More women play video games than you might think.
  • phario@lemmy.caEnglish
    73·
    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·
      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.

    • AndyEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

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

    • Greenskye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      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.worldEnglish
      12·
      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.