Aree, though I’ve seen studies that videogames are closer to 50:50 now than ever. Mostly mobile gaming balancing it out, with more casual availability.
Also I imagine stuff like Sims always had more girls getting into it than boys
The one opinion I still firmly hold from my Gamergate phase is that we really need to come up with a term to seperate casual gaming on a cellphone and gaming on damned near everything else. Mostly because it feels like data manipulation to lump mobile gaming with everything else since the overlap between someone who builds a PC and plays say Stellaris, Tyranny, and Ready or not is entirely different from my grandmother playing solitaire on her phone.
That kind of categorization just seems to lead to a kind of elitism. (Victoria 2 players are of course the most elite gamers)
I think it’s time to recognize that “video game” is a medium. Being a “gamer” is the same as being a “reader” or “someone who likes watching movies.” Specifying genre is what might make things more clear.
Like I’m a “gamer” that plays mostly obscure indie art games, isometric CRPGs, Bethesda RPGs, and will try an FPS/adventure game if the story looks compelling enough. I’m not the same kind of “gamer” as someone who plays the Ubisoft releases, or sports games, or hero shooters.
Like ultimately all of this is shit we do for fun - why do we need to categorize and judge people?
Aree, though I’ve seen studies that videogames are closer to 50:50 now than ever. Mostly mobile gaming balancing it out, with more casual availability.
Also I imagine stuff like Sims always had more girls getting into it than boys
The one opinion I still firmly hold from my Gamergate phase is that we really need to come up with a term to seperate casual gaming on a cellphone and gaming on damned near everything else. Mostly because it feels like data manipulation to lump mobile gaming with everything else since the overlap between someone who builds a PC and plays say Stellaris, Tyranny, and Ready or not is entirely different from my grandmother playing solitaire on her phone.
That kind of categorization just seems to lead to a kind of elitism. (Victoria 2 players are of course the most elite gamers)
I think it’s time to recognize that “video game” is a medium. Being a “gamer” is the same as being a “reader” or “someone who likes watching movies.” Specifying genre is what might make things more clear.
Like I’m a “gamer” that plays mostly obscure indie art games, isometric CRPGs, Bethesda RPGs, and will try an FPS/adventure game if the story looks compelling enough. I’m not the same kind of “gamer” as someone who plays the Ubisoft releases, or sports games, or hero shooters.
Like ultimately all of this is shit we do for fun - why do we need to categorize and judge people?