Why are there more male gamers than female gamers?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-11-24 05:51pm

What is the difference between the male and female psychologies that seems to produce more male gamers than female gamers?

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-11-24 05:55pm

More testosterone would be my main guess as to why there are more action-oriented male gamers. FPSs and the like are good relievers of stress.

On another note, you'd be surprised as to the numbers of female gamers in less action-oriented games, like MMORPGs.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-11-24 06:07pm

JediNeophyte wrote:On another note, you'd be surprised as to the numbers of female gamers in less action-oriented games, like MMORPGs.

Or the number of females who could be males pretending to be females. This has come up at least once in every online game I've ever played.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-11-24 06:10pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:
JediNeophyte wrote:On another note, you'd be surprised as to the numbers of female gamers in less action-oriented games, like MMORPGs.
Or the number of females who could be males pretending to be females. This has come up at least once in every online game I've ever played.

Well, there's that of course, but after awhile you can generally tell, particularly if they're active on forums for the game.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-11-24 06:41pm

I'm sorry if I sound stereotypical here, but men are less sociable than women, as a whole, and gaming is a way for guys to be sociable without really being sociable.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-11-24 06:46pm

JediNeophyte wrote:
Embracer Of Darkness wrote:
JediNeophyte wrote:On another note, you'd be surprised as to the numbers of female gamers in less action-oriented games, like MMORPGs.
Or the number of females who could be males pretending to be females. This has come up at least once in every online game I've ever played.
Well, there's that of course, but after awhile you can generally tell, particularly if they're active on forums for the game.

At the risk of me-too'ing... You are totally right.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-11-24 06:56pm

More games are designed for males, hence more male players.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-11-24 07:02pm

Perhaps women are smarter and don't waste time on games.

I used to be a rabbid gamer and lost 2 jobs and one relationship because of that. Same story for one of my friends.

I have never met a woman that lost a job for a game.

And before you ask the game was medievia, it is a MUD wery active and addactive.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-11-24 07:59pm

I sometimes prefer games to real life. Life is boring, and graphics intensive.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-11-24 08:45pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I'm sorry if I sound stereotypical here, but men are less sociable than women, as a whole, and gaming is a way for guys to be sociable without really being sociable.

On what do you base that? While, as a whole, men are less likely to seek help for their problems, that doesn't mean that they're less sociable than women.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-11-24 09:29pm

Men are more competitive. One reason why.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-11-24 10:02pm

Let's also be careful to differentiate between console gamers and PC gamers. Consoles are geared more toward a real social setting, despite the fact that split-screen sucks balls for multi-player from a playability standpoint. From a social standpoint though, it fosters interaction much more readily. Everyone's in the same room and can talk trash face-to-face, in real-time.

A PC gamer, on the other hand, is more likely to be an anti-social geek because he gets his social fix online. Either way, the two are totally different animals. The guy who plays games on his PS2 probably wouldn't have a clue as to how to install CounterStrike on a PC.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-11-24 10:08pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Or the number of females who could be males pretending to be females. This has come up at least once in every online game I've ever played.

Of course, I've also heard that there are females who pretend to be males.

Perhaps women are smarter and don't waste time on games.

God forbid we have hobbies that don't involve being around other people!

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-11-25 12:01am

Uraniun235 wrote:
Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Or the number of females who could be males pretending to be females. This has come up at least once in every online game I've ever played.
Of course, I've also heard that there are females who pretend to be males.

Whoa, seriously?

Why would they do that?

Uraniun235 wrote:
Perhaps women are smarter and don't waste time on games.
God forbid we have hobbies that don't involve being around other people!

I wasn't going to address this point, but LOL! Fuckin' A!

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-11-25 01:04am

At least Asia Carrera likes to play Unreal Tournament...

Tragic · Post by **Tragic** » 2003-11-25 01:36am

Whoa, seriously? Why would they do that?

I asked that same question one day to a female gamer. She told me because imagine being in a game with over 5000 geeks,nerds or whatever you call them, that doesn't have agirlfriend or been with a girl for a matter of fact. They would hit on her all the time etc. So some females make act like a guy to stop that from happening.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-11-25 01:40am

Tragic wrote:I asked that same question one day to a female gamer. She told me because imagine being in a game with over 5000 geeks,nerds or whatever you call them, that doesn't have agirlfriend or been with a girl for a matter of fact. They would hit on her all the time etc. So some females make act like a guy to stop that from happening.

That's true.

Remember back then before the mods put a stop to it, regarding Zaia and the others?

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-11-25 03:20am

Guys like the action games a lot more than girls, and the gaming industry is really tuned into that.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-11-25 04:16am

Guys like the action games a lot more than girls, and the gaming industry is really tuned into that.

Speaking of boobies and video games, nice Ivy av.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-11-25 01:28pm

Kuja wrote:Guys like the action games a lot more than girls, and the gaming industry is really tuned into that.

Not to mention guys are just more agressive and violent than the vast majority of women. It's the same reason that guys still consitute the majority of the military. We're wired to be more agressive.

Of course there are exception. Half the DoD League regulars here at college are girl and a lot of them are better at it.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-11-25 09:49pm

Obviously the men of this forum have never heard of "Neopets" my GF is a serious addict, same goes for most of the women in this park....

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-11-26 11:59am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Obviously the men of this forum have never heard of "Neopets" my GF is a serious addict, same goes for most of the women in this park....

But... but... Neopets are cute and cuddly!!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-11-26 11:53pm

Like I said, women and neopets are a good computer gaming match.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-11-27 12:12am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Obviously the men of this forum have never heard of "Neopets" my GF is a serious addict, same goes for most of the women in this park....

Whaddya mean, never heard of Neopets? My GF's on it constantly... And so is one of my male friends, oddly enough...

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-11-27 12:53am

Durandal wrote:Let's also be careful to differentiate between console gamers and PC gamers. Consoles are geared more toward a real social setting, despite the fact that split-screen sucks balls for multi-player from a playability standpoint. From a social standpoint though, it fosters interaction much more readily. Everyone's in the same room and can talk trash face-to-face, in real-time.

This is very true. It's like, now, if some guys that know each other either from real life or from the net that play together, games like cs and quake are still loads of fun, but they're still absolutely nothing compared to wapping goldeneye in an N64 and fighting your friends on a dingy little monitor. Then there's always fighting games like DOA2, which just aren't made for the online world or pc gaming at all.