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Women Continue To Represent More Of The Gaming Audience, Especially On Switch (www.gamespot.com)

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[-] phario@lemmy.ca 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Women also make up 50% of PC video game players and 54 percent of mobile game players.

I find a lot of these figures really hard to believe, to be honest.

Looking at the link, there is little I can find about their methodology.

[-] Helldiver_M@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It looks like the data comes from Statista. After a quick google, they look to be credible. Though, they require a business solutions license to see the source, which is a cool $490.

In other words, looks legit imho.

[-] Andy 29 points 1 year ago

I understand being skeptical, but there's no reason it should be hard to believe...

[-] Greenskye@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Sims is pretty popular and the main version everyone plays is PC only, but can be run on laptops and other low end PCs. There are a lot of 'I only play Sims' people out there. Could account for some of the numbers

[-] nachom97@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

50% of video game players makes sense to me, depending on what you count as a video game player. If, say, it was anyone who’s played any video game in the last year, I believe be about right. Sims, among us, the dinosaur game in chrome, wordle, etc. it adds up

Men probably dedicate more time to gaming and make it a bigger part of our lives, hence why it would seem more common.