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More Girls Get Into Gaming

Half of Wii users and majority of PC puzzle gamers are female

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2008 7:53 PM CDT
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(Newser) – After years of male dominance, the video game industry is seeing a growing number of girls pick up the controllers, SiliconValley.com reports. More than half of "casual" PC card and puzzle-type game users are female, but girl-play goes further: More than half of Nintendo Wii players are now women, and 48% of US women either have a Wii system or have asked for one, the company says.

"What we're really seeing is more and more games tailored for that market," one analyst said. "In maybe 20 years, no one will say games are only for boys, or they're not for girls." Another expert says that fewer games ask players to "blow things up" and more emphasize collaboration, a shift specifically designed to appeal to women.

Seventh-graders at the all-girls Tokyo Joshi Gakuen, shows the screen of Nintendo DS game console to a teacher during an English class in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Seventh-graders at the all-girls Tokyo Joshi Gakuen, shows the screen of Nintendo DS game console to a teacher during an English class in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
Thanks to Wii and more collaborative video games, more women are picking up the console.
Thanks to Wii and more collaborative video games, more women are picking up the console.   (Shutterstock)
A woman waits to present an award during the Video Game Awards at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 in Las Vegas. .
A woman waits to present an award during the Video Game Awards at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 in Las Vegas. .   (AP Photo)
A model shows Nintendo Co.'s new game Wii Fit, a game planned for December, which allows players to weigh themselves, check their balance and play fitness games.
A model shows Nintendo Co.'s new game "Wii Fit," a game planned for December, which allows players to weigh themselves, check their balance and play fitness games.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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