Phone gaming: Female Dominated Industry (1 Viewer)

[Frybread]

Wuwu you aren't so special!

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/feature...,0,5503225.story?coll=sfla-features-headlines

The popularity of video games is reaching new heights, carried aloft not just by boys with too much time on their hands but by cell phone-toting women with just enough time for a quick play.

Women age 25 and older bought most of the games sold for mobile phones last year, according to market researcher Telephia.

And females spend two hours more a week playing games now than they did a year ago, says the Entertainment Software Association, which represents companies that make video games. Women over age 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (30 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (23 percent), says the ESA.

Maybe the n-gage should have been targeted towards females. Also, the pink ds-lite is best selling color on amazon.

 

[Gouka]

Also, the pink ds-lite is best selling color on amazon.

That's because all the cool guys buy the pink one...

 

[(Un)conscious]

Ashley Jenkins, a hardcore gamer who also likes casual play.

that sounds like those "your parents are jealous of your mc gear" sentences

 

[Deafdumbandblind]

Women over age 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (30 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (23 percent), says the ESA.

How do they know? I hope they're not just counting the number of female alts.

 

[dermien]

Should have been? Nokia is giving the N-Gage another go soon.

 

[Ged]

Should have been? Nokia is giving the N-Gage another go soon.

Really? One more thing to spend my money on

 

[mven]

No way you gotta be gay trendy and get an iphone.