Stats on console and portable gaming device ownsership

[WeepingAngels]

Gamer to me means playing games.

then you are wrong.

Yeah, Rebel_Raven, what are you thinking?
Gamers don't play games. Jeez...

Ah, these discussions. So predictable. So silly.

Gamers are game enthusiasts. Simply playing a game does not make you a game enthusiasts like simply watching a movie does not turn you into a movie buff or driving a car does not turn you into a petrolhead.

Yes, pretty predictable here, since, you know, the position hasnt changed despite outside influence trying to pervert the concept.

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

 

[Strazdas]

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

Number of games does not matter. the mindset of the person does.

 

[Bad Jim]

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

Number of games does not matter. the mindset of the person does.

Usually the question of whether girls play games is asked alongside the question of why there aren't more female focused games. In this case, the money they spend on games is a lot more important than the amount of time they spend playing, whether they are any good at them, or what genres they prefer. The real question isn't "are they real gamers?" but "are they real customers?"

 

[Strazdas]

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

Number of games does not matter. the mindset of the person does.

Usually the question of whether girls play games is asked alongside the question of why there aren't more female focused games. In this case, the money they spend on games is a lot more important than the amount of time they spend playing, whether they are any good at them, or what genres they prefer. The real question isn't "are they real gamers?" but "are they real customers?"

Yes, which is why this survey is not a measure of number of gamers, but rather a number of people whose household has a console in it.

What do you consider a "femnale focused game"? Somehow i dont think its what is stereo-typically seen as such.

 

[Bad Jim]

What do you consider a "female focused game"? Somehow i don't think it's what is stereo-typically seen as such.

Anything that a large corporation that collects terabytes of marketing data can make with the expectation that the female audience will turn them a profit, without relying on the male audience. Sometimes it's obvious, like Twilight, sometimes it isn't.

 

[1981]

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Games shouldn't change to accommodate anyone, they should simply aim higher. Gaming wouldn't be an art form if games only depicted certain subjects in a certain way. Just like photography wouldn't be an art form if all photos were of buildings.

 

[Strazdas]

What do you consider a "female focused game"? Somehow i don't think it's what is stereo-typically seen as such.

Anything that a large corporation that collects terabytes of marketing data can make with the expectation that the female audience will turn them a profit, without relying on the male audience. Sometimes it's obvious, like Twilight, sometimes it isn't.

so female focused game is anything that sells to females?

 

[Bad Jim]

so female focused game is anything that sells to females?

Why not?

 

[WeepingAngels]

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

Number of games does not matter. the mindset of the person does.

Ok, so if a person has played only one game (or no games), what mindset would make them a gamer?

 

[Strazdas]

so female focused game is anything that sells to females?

Why not?

I didnt said it shouldnt be, just wanted to clarify your position. I admit that position is different than what i thought it would be, so im glad i asked first.

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

Number of games does not matter. the mindset of the person does.

Ok, so if a person has played only one game (or no games), what mindset would make them a gamer?

Being enthusiastic about videogames. Gamer is a gaming enthusiast. You dont have to play a game to be enthusiastic, but in most cases it goes hand in hand.

 

[Bad Jim]

Rebel Raven said "games", that's plural and then you counter with "a game", that's singular. Yes, to be considered a gamer, one must play games. You can't call me a runner if I buy a treadmill for my kid and I never use it.

Number of games does not matter. the mindset of the person does.

Ok, so if a person has played only one game (or no games), what mindset would make them a gamer?

What if that one game was World of Warcraft, and they had done every quest and every raid and ruled PvP? What if he/she only played League of Legends, but happened to be a professional player? My brother doesn't have many games, but he is pretty much always playing either XCOM or Civ 5. You don't need a lot of games to be a gamer, you just need to play them.