 years ago by nulluser@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The new data also reveals that 45% of Xbox owners and 41% of PS5 owners are female, too

This really shouldn’t be news and it certainly shouldn’t be surprising to anyone, but yes, new data from Circana shows that—as we told you in 2017—women play video games. In fact, more than half of all Switch owners are women. And a very vocal bunch of idiots are reacting about as well as you’d expect to this “revelation.”

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[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Of course gamer bros are salty about this!

[–] JordanfireStar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been trying to find the original study from Circana but all I can find are mentions of it, does anyone have the link to it?

[–] HauntedOwlbear@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Looks like these are choice stats from Cricana's forthcoming Market Dynamics In Gaming 2023 report which, annoyingly, doesn't yet appear to have actually been published yet. I suppose it'll be announced at https://www.circana.com/press-releases/ when it actually comes out.

[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

dafuq?

[–] InsertCocktails@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I'm just waiting for the YouTube react series. Gamers go apoplectic over statistics.

[–] YuzuDrink@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Among my personal friends, probably the same ratio of men and women are into Souls games. So like… yeah, women play games. And not just “lady-friendly” fare. As a non-woman, I freaking love Animal Crossing; meanwhile my wife has beaten most of the Souls games and I’ve given up on all of them. Anecdotal, but like… gamers like gaming, and I feel like these days trying to say anything about game preference and gender is just not really helpful.

[–] ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I remember seeing this article https://www.pcgamer.com/former-sims-lead-says-men-would-lie-about-how-they-played-during-focus-groups-actually-what-you-did-is-you-redecorated-that-bathroom/ and thinking it was funny how both men and women lie/hide stuff about gaming because of gender norms

[–] HisNoodlyServant@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Woman like Pokemon as much as dudes. Also Nintendo's awful online experience is a plus for woman that don't want to be exposed to weird online dudes.

[–] farizer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

If candy crush counts, my mom is more of a gamer than me

[–] Sabakodgo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I would not trust Kotaku.

[–] Stellario@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Two Words: Animal Crossing

[–] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Not just that but the Switch has a lot of lovely indie games that are popular among women (Gris, Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, Spiritfarer, Cult of the Lamb). Also Hades, but everyone likes Hades.

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